Narizhnyy kamin′ u pidmurok natsional′noyi armiyi modernoyi doby zaklaly Ukrayins′ki sichovi stril′tsi (USS), boyova diyal′nist′ yakych yavlyaye soboyu odnu z nayyaskravishych storinok zbroynoyi borot′by ukrayins′koho narodu v chasi Vyzvol′nych zmahan′ 1914–1923 rr. Utvoryvshys′ na chvyli patriotychnoho pidnesennya ukrayins′koyi halyts′koyi molodi naperedodni Pershoyi svitovoyi viyny, USS staly pershoyu natsional′noyu zbroynoyu formatsiyeyu pislya tryvaloyi – ponad dvochsotlitn′oyi – perervy v istoriyi ukrayins′koho militaryzmu. USS buly i zalyshayut′sya symvolom neskorenosti ukrayins′koho natsional′noho duchu, scho zavzhdy pidzhyvlyuvatyme natsional′nu hordist′ ukrayintsiv, bude symvolom zbroynoho chynu za nezalezhnist′ ta sobornist′ Ukrayiny, yakyy nazavzhdy zakarbuvavsya u nashiy svidomosti. Dlya usich nebayduzhych do istoriyi vlasnoyi derzhavy ta ukrayins′koho viys′ka – tsya knyzhka pro ideyu ta chyn novitnich heroyiv Ukrayiny.