The Tactical Operation Center, or TOC, is the central point where all sections of the Army share all information and collaborate to make battlefield decisions. The TOC supports the soldiers on the ground, and keeps them up-to-date with real-time information. Officers and NCO’s both staff the TOC, and communicate not only with soldiers on the …
Omar Bradley was a country boy, born in Clark, Missouri February 12, 1893. His family was very poor, but grounded in the value of hard work, God, education and being able to care of yourself. After high school he began working for the railroad, and he did not give military service a second thought until …
Are you close to getting out of the military, not ready to retire, but unsure of employment prospects as a civilian? Think Veteran’s Entrepreneur Program. Why? Discipline, perspective, motivation, problem-solving and unique experience—all characteristics of military veterans that slate them as ideal candidates for employment or for starting their own successful businesses. Nobody understands this …
Soldiers deal with many challenges during deployment, but the battle often does not end once they return home. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects 1 in 5 of those who deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan. Battlefield injuries, close proximity to explosions, witnessing death, and the constant fear of being attacked, coupled with the adjusting to being …
Philip Henry Sheridan was born in 1831 to Irish immigrants who settled in Ohio. The place of his birth is in question, for while he claimed Albany, New York as his birth place, historians place a distinct possibility on his birth actually taking place while the family was still en route from Ireland. He was …
William Charles Westmoreland was born March 26, 1914 just outside of Spartanburg, South Carolina to an upper-middle class family who was involved in banking and the textile business. He gravitated early toward structured, leadership venues, joining the Boy Scouts and ultimately achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. In 1931, Westmoreland entered the Citadel, the military …
Want to go to law school on someone else’s dime? Go the FLEP way. FLEP stands for Funded Legal Education Program and is the Army’s program for sending commissioned officers to law school and paying for their law degrees. Each year, the Judge Advocate General (TJAG) sends up to 25 Army officers from Second Lieutenant …
Best known for the nickname earned at the Battle of First Bull Run during the Civil War, General Stonewall Jackson began his military career at West Point. While he was not the first choice to attend the military academy, Jackson managed to secure the appointment when the first candidate withdrew, ensuring a college education he …
Nathan Bedford Forrest was born July 13, 1821 in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. He went by his middle name, Bedford, and he was a man both admired and hated. Bedford was probably the most controversial figure from the Civil War era, a legend for his success on the battlefield, yet considered by some a butcher for …
James Ewell Brown, aka J.E.B. Stuart, was born February 6, 1833 at Laurel Hill Farm in Patrick County, Virginia, into a distinguished lineage that included the distinguished military service of Major Alexander Stuart; Federal Judge and speaker of the house in Missouri, John Alexander; and lawyer, soldier and state representative of Virginia, Archibald Stuart. J.E.B. …
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