Mario V. Carmo

Resilience in the Face of Adversity (eBook, ePUB)

A Portuguese Immigrant Lives the American Dream

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If I had to reduce it to one sentence, this book is about living the American Dream. It's about growing up without electricity, running water or indoor plumbing. It's about being poor, but not realizing that you are, because everyone around you is in the same boat. It's about one of the millions of families that come to America every year, and ask for nothing, but an opportunity. An opportunity to get an education, an opportunity to work and an opportunity to serve the great country which they have adopted as their own. The author tells the story of how he went from working fulltime nights while in high school to earning a Masters' Degree. He describes how he went from a Private to Lieutenant Colonel, and Commanding a Squadron of over 400 Marines. Went from not speaking a word of English, to holding a Top Secret Clearance and becoming Deputy Director, Operations and Intelligence Division at Naval Space Command. He went from arriving in this country with nothing, to a solid military career and living the American Dream.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 118
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781665553971
• Artikelnr.: 69342853

Autorenporträt

The author was born in Portugal and moved to the United States with his parents and five siblings in 1964. He was the fourth of nine children, only five of whom made it to adulthood. He grew up in the Northeast. After high school, he enlisted in the marines and served a tour in the infantry in the Republic of Vietnam. After he was discharged from active duty, he obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and later a master's degree in human resources management from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. After graduation from Fairfield University, he returned to active duty in the marines, this time with a commission as a second lieutenant. He served as an air control intercept officer and as a certified air traffic controller. Highlights of his thirty-year career included commanding an air control squadron and serving as deputy director of the Operations and Intelligence Division at Naval Space Command. He also served as a member of the marine corps cell at Central Air Force, which ensured the integration of marine corps aviation into the overall Gulf War air campaign