Lieutenant Colonel

21st of June 1813,( because, oh I don’t know she was eavesdropping on the conversation) of some American officers dining at her house, that the Americans intended to surprise the British outpost at Beaver Dams and capture the officer in charge, Lieutenant…

What is Jrotc; where did it originate? The united states passed the National Defense Act of 1916; that allowed American high schools the loan of federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty personnel as instructors. The main idea of JROTC is to develop citizens as leaders for careers later on in life. We will be talking briefly about the history of JROTC, and what JROTC is all about. The concept of JROTC was brought up in the National Defense Act of 1916. The Act allowed the…

Joe Jackson won the medal of honor by putting his life on the line during the Vietnam War. The biggest reason why Joe Jackson had enlisted was that his friend suddenly had become ill, so the friend had asked Joe to take his spot while he had some time to get better/ heal himself. While Joe was in the spot of his ill friend the engine on the plane that he was flying had caught on fire, and no one knew what to do. Joe had suggested to feather the engine, indeed they feathered the fire and it had…

“The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore was about two boys with the same names, similar backgrounds, who had in similar situations, and grew up in the similar neighborhoods. Wes Moore the author and the other Wes Moore grew up with difficult life situations, but whose lives took two different paths. One becomes successful and goes down the right path and the other Wes Moore is a failure because the actions he decided to do. One of the reasons why Wes Moore is successful was because his mother Joy.…

Alexander Hamilton Every other founding fathers story gets told, every other founding father gets to grow old yet Alexander Hamilton doesn’t get enough credit for all the credit he gave our nation. Alexander Hamilton deserves the legacy he always longed and fought for.Hamilton had a difficult childhood his father left when he was only 10 leaving him and his mother in poverty.Two years later Hamilton and his mother fell ill and tragically his mother passed away leaving him an orphan.…

The first scene of Gallipoli the film begins with a teenage boy timing his sprint speed on a dirt and gravel track in Australia around 8 months after the start of WWI, the boy would become known as Archie. Archie wants to enlist for the army and since he can ride, he hopes to enter the Light Horse although he is underage for the military entirely. One day when Archie gets into a heated discrepancy with a man by the name of Les McCann a race is organized between the two, with McCann on horseback…

realism” of war, many viewers were disappointed with the anticlimactic, heavily symbolic ending that sharply contrasted with the rest of the film’s emphasis on action (Bachmann 315-6). The film’s unusual transition from dramatic, action-packed scenes to Colonel Kurtz merely contemplating the atrocities of war shortly before he is killed undercut the success of Coppola’s…

interesting future ahead of him. James McQueen McIntosh was to become a General in the confederate army, and fight not side by side with his brother John in the Union, but fight on the opposite side with his Arkansas troops for the confederate cause. Colonel James Simmons McIntosh, and Eliza McIntosh- Shumate were blessed with a son named James McQueen McIntosh who later became Brigadier General for the 1st and 2nd Arkansas mounted rifles of the confederate Army fighting in 2 battles Wilson’s…

overseas. Cadet enrollment has grown to 281,000 cadets with 4,000 professional instructors in the classrooms. Consist of active duty Army retirees, the JROTC instructors serve as mentors developing the outstanding young citizens of our country. Without Colonel Hodges and Sergeant Baker the cadets of PCSST might not be the way we are today so a big thank you goes to…

The year 1689 was a significant year in both European and American history. William of Orange, a Dutchman and his English wife became King William III and Queen Mary II of England. This was significant in that it changed who ruled the British colonies in America. New England experienced a Glorious Revolution in 1689, where they removed and jailed Governor Andros, put a temporary government in place and awaited instructions from England. New England experienced their first taste of revolution,…