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Massive north vietnamese attack on a hill top outpost. he and his brothers were heavily outnumbered, it took just minutes for the enemy to break through their defenses and the fighting very quickly became hand-to-hand. history records in that moment that that young 1st lieutenant rallied his brother to stand their ground. ordered air and artillery strikes from a dangerously exposed position for four straight hours. as the situation worsened, he personally directed the withdrawal and provided cover fire and to ensure his brother's safety, and to inflict maximum damage on the enemy, he actually ...

Much if i tell it today. 36 years ago this march, a fi1s lieutenant in the united states army woke at dawn to a massive north vietnamese attack on the hilltop outpost. he and his brothers were heavily outnumbered. it took just minutes for the enemy to break through their defenses and fighting very quickly became hand to hand. history recorded in that moment that that young 1st lieutenant rallied his brothers to stand their ground. he ordered air and artillery strikes from a dangerously exposed position for four straight hours. as the situation worsened, he personally directed the withdrawal an...

It mook metook me awhile to lea. there are two separate career paths in the u.s. army. this shows the officer career path for commissioned officers through officer candidate school or rotc or the service academy at west point for the army. you can start on the officer career path that starts at 2nd lieutenant, then 1st lieutenant, then captain, then major, then lieutenant colonel and a full bird colonel and then you're a general, one star and two star and so on. there is also a separate career pathing with different ranks for what they call enlisted personnel. this means you don't start at off...

Not the private in question. he in fact is a captain. some of the stuff we just absorb even if we're civilians, we just absorb it through the news and movies and culture. it is worth appreciating though one important distinction about personnel in the u.s. army that we civilians i think don't always get. it took me awhile to learn it. there are two separate career paths in the u.s. army. this shows the officer career path for commissioned officers through officer candidate school or rotc or the service academy at west point for the army. you can start on the officer career path that starts at ...