Above & Beyond, 3rd Ed.

Rudy Socha

Description

In spite of the relatively small number of people passing through its ranks, the Marine Corps produce a disproportionate share of this country’s leaders. It is because Marines are different from the rest of the population. They have a different mindset and handle problems in a different manner. Above & Beyond: Former Marines Conquer the Civilian World profiles 87 former Marines who took that attitude and successfully applied it to the civilian sector. As you read the stories collectively, you will see a camaraderie of many ethnicities, ages, and personalities—some you already know—that make up the U.S. Marine Corps. Read these pages and discover why Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour says “There has never been a better testimony to the value of service in the Marine Corps than Above & Beyond.” 

Sujets

• Gestion et management
• Above & Beyond
• América
• Economics
• Above and Beyond
• Business
• Leadership
• America

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 20 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781596529885
• Langue: English

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Praise for Above Beyond
Bold and visionary leadership is a very important key to making any business successful. We can all learn a great lesson from these men and women who have selflessly served our country.
- Drayton McLane, Jr. Owner, Houston Astros; Chairman, McLane Group
When Marines leave active service and return to civilian life, their discipline, drive, unique focus, and ethos accompanies them in their new journey. Not surprisingly, many have become leaders in academia, government, religious ministry, and the corporate world. They will be the first to tell you that the life lessons learned in the Marine Corps enabled them to achieve their success.
Read Above Beyond , find a Marine, and get to know them. Your life will be enriched.
- Rear Admiral, Duret S. Smith, MD, USNR Force Surgeon, Marine Forces Reserve
Above Beyond provides readers with a sense of the true diversity of the men and women who make up the United States Marine Corps. The stories and accomplishments of each person profiled provide a collective sense of who and what a former Marine is.
- Dennis Carpenter Historian; Professor, Long Island University; Author
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F ORMER M ARINES C ONQUER T HE C IVILIAN W ORLD
R UDY S OCHA
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Above Beyond: Former Marines Conquer the Civilian World
Copyright 2010 Rudy Socha. All Rights Reserved. This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced without the written consent of the authors and the publisher.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010941405
ISBN: 978-1-59652-762-1
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Foreword
Introduction
F ORMER M ARINES
1. A LLEN , M ICHAEL L.
2. A MOS , J R ., J AMES H.
3. B AKER III, J AMES A.
4. B ARNUM , J R ., H ARVEY C URTIS
5. B ASSETT III, J AMES E.
6. B ESH , J OHN
7. B LUM , A NDREW J.
8. B OOMER , W ALTER E.
9. B RENT , P ATRICK T IMOTHY
10. B ROWN , T IMOTHY C HARLES
11. B URNS , C ONRAD R.
12. C HRISTMAS , G EORGE R ONALD
13. C OONEY , C HARLES C. (C HRIS )
14. C OOPER , J. G ARY
15. C OOPER , S HAWN
16. C ORSO , D ENNIS
17. C OWAN , W ILLIAM V.
18. D AVENPORT , S R ., J OHN W.
19. D AY , T IMOTHY T.
20. D ESAULNIERS , M ARCEL
21. D EVER , J AMES D.
22. D OWNING , J ACK G.
23. D U C ANTO , J OSEPH N.
24. D UNHAM , A RCHIE W.
25. D URAN , I NGRID M ARIE
26. D YE , D ALE A DAM
27. E ILERTS , B ERNARD T.
28. E SMOND , D ONALD V.
29. F EDORKO , M ICHAEL A.
30. F IRESTONE , A DAM B ROOKS
31. F ISHER , J AMES L.
32. G ITTINS , C HARLES W.
33. G LEACHER , E RIC J.
34. G RAEFE , F REDERICK H.
35. H ARGROVE , J R ., E ARL C.
36. H AWKINS , J R ., J ACK
37. H EIM , R ALPH W.
38. H OBAN , J OHN E.
39. H UERTA , B ALDEMAR F REDDY F ENDER
40. H UMBLE , J ERRY D.
41. J OHNSON , J AMES A.
42. J ONES , D ENNIS M.
43. K ALLSTROM , J AMES K.
44. K ELLY , M ICHAEL T.
45. K EYS , W ILLIAM M ORGAN
46. K NAUSS , D ONALD R.
47. K RULAK , C HARLES C.
48. L EWIS , J R ., S HERMAN R.
49. L OWDER , C HARLES L YNN
50. L UTZ , R OBERT A.
51. L UTZ -M ANNELLI , C AROLYN
52. M AGUIRE , R OBERT J.
53. M C C ORMACK , J OHN C.
54. M ILLER , R ICHARD E.
55. M ILLER , Z ELL B RYAN
56. M INERICH , C AROLYN A. (H OWARD )
57. M IXON III, A ARON M ALACHI M AL
58. M URDOUGH , J R ., T HOMAS G.
59. M UTTER , C AROL A.
60. M YERS , W ARNER A. D REW
61. N ORTHRUP , J IM
62. P ETERS , W ILLIAM J.
63. P HAM , Q UANG X.
64. P OND , D ALE C.
65. P OWERS, W ILLIAM D.
66. R IGGIO , J OE
67. S ACK , B URTON M.
68. S CARSELLA , J R ., J OHN A.
69. S CHWEIZER , J R ., T HOMAS
70. S HERWOOD , C ARLTON
71. S IMON , R ICHARD A.
72. S KIDMORE , J R ., J AMES A.
73. S MITH , F REDERICK W.
74. S TONE , D OUG
75. S TONE , J AMES H.
76. S TOREY , R OBERT D.
77. S ULZBERGER , A RTHUR O CHS
78. T AYLOR , P ATRICK F.
79. T UCKER , R ONALD E.
80. W ALSH , R OD
81. W ALTER , T HOMAS P.
82. W EBB , J R ., J AMES H.
83. W EST , F RANCIS J. B ING
84. W EST , O WEN
85. W HITE W ING , D ALLAS R ANDOLPH
86. W YSER -P RATTE , G UY P.
87. Y ETTER , G REGG A.
P ROFILED N ONPROFIT O RGANIZATIONS
92. M ARINE C ORPS H ERITAGE F OUNDATION
93. M ARINE C ORPS L AW E NFORCEMENT F OUNDATION
94. M ARINE C ORPS L EAGUE
95. M ARINE C ORPS S CHOLARSHIP F OUNDATION
96. M ARINE C ORPS U NIVERSITY F OUNDATION
97. T HE M ARINE M ILITARY A CADEMY
98. T HE W OMEN M ARINES A SSOCIATION
C ORPORATE I NDEX
Foreword
When, as a non-Marine, I was asked to write a foreword to a book about Marines, my instant reaction was what a Marine-like thing to do. Yet again the Marines identify the task: To ask how Marines do in civilian life; How Marine training and Marine Corps Ethos translate into the civilian theater? And to do that they profile 88 Marines into civilian life and ask the son of a Marine to view the book through his eyes. In my experience nothing is more Marine-like than looking outside the predictable, safe, and comfortable to achieve clarity and insight. After all, what are those, who are thinking about the broader impact of the U.S. Marine Corps going to learn or discover about Marines in a nonmilitary setting by simply asking Marines?
The United States Marine Corps is a purpose-based phenomenon. The purpose is to train Americans to become the elite military protectors of the United States and its interests. To accomplish this, the Marine Corps has a set of standards for how it prepares, conducts, and views itself. These standards have become so deeply ingrained into the mindset of the Marine Corps that they have become what many refer to as the Marine Corps Ethos . Finally, this Ethos has become so central to what it is to be a Marine that a credo has also been woven into the Marine Corps fabric: Semper Fidelis-always faithful. Here the Marine Corps has committed to a deep interest in Marines following their formal time in the Marine Corps, which makes this book about Marines so relevant. Further, Semper Fidelis as a concept accomplishes something further: it creates a sense of belongingness to a creed that is permanent both in its membership and its responsibilities. The result is that Marines continue to be Marines even after they leave the Marine Corps.
Communicating the Marine Corps Ethos is not an academic exercise. It is experiential and therefore deeply psychological, which lends its explaining to specific anecdotes. Having lost my father, Al Lerner, a former Marine aviator, in 2002, I have found that many of his expressions, which seem to make more sense upon reflection, were pure Marine Corps vocabulary. Very often he would remind us that officers eat last. For example, some 30 years ago, flying to Florida from Cleveland on a family vacation, an airline attendant told my father that they needed two of our four seats toward the front of the plane but that there were seats available in the back. Instantaneously, he said, Not a problem and he and my mother were up and gone to the back leaving my sister and me where we were. Officers eat last.
America senses the Corps as Elite . As infantrymen transported by sea there shouldn t necessarily be anything terribly elite about a Marine. Allan Millett, in his introduction to Semper Fidelis , explains that the Marine Corps, in many regards, began its tradition as an elite military in the nineteenth century, when Marine officers stressed military appearance, strict obedience to orders, and disciplined behavior, in an effort to differentiate themselves and their men from the officers and sailors of the United States Navy. So often it has become the case that the admission process for many elite American institutions is considered more rigorous than the work to be done or the final duties to be performed. In the Marine Corps, it is well known that the elite nature of Marines results from what happens during training and subsequent performance.
Part of the experience of being the son of a Marine is coming down to the kitchen around 6:30 a.m. on school days as a kid (in the 1970s and long before the exercise craze) and seeing my father behind the dining room table on the floor doing push-ups. I knew not to say good morning because it wasn t respectful to distract him. Similarly, my sister and I used to steal glances at each other when my father would use pointing gestures as he pulled up to traffic intersections to identify whatever cars were heading in our general direction. He once caught himself doing it with us in the car, and told us that in flight school it was part of the training to use your hand as a redundancy for what you see. The point, of course, is that it is an elite person who is trainable both physically and emotionally who continues the habits and patterns (that defined them as Marines) in their civilian life.
Of course, the anchor for the Marine Corps is the life-and-death nature of their underlying purpose. And for an American society with high expectations, anchors or anchored civilians will always be on the short list of elite people for which our society is searching. Just as a society searches, so do the individuals who compose our society search for stabilizing habits that allow us to confidently maintain our direction. It comes as no surprise to anyone that people of college age can become overwhelmed by the choices American society offers. Institutions such as the Marine Corps, at first glance, seem a perfect fit for this predicament. Here, an interesting phenomenon of self-selection occurs in which the aura of the Marine Corps, its reputation, its ethos, and its credo precede it to such an extent that in some way, the process of becoming a Marine begin