TM 2000-25 Modernized
Started writing on 7/25/25. Last updated on 7/25/25.
The original TM 2000-25, which should also be read and compared to this page, is available on Dropbox at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p2h0nzcm004xugo817ksh/TM-2000-25-Army-Training-Manual-Regarding-Citizenship.pdf?rlkey=mt8nfs9ll556kmp9dpi6xupya&st=llfbvyra&dl=0
Introduction
I was introduced to the U.S. Army Training Manual TM 2000-25 (“TM 2000-25”)) originally by Jahlael Bey in his book called Forbidden Civics. You can get his book on Amazon. This Training Manual is, BY FAR, the most incredible summary of citizenship and the heart and soul of the USA that I have ever seen. The problem is that the manual speaks highly of the 14th Amendment and talks about how the 14th Amendment defines all citizenship, which, as we now know, is ENTIRELY false. But besides this point, the remainder of the Training Manual is written in a way that presumes a higher level of literacy than is available in today’s world. Because of these two points, I am going to “modernize” TM 2000-25 by correcting the aspects of 14th Amendment citizenship, while also replacing complex words and ideas with simpler text in an attempt to “interpret” this document and bring it into 2025.
This Training Manual was only available from 1928-1932 because Congress thought that it was very “controversial” (which is hilarious).
This Training Manual (beyond the 14th Amendment garbage) is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. As most of you know, I have been attempting to understand American citizenship and nationality for a long time. This manual has done more for me attempting to know this information than literally anything else I have ever seen and, by modernizing it and cleaning up the 14th Amendment parts, this manual is going to become a centerpiece of our entire movement.
I will be adding in some biases and opinions on this as well and changing the formatting in an attempt to bring quotations to the forefront and make the manual easier to read. For these reasons, you may want to view the original document (available at the top of this page) and compare it to this in order to have a deeper understanding of the information.
This will most likely be a huge project that I will be doing here and there as time permits, but it will be a “background project” in comparison to everything else I have going on. The amount of historical and background research required for each numbered item in this manual is tremendous so please bear with me while I slowly move through this project.
I’ll attempt to make this modernization as enjoyable to read as possible but you may find it a bit more slogging than much of my other writing. The reason being is I’m going to attempt to leave as much of the original text in tact while simply polishing it up and spicing it up… rather than massively rewriting all of it. The only sections that will be surgically removed will be anything involving false information regarding there only being one citizenship class or false information regarding the 14th Amendment as well as anything that was written specifically in regards to current or local news that was occurring at that time that has no bearing or reality in the modern world (please be sure to read the original text if interested in that aspect of this document as I will be removing all of that unless it is highly needed within the context of an important point)
With that said, let’s get started!
PART 1 - GENERAL - INTRODUCTION
1. National defense - It is essential that the training of our young military men embody, with their instruction in military science, at least a basic course in the science of government and the privileges, duties, and responsibilities of the individual citizen, in order that they may be returned to civilian life better equipped as the defenders of the institutions of our Government in time of peace as well as in time of war.
2. Citizenship training - Training in citizenship is the most vital of all subjects to that nation whose system of government, security of property, and full power to express individual initiative are based upon the intelligence, education, and character of each individual citizen.
3. Individual initiative - Individual initiative is the product of slow progress over a long period of time in the development of the idea and ideals of self-government. It was cherished in the minds of the early Germanic tribes, transmitted by them in the fifth century to the conquered British Isles, there developed and finally transferred in principle to the shores of America in the 1700s.
From the landing of the first settlers through the slow and perilous years of colonial development, the struggles of the Revolutionary days, the hardships and scarcities of the basic comforts of life following the adoption of our Constitution, the winning of the Great West, the fight to save our Union, and the tremendous accomplishments in the development of agricultural and industrial resources, individual initiative, coupled with community cooperation, has been a determining factor, a spur to our achievements, and a guaranty to our national security.
The protest of the Colonies against usurpation of the rights of citizens, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, the writing and adoption of the Constitution of the United States. and the ever-increasing development in population, industry, wealth, and security, denoting the achievements of the United States, would not have been possible lacking the spirit of individual initiative and the talent for self-government. The United States worked out its own destiny by the simple process of hard labor inspired with the knowledge of full opportunity in the exercise of individual ability, and sure reward and protection in the possession of the fruits of their labor.