‘Static Line’: An Airborne Infantryman’s Career: Chapter 2 Excerpt – ‘Stand Up, Hook Up’
Reflecting on my time at West Point, the United States Military Academy, I remember a rockbound highland home that ingrained in us, the cadets, a commitment to the bedrock values of ‘Duty, Honor, and Country,’ and prepared us for leadership, sacrifices, and victories in the crucible of combat.







