by Josh | Aug 5, 2022
General Akin was born in Atlanta, Georgia. An ROTC graduate at North Georgia College, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1959. He would go on to serve for nearly 34 years of distinguished active duty service, almost all of it as a...
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022
Colonel Barrett, a native of Royal Oak, Michigan, was graduated from Western Michigan University in 1957 where he was also commissioned through the ROTC program. During the Vietnam War, he served as Captain/S-4 in the 5th and 6th Special Forces Groups, first providing...
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022
CSM Hazzard enlisted in the United States Army at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1960. During the ensuing 35 years of active duty service, he served in all Noncommissioned Officer leadership positions: a Squad Leader in basic and advanced individual training in 1960,...
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022
CW5 O’Mara was born in Holley, New York and entered service as an enlisted soldier in December 1967. He was appointed as a Warrant Officer in 1975 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Since his appointment, CW5 O’Mara has distinguished himself in a variety of...
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022
CSM Patton was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in November 1965. He completed basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and advanced individual training at Fort Ord, California. He later completed airborne training, Subsistence Food Storage...
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022
General Sullivan was born in San Francisco, California, on 7 January 1894. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Infantry Brigade (along with his former classmate and lifelong friend Mark Clark). As an Infantry Captain in World War...
