Evolution of the U.S. Army Term Paper

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S. Congress and president over the past 50 years to justify inordinately high levels of funding for projects that were not needed or where the money would have been better spent, particularly in terms of flood control along the Mississippi River and in the state of Louisiana where the impact of Hurricane Katrina highlighted their misguided efforts in recent years.

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The research showed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long and proud history of contributions to the country and members of the Corps have served in peacetime and combat roles since the Revolutionary War and every war since.
The Corps' original mission has expanded, though, but remains focused on managing the nation's waterways and risk management activities. The research also showed that the Corps contributed to America's victory in World War II in many ways, but the service has been the target of an increasing amount of criticism in the intervening years based on the perception that it has mismanaged and manipulated its budgetary needs in ways that have adversely affected the nation's ability to withstand natural and manmade disasters.

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