Battalion

The story of CPT Benjamin L Salomon is one filled with bravery, heroism, and selfless service. CPT Salomon began his Army career as an infantry Private in 1940, shortly after the draft was enacted. He served honorably until his death in Saipan, Marianas Islands on 7 July 1944. (Bowers) CPT Benjamin Salomon's story of valor began in the fall of 1940. Congress had recently enacted the National Selective Service Act, and then Dr. Benjamin Salomon was ordered to report and was inducted into the Army

vision statement. Once created, you must share it with your peers and subordinates. Evaluate for change. Sometimes, your vision statement must be reiterated several times if the unit is not moving in the right direction. My current unit, an Army battalion that is about equivalent to an Air Force squadron, has a mission statement that I believe is too

Night Stalkers were well aware of the status of the aircraft and were happy to hear they had first pick. Although the 160th Headquarters and majority of the battalions were located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky 2nd Battalion had been on loan to the Special Forces command on Fort Bragg at the time the event happened. Essentially leaving the Battalion stranded with no mission because they had no aircraft, they were then made responsible for the maintenance and care of the aircraft in the underground facilities

According to dictionary.com, integrity is “the adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.” According to the Army Values, the definition of integrity is to do what's right, legally and morally. It continues to say that integrity is a quality you develop by adhering to moral principles and that it requires that you do and say nothing that deceives others. Integrity is something that is instilled in us in the beginning of basic training. As we grow in our military

The 2nd Brigade of 101st Airborne Division found out in the summer of 2004 that they had to prepare for the war in the Middle East more particularly for Iraq. With Colonel Todd Ebel in Command of the 2nd Division with a year to prepare over 3,400 men and woman he got right to work. Colonel Ebel started by choosing his staff and who he thought was fit to take charge and lead this ever more complicated war. It was a huge religious civil war taking place in Iraq at the time with the Sunnis at war against

COL Brown requested that all three of his battalions be flown out of LZ X-ray. However, General Westmorland, fearing that this would be seen as an American defeat by the North Vietnamese forces, overruled his decision. He instructed movements for LTC Tully’s battalion to LZ Columbus and LTC McDade’s battalion to LZ Albany for extraction. As the battalions marched from LZ X-ray, a flight of B-52 Stratofortress was dropping munitions on Chu Pong Massif. Tully’s unit reached LZ Columbus with no further

LTC X and CSM X was chosen to lead the battalion on this deployment due to their experience in aviation. Once at Fort Hood, the mobilization timeline put pressure on the command, and it started breaking down. We were set up with office space as if we were permanent party due to the length of

In JROTC there are many topics to learn as a cadet. A cadet must memorize the cadet creed and be dedicated to the program. As a cadet I learned a lot of topics in JROTC during my freshman year. In the JROTC I learned the basic rules on how to be a good cadet and the Cadet Staff’s Responsibilities. During freshman year in JROTC we learned a lot about leadership and how it will affect us in the future. Leadership was a big topic that we learned during ROTC, the 11 principles of leadership was also

The United States Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team was comprised of Americans of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who fought courageously during World War II against Hitler’s Third Reich in Italy and France. Its members sustained heavy fatalities but earned recognition, battle honors and medals of valor. Commanders considered them intelligent, “conscientious, loyal, and anxious to prove their devotion to their country” (“442nd Regimental Combat Team.” the 442.org, 2015). Interestingly, the 442nd was

His first officer assignment was to the 82D Airborne Division where he deployed to OIF VI, December 2008 as the Distribution Platoon Leader, A Company, 82D Brigade Support Battalion and Company Executive Officer, 5-73 Cavalry Squadron, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. Following OIF VI he became the Squadron S4 for 5-73 Cavalry Squadron.   In 2011, CPT Farkas was selected as the Aide-De-Camp for the U.S. Joint Munitions Command, Army