Editing Richard K. Sutherland (section)

===Between the wars===
[[File:CampMurphy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ceremony at Camp Murphy, Rizal, 15 August 1941, marking the induction of the Philippine Army Air Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Richard K. Sutherland is on the left, behind Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur]]
Returning to the United States, Sutherland married Josephine Whiteside in 1920. They had one child, a daughter named Natalie.<ref name="good years"/>

Sutherland was an instructor at the [[United States Army Infantry School]] from 1920 to 1923 and professor of military science and tactics at the [[Shattuck-Saint Mary's|Shattuck School]] from 1923 to 1928. He graduated from the [[Command and General Staff College]] in 1928. Fluent in French, Sutherland attended the ''École supérieure de guerre'' in 1930. During 1932 and 1933, he attended the [[U.S. Army War College]]. He then served with the Operations and Training Division of the War Department General Staff.<ref name="dictionary">{{Cite book |last1 = Ancell |first1 = R. Manning |last2 = Miller |first2 = Christine |title = The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers: The US Armed Forces |place= Westport, Connecticut |publisher = Greenwood Press |year = 1996 |pages = 313 |isbn = 0-313-29546-8 }}</ref>

In 1937, Sutherland went to [[Tianjin|Tientsin, China]], in command of a [[battalion]] of the [[15th Infantry Regiment (United States)|15th Infantry]]; however, he was not promoted to [[Major (United States)|major]] until March 1938, when he was assigned to the [[Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government (Philippines)|Office of the Military Advisor]] to the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Commonwealth Government (Philippines)]], [[Manila]], under [[General officer|General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]] with the "local rank" of [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]]. Sutherland was promoted to the rank in July of that year. Sutherland soon eased his superior, [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] out of his position and became MacArthur's chief of staff.<ref name="good years"/>