Chief Mate

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Saratoga Investment Corp., a publicly traded business development company, Chris Oberbeck brings over 25 years of experience in leveraged finance, from distressed debt to private equity, to the position. Mr. Oberbeck’s wealth of experience stems from originating, structuring, negotiating, consummating, managing and monitoring investments in a wide variety of middle-market businesses. In addition to his aforementioned roles, Mr. Oberbeck is the…

Supposedly, the original “spiritual ancestor” for Pocahontas was actually to be “Old Man River” (“Just Around the Riverbend” was also meant for him to sing). This would have drastically changed the dynamic of the story, with not just one but two “father figures” in Pocahontas’ life. Instead, she she has two opposing opinionated figures of importance, female and male, Grandmother Willow and Powhatan. They both provide her with guidance, although Pocahontas goes to Grandma Willow for advice…

pity on the Englishmen and decided to offer them food in order to survive. Jamestown is one of the most well-known first colonies and is even the subject of a twisted version of it’s founding in a Disney film, titled Pocahontas after the daughter of chief Powhatan. When the Indians gave the colonists permission to live on certain parts of land, the colonists saw it as a right to permanently own the land. However, the Indians did not believe any man should be able to own native lands. As…

Females can do the same jobs males do or maybe even better in some cases. When you think of the people fighting on the front lines in combat you think of males, because they 're normally on the army posters. Women can make a big difference in the armed forces and contribute as well as the men. Vernice Armour says, "Bottom line is if you can do the job, you should be out there doing it...man or a woman" (picture caption). Women were band from the military in 1994 but in 2013, Leon Panetta and…

Fifteen days after he was taken hostage, the Powhatan’s released him. Chief Powhatan wanted to make a statement: he could have killed Smith, but refrained because he has the power to do so. Jamestown immediately tried Smith for the death of his fellow colonists. However, he was never sentenced to death and his popularity rate shifted rapidly. By September 10, 1608, Smith assumed position of President in the Local Virginia Council King James I created the Royal Charter. Smith’s leadership…

The New World 2005 The New World directed by Terrence Malick is a great film about the story of the first founding of Jamestown. The main characters are: Pocahontas (Q 'orianka Kilcher), Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell) and John Rolfe (Christian Bale). Three English ships arrive in what is now Virginia in 1607. The Englishmen quickly mark there land and start building structures. John Smith was brought there in chains and was supposed to be killed, thankfully Captain Christopher Newport…

Stability is a foundation for collective hope. Collective hope is a foundation for civil society. Civil society is the framework for human rights, justice, economic well-being, and general advancement. For those who value the benefits of civil society, stability is the clear preference over insecurity, violence, turmoil, or lawlessness. Stability, in itself, however, is a function of scale, perspective, and varied degrees. The scope and degree of satisfactory stability can only be deemed…

stand. Magawisca relates to the origin myth as she directly parallels Pocahontas. In the original tale, Captain John Smith is set on a rock to be beaten to death by Chief Powhatan and the rest of the men in the tribe in order to avenge the life of two fallen brethren. Pocahontas saves Smith’s life when she throws herself in between the chief and Smith, and demands that Smith’s life be spared. A similar scene appears in Volume 1, Chapter 7 of Hope Leslie. Here, the Native American tribe has…

Under the Secretary of Defense’s guidance on Communication with Presidential Campaigns, military members “are prohibited from engaging with potential candidates and their authorized representatives on any matter related to their official duties under any circumstances.” As the 2016 Presidential Election is coming to a close, it has been evident that following this direction is of the utmost importance. There is an unwavering trust in military members and consequently, the possibility to…

Americans and the colonists dislike like this. The relationship between the Native Americans and the colonist seemed like it was getting better, but that all changed when one of the colonist shoots a Native American and wars started to breakout. Chief Powhatan realizes that the colonist aren 't going to leave so he decided that his tribe was going to attack the colonists. Pocahontas knows this and send a warning that the attack was going to happen; her tribe finds out she did this and kicked…