When CPT Moray was first introduced I think he seemed like a fine officer. He did not have much interaction with the lieutenants and therefore did not do anything extremely right or wrong.  I liked the fact that he came off friendly and down for negotiation. LT McDonough seemed to think the CPT would be easy to take advantage of in a way, and I…[Read more]

After reading chapter 15 I thought it was a nice break for the men to be able to drink and it was well needed. It seemed to build a bit of morale. While reading I didn’t think anything was very wrong just by the language, I thought it was normal behavior for the men to get to drink. The drinking could have very well gotten out of hand, but that…[Read more]

I found it very entertaining to read the beginning of chapter 5 where Lt McDonough went through his entire thought process and quoted dialogue of the first time meeting his platoon leadership. This is a very crucial time, as Lt McDonough pointed out, because this is the first impression you are giving the men you are leading, and you know that…[Read more]

<span style=”color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif; font-size: 12px;”>LT McDonough was a man who always seemed to stand out as a natural born leader. He had high potential from the first introduction of him in the book. When he was at West Point he was very engaged and seemed to thrive among his peers. LT McDonough…[Read more]

As I mentioned in class, humans became intellectuals through reading and writing, and it is proven that we learn and remember more when we read and write. After reading the first article about listening to audio books instead of reading, I think I lean towards the opinion that that is cheating and not really reading to only listen to an audio…[Read more]