Balancing Grades and Military

Balancing grades and military life
The Citadel served a major developmental role meshing two passions – people and engineering. With a typical day beginning at 0530 am and ending at midnight, I was challenged to effectively manage time among education, military duties, and extracurricular activities. With 526 cadets accountable to 15 platoon leaders who answered to 5 company commanders, who were the core leadership of the battalion, selfless-service was a crucial perspective to successfully lead my peers on issues from freshman attrition to student expulsion. Adding to the complexity of military life, engaging multiple governing systems – class, rank, and peer – into the decision make process created frequent dilemmas, as I a was constantly challenged ...