The United States Army Cadet Corps (USAC) was founded under the name "Colonel Cody's Boy Scouts" by Captain James H. C. Smyth on April 10, 1909, at the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, New York. Between its founding and the present, it underwent numerous name changes, and settled on its current name in 2007 when the Naval, Marine Corps, and Army Battalions of the American Cadet Alliance (ACA) merged to become the United States Army Cadet Corps. The USAC holds the distinction of being the oldest nationwide Cadet program in the United States. The United States Army Cadet Corps, Inc., is not a governmental agency and is not an official entity of the United States Army.
The United States Army Cadet Corps (USAC) is a 501(3)(c) non-profit youth education organizations. Currently the USAC only has Army Cadets after phasing out Navy and Marine Cadets.
Rogue programs such as the "Army Cadets of America" and the "United States Army Cadet Association" are not legitimate affiliated units of the United States Army Cadet Corps, Inc.
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