I know I’m a little late to the game here but I’d like to target something that wasn’t part of the questions. LT McDonough seems to have been through thick and thin in his experience in Vietnam and I wonder if LT McDonough would be classified as a good officer figure for some of us to strive and model or are there things that set him apart from…[Read more]

Out of the two instances where the comment of soldiers vs gooks is referred, the situation that stood out to me more than the other was when LT McDonough made the comment about being soldiers. Killigan had made the comment earlier in the chapter and this seemed to have struck a nerve with the LT. He had experienced a sense of light to the…[Read more]

In Chapter 14, the LT had made a very difficult decision with transferring his PSG after suspecting allegations of a confrontation with a female POW. This was a rather difficult situation to picture but I felt that McDonough had a gut feeling that something was up. There was no concrete evidence except for a weird glace between the two but in the…[Read more]

LT McDonough was put into a very difficult situation when he had a soldier set off a round right next to him. Was this the right course of action on by the LT? Maybe not because of his position as acting Patrol Leader. Each decision that we make we must live and learn from our mistakes or accomplishments and this was a learning opportunity. For…[Read more]

I wanna focus my discussion on this post directed towards the topic of LT McDonough assuming his first command as PL in Vietnam. His faith in his knowledge and grasp of an understanding of his methods had to reason for his quick decisions. This was a new experience for him as a PL and to just be thrown into command, there was no time for…[Read more]

LT McDonough’s interaction with each soldier varied based on the person. As the story erupted and McDonough found himself in the confounds of Vietnam, McDonough met multiple unique individuals with a different perspective of the war. In his first encounter with an officer, the LT met a Major who was confound to the wire and dreamed of an…[Read more]

Several Cadets mentioned they do not have time or energy for professional reading during our classroom discussion. Is professional reading an essential element of self-development? Is a leader who reads constantly better than one who does not? So I feel like I have to answer this question as I am one of those who feels profession reading can take…[Read more]

<p style=”margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif; font-size: 12px;”>Several Cadets mentioned they do not have time or energy for professional reading during our classroom discussion. Is professional reading an essential element of self-development? Is a leader who reads constantly…[Read more]