General Ann Dunwoody Character Analysis
In the consideration of passionate citizens, it is easy to recall images of superheroes rushing in to save the day unhesitant, even when their own time and being are at risk. In actuality, “A hero is an everyday, ordinary person who has done something extraordinary” and the real Captain Americas of the world are the citizens that make their homes a better place, whether on a small scale or large, their honor-one such person is retired General Ann Dunwoody. In her 2015 memoir, A Higher Standard, she endows the reader with the wisdom she incurred throughout her rise in the military and personal life to become an American four-star general, the first woman to achieve such a rank, and relates her own story of service, exemplifying the hallmarks
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She did become a coach in a manner of speaking; “. . . I now know that I had the greatest coaching job in the world-coaching men and women serving this great country.” (P. 241) The memoir is not written in chronological order but rather in lessons. . In the sagely advice of “Do the right thing for the right reasons”, she defines courage as “Having the guts to do t5he right thing for the right reasons” before relating the experience of the Tuskegee Airmen who had to fight just to be able to serve their country in World War II and currently how some soldiers who are not part of “good ol’ boy” network hit a wall in their careers. While she was the deputy Chief of Staff for logistics of the army, she had to fight in order to get funding for PBUSE which would verify equipment needed. Her pursuit was continually rejected to the point she considered leaving the Army until she realized that if she did not fight for it, a system that would eventually pay itself off in 2010 when equipment was moved to Iraq to Afghanistan more effectively than what was previously accomplished, no one else would. Just this act of courage and perseverance illustrates what could be accomplished when one does not accept “no” for a good cause. Citizens fighting for the good of their community can follow this example and refuse
She did become a coach in a manner of speaking; “. . . I now know that I had the greatest coaching job in the world-coaching men and women serving this great country.” (P. 241) The memoir is not written in chronological order but rather in lessons. . In the sagely advice of “Do the right thing for the right reasons”, she defines courage as “Having the guts to do t5he right thing for the right reasons” before relating the experience of the Tuskegee Airmen who had to fight just to be able to serve their country in World War II and currently how some soldiers who are not part of “good ol’ boy” network hit a wall in their careers. While she was the deputy Chief of Staff for logistics of the army, she had to fight in order to get funding for PBUSE which would verify equipment needed. Her pursuit was continually rejected to the point she considered leaving the Army until she realized that if she did not fight for it, a system that would eventually pay itself off in 2010 when equipment was moved to Iraq to Afghanistan more effectively than what was previously accomplished, no one else would. Just this act of courage and perseverance illustrates what could be accomplished when one does not accept “no” for a good cause. Citizens fighting for the good of their community can follow this example and refuse