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Wednesday, August 10, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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WAR COLLEgE: Father
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prestigious program
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neighborhood. The Holmes
have lived in Sisters for five
years, and enjoy the outdoor
activities that Central Oregon
has to offer. David makes
and repairs saddles and leath-
erwork and Dawn works at
St. Charles Family Care in
Sisters.
“The process of becom-
ing a homeowner can some-
times take up to two years,
Sisters Habitat Executive
Director Sharlene Weed said.
“Families go through an
application process, and once
selected earn sweat-equity
hours by volunteering at the
Thrift Store, ReStore, or con-
struction site. They also help
build their own home along
with construction volunteers
and the staff construction
manager.
“S is ters Habitat for
Humanity is an option for
many qualified families to
achieve strength, stability,
and the independence they
need to build a better life for
themselves and their fami-
lies,” said Weed.
Those interested in hom-
eownership or the Sisters
Habitat home-repair program
can visit www.sistershabitat.
org and review the qualifica-
tion guidelines.
however, some were accepted
if they have minimal mili-
tary or national security job-
related experience in their
background. Broomhead
is a retired Weyerhaeuser
Company timber man -
ager who served 34 years
in the timberlands division
as a logging engineer and
superintendent.
He also has extensive
experience with Boy Scouts
of America. During his long
and active time with BSA,
strengthening the organiza-
tion, he has been awarded
the Silver Beaver and Wood
Badge credentials. He has
also accomplished inter-
national management and
language skills through his
missionary work with The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, serv-
ing several years in Nagoya
and Tokyo Japan, Samoan
Islands, Niue and New
Zealand.
Last March Broomhead
was notified that the Army
had accepted him as a guest
to attend the Army War
College’s Commandant’s
National Security Program,
Class of 2016, along with his
son, John. They took part this
past July.
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This was a milestone expe-
rience for the Broomheads,
as it was the first and only
time a father and son have
ever attended the war col-
lege together. There were
365 active-duty U.S. military
officers taking part in this
year’s program, along with
327 other Army personnel,
47 in active service, 134 from
the National Guard and 164
reserve personnel.
There were also 14 stu-
dents from the U.S. Marines,
one from the U.S. Navy
Reserve, five from the U.S.
Air Force, 15 civilians from
the State Department, Army,
C o n g r e s s , I n t e r a g e n c y,
Department of Defense
and Intelligence Agencies.
Included with the U.S. mili-
tary and civilians were three
international fellows from
Kosovo, Taiwan and the
United Kingdom.
On the first Monday of the
two-week period, Major Gen.
Bill Rapp, the college com-
mandant, introduced students
and guests to all that goes on
at the Carlisle Barracks, and
then each Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, July 11-22,
the students and guests partic-
ipated in the following stud-
ies: Acquisition & Resources,
Middle East ISIS, Gettysburg
Strategic Setting and on-site
field trip, Stewardship of the
Military Profession and many
other war college subjects.
The Carlisle Barracks
was founded by Colonel
John Stanwix of the British
Army on May 30, 1757,
some 20 years before the
Revolutionary War. It was
also the U.S. Army’s first
educational institution which
started the first artillery
school in 1778. After that
it was it was The School of
Calvary Practice, and was
occupied and burned by
Confederate forces during the
Civil War.
It was later home to
the famous Carlisle Indian
School from 1879 to 1916,
and produced such famous
athletes as Jim Thorpe. From
1926 to 1946, it was the
home of the Medical Service
School. Except for the two
world wars, the USAWAC
has been in operation more
than 100 years, and since
1951 the barracks has been
the home of the U.S. Army
War College.
Today’s mission of the
U.S. Army War College is
to educate and develop lead-
ers for service at the strategic
level while advancing knowl-
edge in the global application
of land power. That’s a bold
and vital goal for today’s war-
torn world, but not new —
our Army’s history has lived
that role since Gettysburg.
After the opportunity to
attend the war college and
graduation with his son,
Broomhead had this to say
about his experience:
“I was fortunate that John
included me for the last two
years of his studies by sharing
some the required reading,
the papers he prepared and
his thoughts, all via email.
“Then for him to nominate
me to attend the Army’s War
College, (to) be accepted by
the commandant and for him
to be my host the last week
of his war college experience
was truly an honor.
“To be with him and have
the opportunity to meet some
of the soldiers he associated
with during his deployment
to Europe will be one of the
highlights of my life. It was
humbling, but truly an honor
and privilege, to be associated
with some of the top-notch
soldiers in the U.S. Army and
to see the depths of their ded-
ication to defend this country,
the U.S. Constitution and to
give their lives if required to
protect us, the citizens of this
great country.”
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