OldDog/NewTricks
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Subject: FW: Vet of the Year:
This was a moving tribute...to a Country Music Legend who was named Veteran of the Year. It's too bad that some of the other 'strong-in your face' military country western singers (like Toby Keith) don't have this man's military credentials....
Pretty Awesome.
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. You may be surprised!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-A7eqadho&feature=related
This was a moving tribute...to a Country Music Legend who was named Veteran of the Year. It's too bad that some of the other 'strong-in your face' military country western singers (like Toby Keith) don't have this man's military credentials....
Pretty Awesome.
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. You may be surprised!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-A7eqadho&feature=related