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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

“Becoming Part Of The Aircraft”: Flying In Vietnam With The Comancheros, “God’s Own Lunatics”

“West Point Prepared Me To Do Whatever I Wanted To Do”: A ’61 Grad’s Lifetime Of Service

West Point As The Foundation Of A “Considerable Life”: Over Four Decades As An Army Officer And Teacher

“I Wasn’t Quitting”: Determination At West Point And As A Field Artillery Officer And Comptroller In The Army

“Our Screens Lit Up”: Shooting Down SCUDs Over Riyadh In The Gulf War

A USMA Commandant And SOCOM Commander Reflects On Leadership, Responsibility, And Taking Care Of Soldiers

“I’m A Member Of A Special Group, Serving The Nation”: A West Point Class Of ’61 Grad Reflects On His Service In The Artillery And Army Medicine

“I Planned To Go To West Point For As Long As I Can Remember”: A ’67 Graduate In Vietnam And Berlin

“The Bigger Picture Is Serving The Country”: The West Point Story Of Three Smiths

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

The Value Of Freedom: Two Vietnamese Refugees Begin A New Family In America

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