Thursday, October 2, 2025

“Hold the ground at all hazards!”
– Colonel Strong Vincent to Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, July 2, 1863 –

What links a Civil War professor-turned-soldier at Gettysburg to a Ukrainian Special Forces colonel at Savur-Mohyla? Both received the ultimate battlefield directive: hold position at all costs, even unto death. A recent War Room analysis traces this rare command across 151 years, showing how U.S. Army War College graduate Ihor Hordiichuk became the only officer this century to receive his nation’s highest valor award after such a stand, holding his position for 12 brutal days against Russian-led forces in 2014. The parallel offers timeless lessons about courage, duty, and the kind of leadership that emerges only when everything is on the line. For more, Check out the article The “Joshua Chamberlain Order.”

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad