Lieutenant Colonel

MAJ Rivers served with excellence as the CDID MP Material Branch Chief in a Lieutenant Colonel position normally held by Command Selected List MP Battalion Commanders. He developed multiple staff processes to ensure the efficiency in the management of capability and training development in the three disciplines of the Military Police Corps consisting of Police Operations, Detainee Operations and Security Mobility Support. His efforts resulted in three Programs of Record and ten documents…

Have you ever thought about being a military leader? You’re reading the right passage. Here is someone you can look up to, one of America’s greatest leaders, Colin Powell. Today in history Colin Powell is known to be a kind, smart, generous, and brave human being. Powell’s successful career is proof of his hard work and diligence. He served in the US Army and was eventually the US Secretary of State. This is a highly honored position appointed by the President. Colin Powell was…

Red Cloud’s legacy lived on long after he died. In 1939, Rudie Adams proposed that a sculpture be built to honor Chief Red Cloud. The design, however, never reached completion (Designs). In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that the Sioux be paid for the land that had been stolen from them, but the chiefs would not accept the money, saying that the Black Hills still were not for sale. Although the war had ended long ago, it continued to be remembered and Red Cloud’s defiant nature lived on in…

In Matterhorn, written by Karl Marlantes, Lance Corporal Hamilton, although playing a minor role in the novel, explores the bitter consequences of glory and death. When Lieutenant Colonel Simpson, influenced by Major Blakely, orders Bravo Company to recapture Matterhorn, Bravo Company trounces the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), positioned on Matterhorn, but not without casualties and repercussions. Hamilton joins the fallen when pride and glory inundate his senses and runs foolishly into enemy…

The law enforcement profession is essential to our society and without it...things would mostly likely be chaotic. The main goal in law enforcement is to protect property, life, and to sustain our nation’s constitution. There are multiple agencies in law enforcement, for example; Federal Police, Military Police, Police department, Private police, Secret Police, and State Police. We depend on this professional field to make us feel safe and to lessen the actions of violence in our society. To…

Putin was a son to Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin (his father) and Maria Ivanovna Putina (his mother) on 7 October 1952 in modern-day Saint Petersburg. He was born in a ordinary family and was the youngest of three boys. Putin began schooling in 1960 at Baskov Lane where he took a distinctive liking for sport particularly sambo and judo. He was enthusiastic to follow in the footsteps of his father, who enlisted in the Soviet Navy and later served in the regular army and as an intelligence officer.…

Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Texas, had served in the military, and had became America’s 34th president. Throughout his life, he had accomplished many great things, from signing the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1957, to keeping America at peace with foreign countries. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. Eisenhower was an amazing person, and helped America become what it is today.…

His elder brother John was already an officer in the same regiment. As was usual at the time Brock's commission was purchased. On 16 January 1790 he bought the rank of lieutenant and later that year he raised his own company of men. As a result, he was promoted to captain on 27 January 1791 and transferred to the 49th Regiment of Foot on 15 June 1791. As the one being challenged Brock had his choice of terms, and so he…

What comes to mind when you hear the Battle of Gettysburg? Some might say Pickett’s Charge, Buford’s defense, or Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. However, one of the more important events was Joshua Chamberlain’s defense and bayonet charge on Little Round Top. On July 2nd, 1863, on the far left Union flank, stood Joshua Chamberlain and his 20th Maine. Had the Confederate broke through, they would have outflanked the Union, ultimately winning Gettysburg. Chamberlain defended Little Round Top by…

Hessian force at Trenton numbered 1,400 under the leadership of Colonel Johann Rall. Although Rall had received warnings of colonial movements, his men were exhausted and unprepared for Washington’s attack—though rumors that they were drunk from Christmas celebrations are unfounded. As he approached the town, Washington divided his men, sending flanking columns under General Nathaniel Greene and General John Sullivan. Meanwhile, Colonel Henry Knox’s cannons fired on the garrison. Rall attempted…