by Brigadier General Ed Wheeler (USA-Ret)

Several years ago, I hung up my uniform at the end of a 35-year military career. Shortly afterward, I was asked to teach as an adjunct in a contemporary U.S. history course at one of our nation’s largest community colleges. I suspect I was asked partly because I had lived through a good chunk of what I would be teaching.

I entered the experience with enthusiasm rather than trepidation because throughout my military career, I had taught soldiers the skills they needed to defend our country, and college students were fundamentally the same age range.

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