Second Lieutenant

Because James did not truly know the enemy, or really know the lengths that they would go in order to win he was not able to truly fight them. This is why as a 2nd Lieutenant you need to know your enemy just as much as you know your own troops. James R. McDonough came into the war unsure of himself, how to lead, how to fight, how to serve his country, but through his time in Vietnam he was able to grow and learn from his mistakes in order to become a stronger solder and a stronger leader. And that is the most important trait of a second Lieutenant, is the ability to grow, to learn from your mistakes and to repeat your successes. Someone who is willing to take the time to get better at his job, to learn from what he did wrong and help change…

When I first wanted to join AROTC I thought it was just about being an Army soldier while in school. I actually didn’t know what to expect or what I was getting myself into I was a clean sleight. I had no idea that AROTC was dealing with being an officer and all the roles officers played. Once enrolling I started thinking the words “Army Officer” meant nothing but paper and desk work. Later to find out that the words “Army Officer” has a much deeper passionate meaning than I thought. Over the…

It Takes a NCO to Lead a Officer in Battle The Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) has four to twenty years experience being a leader and is the backbone of the U.S. Army; meanwhile, the Second Lieutenant is fresh out of college with no experience being a leader. The Lieutenant will hold higher rank, have generally higher pay grade, as well as be put in charge of protecting the lives of the NCO’s plus the junior enlisted. A 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army is known as a "Butter Bar", a reference to…

mentally deformed, who might need a few dollars for a meal. The speaker keys in that he would help this poor fellow in need if he happened to need it. War at times is unavoidable; turning brother against brother, cause soldiers to question their motives, and hurt most soldiers for a long time. In Tim O’Brien’s, “The Things They Carried”, the author uses the presence of love to instill the reader with the idea war scarring soldiers. The lonely First Lieutenant longed for romance although the…

of his leave in Amiens, he was relieved to go back and see his friends again, but he was unaware of his friend Weir had been shot by a German Sniper, he cried and as very depressed for a while. While in France in 1918, Stephan and his close friend and fellow soldier Jack Firebrace were stretching a tunnel when there was an enemy explosion trapping them both with no way out. They were in the tunnel for a long time, thinking that they were going to die trapped in the tunnel. Close to the end, Jack…

Leonard Maurice Keysor born on 3rd of November 1885 in London England and died on 12th October 1951, Leonard had migrated to Australia just before war and worked as a clerk and enrolled a couple of months before the war, then In 1915 on the 25th of April he landed at Gallipoli where in a couple of months he was then advanced as Lance Corporal. The Victorian cross was established in 1856 by Queen Victoria, for this is the most distinguished award and is given for the most favourable acts of…

and look up to, but there is one who has displayed this principle very clear. In 2012, I was promoted to Sergeant and was assigned to the 4th Division. On the morning of my second shift in the division, Lt Judah came on the radio and asked for me to give him a call. I had known Lt. Judah since I came on the department and had worked with him on late watch. He was in the 1st Division and I was in the 2nd. We would often make calls together on the border of our division so I was quite…

In modern video games, the graphic material and ability to spawn after death are marketed to teens 18&up in games like Call of Duty and Counter-Strike. These features make a mockery of the sensitivity we all should share for the Army and it’s fallen soldiers. It is important when drawing a comparison between my roommates and the main character, First Lieutenant James Cross, that each of my roommates in the ROTC will graduate Saint John’s University in the spring; they will earn the rank of…

“The Things They Carried” is a short story written by Tim O 'Brien in 1990, about several young American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War on the outskirts of a small village, Than Khe. The soldiers are under the command of the main character, First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. Through his storytelling, O’Brien describes the multiple weights and burdens young men of war carry in order to survive. The soldiers in Lieutenant Cross 's platoon carry more than just tangible burdens such as: weapons,…

of settling St. John’s Island so in 1764 the island was surveyed and divided into 67 lots of about 20,000 acres each. These lots were then given out in a lottery to wealthy British subjects. The lots came with two requirements, the first to bring one settler for every 200 acres of land, the settlers must be Protestant or from North America, the second requirement was that an annual quitrent must be paid to the Crown. John MacDonald purchased Lot 36 from the Lord Advocate of Scotland, James…