Lieutenant Colonel

An inspiring major change happened to the world when jack Roosevelt Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball on April 15, 1947. Being an African American man he did not have as many rights or privileges as a Caucasian man would have had during that time. Mr. Jerry Robinson and Mrs. Mallie Robinson had five children, jack being the youngest. Jack r Robinson, is well known by the name of Jackie Robinson. His middle name is in honor of former president Theodore Roosevelt, who had…

Portfolio Essay “You are the Vanguard Class of 2020,” said Lieutenant Colonel Cross after a long first day at USMAPS. In July 20, 2016 this phrase did not mean much to me. I completely ignored the definition of what a vanguard is. By definition a vanguard is a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas. After three semesters of rigorous academics and military bearing, I now understand and know what it feels like to be a part of the Vanguard Class of 2020. Throughout the…

The first was led by George Braddock to Fort Duquesne, with William Shirley being assigned to Fort Oswego and Fort Niagara. Sir William Johnson was given the task of capturing Fort St. Frédéric and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton was to gain Fort Beauséjour. These early expeditions would suggest a strong start for the British, but they were not all successful, in particular Braddock’s expedition for Fort Duquesne which has been described as a ‘serious…

Psychological Disorders in Finding Nemo Many times movies have hidden things inside them. Disney does an excellent job with being able to reach all ages. Finding Nemo is a perfect example of being able to reach all ages of viewers. I first watched Finding Nemo when I was six years old. As a first grader I just thought Finding Nemo was a funny movie about a not so funny clown fish trying to find his son. Little did I know there were psychological disorders in the movie as well. The movie starts…

The Hot Zone is a nonfiction novel written by Richard Preston; a book about “the terrifying true story of the origins of the Ebola virus” as the cover states. The novel is written in the perspective of the author, Richard Preston, as he interviews, medical staff, researchers and family members of the victims. The reader learns about the first of many known outbreaks of the virus, different strains of the virus, similar viruses and much more. The book is broken into four parts, each filled with…

Ngai province named My Lai. The U.S. soldiers thought of My Lai as a stronghold of their Viet Cong enemies, and was a frequent target of U.S. and South Vietnamese bombing attacks. An American contingent of 100 soldiers, “Charlie Company”, led by Lieutenant William L. Calley, had received poor intelligence and were told that they would encounter many Viet Cong. After the murder of 504 innocent civilians, the village was found out to be filled with mostly good, and peaceful people. By noon that…

early spring of 1778 that supplies finally started to be transported to the camp in the quantity that they should have. Washington himself was not afraid to let his disapproval of Mifflin’s actions be known. In a letter, Washington’s secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, mentioned Mifflin as so: "I ought to mention to you a Continuance of one of your…

World War II was a time when humans waged war against each other in the hopes of winning dominion over one another. Whether it was evil, territory, people, or racial tendencies, the fabric of war covered the world in a bloody scarf of destruction. After the United States entered the war, it proposed a way to execute strategic pinpoint bombing on high value military targets. These raids become the source of reflection and controversy. Some concluded that the bombing of civilians was deplorable…

Colin Powell is an African-American man, who was a solider for the Dessert Storm operation, and got ranked up to becoming a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. He then worked as the National Security advisor, and later become the chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Which lead him to later become the first African-American to become the Secretary of State in the White House while under President George W. Bush’s first term in office. His position of being the first African-American…

cases, the punishment, if proven guilty, was miniscule compared to what a citizen would face normally (“List”). That seems rather peculiar, don’t you think? The newest case, being of General Petraeus, was how he gave classified information to Lieutenant Colonel Paula Broadwell (“List”). Before then, cases didn’t have much evidence for the lack of technology.…