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Fort Jackson Soldier's cadence featured in advertising campaign

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Sept. 4, 2014) -- Command Sgt. Maj. Lamont Christian said he was surprised to hear a cadence he wrote more than a decade ago for sale on iTunes. He was even more surprised when it ...
Marietta Daily Journal

‘Sound Off!’ Georgia man changed tempo of Army marching drills by creating new cadence

SANDERSVILLE — In the winter of 1944, Pvt. Willie Lee Duckworth Sr. forever changed the landscape of Army marching drills when he created what’s now called the “Sound Off (Duckworth Chant).” Welcome ...
Stars and Stripes

Soldier of ‘Baby Shark’ fame heads toward retirement as author of planned comic book series

The Army drill sergeant who went viral for singing “Baby Shark” as a marching cadence has a new plan for what he will doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Sgt. 1st Class Lincoln Crisler released the first in ...
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U.S. Army Jody Call has black roots

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - In basic training, every recruit learns that a young Soldier by the name of Pvt. Willie Lee Duckworth is credited with creating the original "Sound Off" also known as ...
seattlepi.com

Army medic works to save lives here first

Only three years away from the days when she was a promising dancer in Seattle, Army medic Jamiell Goforth, did a Texas two-step last week when she switched from preparing to save lives in Iraq to ...