The author is a high school history teacher and Marine reservist whose mission is to help document Marine Corps history as it occurs. This blog contains some of his personal observations and reflections as he works to document the role of the Marine Corps in the global war on terror. The opinions herein are his alone and should not be construed as those of the United States Marine Corps or Department of Defense.
posted by Field Historian @ 1:54 PM
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I grew up on a farm outside Cazenovia, NY and attended Harvard College on an ROTC scholarship. I served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1989 to 1993, including deployment with the 2d Marine Division to Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. After leaving active duty, I worked as a mortgage banker and policy analyst/author before returning to Harvard for my Masters degree in teaching. I have taught history and coached track and cross country at Cazenovia high school since 1996. I've been in the Marine Corps Reserve since leaving active duty and have served with the 4th Civil Affairs Group and 8th Tank Battalion in addition to completing the Marine Corps' Reserve Command and Staff Seminar and Reserve Component National Security Course at National Defense University. My current assignment as a Marine Historian allows me to combine my love of the Corps with my enthusiasm for teaching and history. I hope this site will help me to share my experiences and perspectives with my students and others.
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Colonel: Good luck with your next tour of duty. Hope you will keep us posted.
Please consider commenting not only about noteworthy historical events that unfold, but also about how a military historian goes about collecting data on those events. For example:
1] Will you be embedding at battalion or lower and squadron level, or go for the bigger picture at higher headquarters units, or both?
2] What would be a typical number of daily interviews/debriefings?
3] Hope you include some enlisted, NCO & JO point of views.
4] How does a historian handle OPSEC issues?
4] Will your histories be of the lessons learned type that include "warts and all"?
5] Plus a thousand other questions that I am not yet smart enough to ask.
Semper Fi
PS - I see Cazenovia (interesting name) is not too far from Rome. How about a future post (after you return) on Ft Stanwix.
Sir,
Found you via Op-For and I'm really looking forward to reading. I'd enjoy speaking with you as I have a love for history as well. Please let me know if you happen to come to my part of Iraq next year.
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