Number of posts : 7708 Registration date : 2009-10-01 Location : Louisville, KY
Subject: Veteran of the Year Award Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:49 pm
Many people may have forgot about his time in the U.S. Army. He is the son of an Air Force General, and a accomplished Golden Gloves boxer, and he graduated from Pomona College with a B.S. degree, and then became a Rhodes Scholar from Oxford University.
He joined the U.S. Army at the prompting of his father. After graduating from Officer Candidate School he attended and graduated from both Army Airborne and Ranger training in the very top of each class. He was selected for U. S.Army Special Forces Training but refused so that he could attend pilot training where he earned his wings, and became an accomplished U.S. Army helicopter (gun ship) pilot, and achieved the rank of Captain.
He was about to be promoted to the rank of Major, and appointed to teach at West Point when he resigned his commission from the Army to go into music and acting. You can tell in this video that his time in the military means a lot to him. I won’t give away who it is. You should just watch. I bet you will be surprised!
mason SSXSRider Member
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Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:23 pm
Dean SSXSRider Member
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Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:35 pm
bush SSXSRider Staff
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Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:03 pm
stealth SSXSRider Staff
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Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:41 pm
Foxfire SSXSRider Member
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Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:41 pm
Nice....was very touching....
pit dog SSXSRider Member
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Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:32 pm
Woodtick SSXSRider Member
Number of posts : 3254 Registration date : 2008-11-15 Age : 74 Location : Wood County West Virginia
Subject: Re: Veteran of the Year Award Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:17 pm
I've liked him for years and now feel much better about it. One of my favorite movies was "Pat Garret & Billy The Kid".
