Steve Miller

Gebundenes Buch

Awakening Courage

Stories of Grit, Resilience, and Toughness

Beschreibung

Awakening Courage: Stories of Grit, Resilience, and Toughness depicts the gifts and talents of people residing in a rural southeastern Ohio community nestled in the Appalachian foothills. But it could very well be any community in America. The author writes insightfully of the real lives of individuals and groups who transformed their communities. He does this with a clever mix of spirit, storytelling, and practical application strategies which he includes at the end of every chapter in the form of Points to Ponder, Questions for Discussion, and Applications to Community Development. You will be introduced to 'gritty' people who refused to take no for an answer and learned to rise above challenges and adversity and achieve prosperity in the process. They are people of character, humility, integrity, and passion. They are mentally tough, accountable to a cause bigger than themselves and "walk the talk" daily in their journey toward becoming all that they were meant to be, not what someone else said they should be. As you read this book, you are encouraged to examine your heart, your mind, and your experience about your place in any community - family, neighborhood, school, workplace, church, city or village. You will learn how people can bring their very best efforts to the present moment - which is the only time we have. So get comfy and grab your favorite brew and be prepared to learn more about the core qualities and traits of change-makers who were not born of privilege, genius, or wealth. They were just ordinary people who seized the opportunities given to them and made a difference and impacted their community along the way.

Autor

Steve Miller is a military service expert, historian, professional speaker, published author and management consultant. He was raised, and currently lives in, Simi Valley, California. He is a fourth generation military serviceman. His father served in the U.S. Navy between World War II and Korea, and his grandfather was in the Navy in World War I and an armed Merchant Marine officer in World War II. Miller's great-grandfather served as a soldier in the British Army in the 1890s. Miller joined the U.S. Air Force toward the end of the Vietnam War and served in the 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. He participated in flying drone reconnaissance missions in Southeast Asia on operations BUFFALO HUNTER and COMBAT DAWN. At the time, the 100th SRW was the only military unit in the world flying unmanned drones for intelligence collection. After leaving the Air Force, Miller went to work as a senior field engineer for General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin) on a classified electronic warfare program called Operation PEACE OWL. After returning to the States, Miller was assigned to the ground test team at the northern reaches of Area 51 in Nevada, on a stealth cruise missile project called SENIOR PROM. He finished his work at GD assigned to the AN/MST-T1 MUTES (MUltiple Threat Emitter System) Project. Moving over to Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon), Miller worked on the TOW missile system for the Army and ARBS (Angle Rate Bombing System) for the Marine's A-4M Skyhawk and AV-8B Harrier. Later he worked on the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor program for Bell Helicopter. Before moving into consulting, Miller last worked on the Army's M131 Modular Pack Mine System (MOPMS). As a military service expert and historian, his specialties include the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force, intelligence collection systems, special operations and the U.S. Presidency. Miller is married, and has a daughter in college, with three teenagers in high school. He also enjoys volunteer work with the Civil Air Patrol.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Author Solutions Inc
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1011g
• ISBN-13: 9781669800767
• ISBN-10: 1669800768
• Artikelnr.: 63122886