Have you ever had a role model? Someone in your unit, platoon or squadron? Someone in your family or friend circle? Maybe you admired someone on television or in the news and wanted to be like them?

Whereas not everyone is lucky enough to have specific mentors, most of us have role models, living or dead. For example, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton made no secret of having ...

This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe old age of 22 to start a ...