Lieutenant Colonel

Developing the Special Operations Officer During my watch many mistakes were made training the Special Operations Officer. Special Forces recruited officers from all the military branches and it was not uncommon to find “A” Detachment commanders from all the combat arms; armor, artillery, engineers and of course, infantry. There were even signal and chemical corps officers serving in command positions in SF. The officer in command at SOG’s Radio Relay Site Hickory was an engineer officer when it…

November 2018 will make thirteen years as a commissioned officer for the Memphis Police Department. My rank is patrolman and I am assigned to the uniform patrol division at the Crump Station. In uniform patrol I am responsible for enforcing local, state, and federal regulations as well as proactively policing the community. I am responsible for ensuring public safety by protecting and serving the citizens of Memphis, and it is visitors(Memphis Police Department, 2018). My department has not been…

completely fed up with his life as a marine as he didn’t feel that he was in the right place, since he didn’t enjoy his time there. Therefore, he requested to be transferred a number of times, and every time his request was declined. At that time Colonel Jessup, the head marine in Guantanamo Bay ordered two junior marines to give Santiago the ‘Code Red’. This is a secret disciplinary action ordered by Col. Jessup in order to improve private Santiago’s performance in the marine’s trainings. As a…

situation. General LaHue’s Task Force X-Ray controlled two Marine regimental headquarters and three infantry battalions; the 5th Marines, under Colonel Robert D. Bohn, had two battalions, 1st and 2d, and the 1st Marines, under Colonel Stanley S. Hughes, had only the 1st Battalion in the Phu Bai sector. All the units were new to the area. Colonel Bohn arrived on the 13th,…

Infantry’s bravery. The 54th Massachusetts was an all-black regiment that fought for the Union during the Civil War. The regiment formed in March of 1863 just shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation. Captain Robert Gould Shaw was appointed to be Colonel of the regiment by Governor John A. Andrew. This regiment primarily performed labor work. On July 18, the 54th Massachusetts was eventually acknowledged after taking the first attack on Fort Wagner. As a result, over half of the regiment lost…

In the film Gallipoli, we follow Archie Hamilton, and 18 year old rising sprinter. In May 1915, he puts aside his dream, to join the Australian Light Horse Division and fight in World War I. At an athletics carnival he defeats Frank Dunne in a race, whom he persuades to sign up with him. Dunne cannot join because he is unable to ride a horse and joins the Infantry. Training starts and they run into each other. Dunne transfers to the Light Horse and they are sent to the Gallipoli Peninsula where…

Finding the building where Colonel Gaff was based was an easy enough task. It was one of the few buildings that was actually reinforced, had two guards posted at the door, and the banners of the Galactic Republic hanging outside. Lieutenant Wolfe made straight for the guards, head held high. She stopped just before the two males, both human, both privates, who took only a moment to note her rank, the big man on the left sucked in a breath. “Havoc Squad!” They both snapped to attention. Fynta…

Eliza Pickeny was the daughter of George Lucas who was a British Army lieutenant-colonel and lieutenant governor of Antigua. They do not know that much about her mother. When she was young her father sent her to school which was odd for a women in that era of time. While her father was in the war she had to control the plantations that her farther owned. She teaches of the African American women to read and write so they can teach there kids. She is known for having a lot of plantations for…

In 1778, the American Revolutionary War was raging in the British Colonies. At this point of the war, the British had failed to accomplish their goal of quickly ending the rebellion and were trying to find a strategy that would defeat the rebel forces. Military historian John Shy describes this period in which the British strategy was changed by breaking up the war into three stages in his “The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War” chapter of his book A People Numerous and Armed.…

different points of interest. You have advanced training opportunity for air support, k-9 unit, entertainment district unit, and task force. Many promotion opportunities stand in the field for specialized areas. You have sergeant, Lieutenant, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel. Becoming a police officer for The City of Memphis comes with multiple benefits. You become eligible for health insurance the day you are hired. You receive Death Benefit Coverage, and Dental Insurance. City of Memphis…