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"Soldiers don’t need a friend… they need a leader, but they need a positive leader who leads with character"

“Forks In The Road”: Seizing Opportunities And Cultivating Positive Leadership

“A Career Filled With Detours”: From SEAL to Night Stalker

Kitsy Westmoreland On Service, Family, And The Army Life

Trial by Fire and Snow: A Replacement Paratrooper at Bastogne

“A West Pointer Can Do Anything”: An Olympic Pentathlete And Army Officer Serving The Nation

“I Expected The Worst And That’s What I Got”: The Oldest Grad Reflects On West Point And 39 Months As A Prisoner Of The Japanese

Putting West Point Discipline And Ethics To Work In The Business World

“It Was Our Airplane; We Let The Pilots Use It”: A Crew Chief With The Gray Tigers In Vietnam

Three Tours In Vietnam: A West Point ’61 Graduate Reflects On His Service

“I’ve Never Done Anything Else But the Army”: Fighting To Commission And Serve The Nation

Cultivating A Warrior Spirit At West Point: From Dak To To The Physics Department

“West Point Turned My Life Around”: A Lifetime Of Service In The Army And Army Reserve

“The Way You Treat People”: Leadership And Values In The Army And In The Business World

17 Years In Communist Captivity: “The Last Prisoner” Survives Hell On Earth

Escaping From South Vietnam: An Air Force Squadron Commander Ditches His Helicopter At Sea

“I Knew We Were Going When The Ammo Showed Up”: Transitioning From An Enlisted Tanker In Iraq To A Commissioned Aviator in Afghanistan