Lieutenant Colonel

In the book Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death, author Jim Frederick explores the events during the deployment of the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and more specifically the actions of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company. Bravo Company, along with the rest of 1st Battalion faced grueling circumstances of inadequate supplies and personnel, poor living quarters, and a near constant barrage of enemy attacks during their 2005-2006…

Helmuth Von Moltke and the Battle of the Marne Introduction By August, 1914 Europe had reached a boiling point. Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire prepared themselves for an inevitable war against France and Russia. Germany had been planning for war for nearly two decades. Helmuth Johann Ludwig Von Moltke, German Chief of Staff, placed the fate of the entire German army into the success of the Schlieffen Plan, a grand mobilization plan he had inherited from his predecessor, which…

military leader later on his life. Starting school he soon then graduated from West Point in 1846 near the top of his class. Thomas fought in the Mexican-American war (1846-1848), during this time he was promoted to the position of brevet second lieutenant. During his time within this battle he also met Robert E. Lee. Shortly after he served his time within this war Thomas was promoted to the rank of a Major. Thomas was a teacher for sometime having taught at VMI (Virginia Military Institute),…

For over 70 years, scientists and curious investigators have been trying to solve the mystery involved with Roswell, New Mexico. Since the incident, people have been searching for answers, and most likely will not stop until the get definite ones. The Roswell UFO(unidentified flying object) crash motivated many people to search for alternative explanations to the apparent truth. People have come up with many, but the most popular ones include: The Flying Saucer Theory, The Project Mogul Theory,…

rendered care to approximately 35% of the wars battle casualties. These hospital ships and helicopters were mobile innovations for evacuation of combat casualties. Commander Estelle Lange and Lieutenant Ruth Cohen for their meritorious service aboard these hospital ships were awarded the Bronze Star for their Colonel Anna Mae Hayes established the 4th Field Hospital. She was a member of the medical team with the Inchon landing. That Mobile Army Surgical…

Nez and Oscar Ilthma called in artillery fire and provided status reports in what again sounded like gibberish to the enemy. The Japanese, being skilled code breakers, remained baffled by the Navajo language. The Japanese chief of intelligence, Lieutenant General Seizo Arisue said that while they were able to decipher the codes used by the U.S. Army and the Army Air Corps, they were never able to crack the code used by the Marines. Joe Kieyoomia, a Navajo soldier who was not trained as a Code…

Our textbook define the term Deontology as, “An ethical theory that disregards the importance of consequences and focuses only on the rightness or wrongness of the act itself “ (p. G-2). In other words, regardless of the final result, is the intentionality of the act that really counts. Then, Duty is closed related to Deontology because is the basis of this theory. For Kant, Duty is something that must be obligatory and the will is your own conviction to do it with pleasure to fulfill according…

in sales, and he even went door to door as a traveling salesman. Wanting to better his future, he joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1932. Eichmann had no idea what Adolf Hitler had in store for the Jews. Eichmann was eventually moved up to lieutenant colonel of the German Army. When someone makes a commitment like joining the German Army, it is that person’s duty to follow orders. Nazi soldiers didn’t have a choice to say “No, I don’t want to do that because I don’t believe it is right.”…

In the 7th century B.C. everyone knew that the earth was flat and they had no reason to think otherwise until “great” thinkers like Pythagoras stated otherwise. Today we know that the earth is round, but, how do we really know? An everyday human being has not been to the moon, has not even been outside of the stratosphere. So how can one say for sure that the earth is a spinning ball? Starting in the 19th century people started to ask these exact questions which lead to Zetetic Astronomy or…

After George Washington gave up hopes of becoming a sailor, he became interested in exploring the frontier. At 15, he began studying to be a surveyor. George was 22 when was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He received orders to enlist troops to man the new fort. Many lives were lost in that war. George Washington become in February 1789. In 1789, at the beginning of Washington’s presidency, 11 of the original 13 colonies had ratified the Constitution…