{"id":66371,"date":"2008-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/u-s-armys-best-instructor-teaches-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T00:00:00","slug":"u-s-armys-best-instructor-teaches-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/03\/u-s-armys-best-instructor-teaches-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Army\u2019s best instructor teaches at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tROTC instructor Major Robert Edwards wins Col. Leo A. Codd Memorial Award<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 26, 2008 \u2014Maj. Robert Edwards of Wakefield has been selected for the U.S. Army\u2019s most prestigious teaching award, the Col. Leo A. Codd Memorial Award, in a national competition of all ROTC programs. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe award is presented each year to the most outstanding ROTC instructor from the Army, Navy, and Air Force services across the country.<\/p>\n


\n\tEach service provides three nominations \u2013first, second, and third place. Edwards, an instructor in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s ROTC program, was the Army\u2019s top choice. As the first place winner, Edwards will receive a $500 U.S. savings bond. The award will be formally presented to Edwards during 溏心vlog免费B站 ROTC annual spring awards ceremony on May 9. <\/p>\n


\n\tFor nearly 50 years from 1923 until his death in 1971, Codd, the award\u2019s namesake, worked diligently to keep the American people informed on the vital role that industrial preparedness plays in a national emergency. He strongly believed that the ROTC Service Program was a key element in our military preparedness and that it must be kept viable and of the highest quality.<\/p>\n


\n \tThere are about 400 ROTC training detachments for all services today across 350 college and university campuses. ROTC, as a commissioning source, produces 50 percent of all officers in the armed forces. <\/p>\n


\n \t\u201cIt\u2019s the best job in the world,\u201d says an exuberant Edwards who was assigned to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s ROTC\u2019s Cramer Saber Battalion. \u201cAnd it\u2019s the most important. There are many ways to serve one\u2019s country,\u201d says Edwards. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAll the staff and instructors in 溏心vlog免费B站 ROTC, as well as the administrators at 溏心vlog免费B站, deserve to share this great honor,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n


\n\tTeaching comes naturally to Edwards. A native of Fairfax Va., he earned three degrees from Virginia Tech\u2014a bachelor\u2019s degree in business, a master\u2019s degree in education, and an MBA. <\/p>\n


\n\tHe was a teacher and coach in the Fairfax County public school system for eight years while in the Army Reserves. He began active duty in 2003. His first assignment was in Fort Hood, Texas where he served in multiple roles, but primarily as the III Corps topographic engineer officer. While at Fort Hood, he was deployed to Iraq and served for a year as an engineer planner. <\/p>\n


\n\tHis 3-year-old twin girls were born while he was in Iraq. Although he missed their birth, he got home in time to bring his wife, Melinda, and the girls home from the hospital. His son was born June 2006 in Newport, an event Edwards was thrilled to witness. <\/p>\n


\n\tEdwards is concluding his third year at 溏心vlog免费B站, where he has taught 溏心vlog免费B站, Roger Williams University, and Salve Regina University students enrolled in 溏心vlog免费B站 ROTC. Upon graduation from college and the successful completion of ROTC, Cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in one of the Army\u2019s specialized branches. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThey are top notch students,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to see them grow and succeed. In addition, several Cadets, as part of the ROTC program, attended the U.S. Army Airborne and Air Assault schools, and Assault School, Airborne school, and all of them graduated,\u201d he added proudly.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cRobert exemplifies the consummate instructor who serves equally well as teacher, mentor, coach, counselor, and role model, \u201c comments Paul Yager, commanding officer and department chair of military science. He dedicates more than 20 hours per week to mentoring and counseling Cadets. On many occasions, his Cadets have personally commented to me about Robert\u2019s level of commitment to their professional and personal development. Soldier, scholar, teacher, and mentor, he does it all with excellence and character. Robert is an outstanding representative of our Army and our University.\u201d\t

\n\tYager notes that Edwards revolutionized the curriculum. He created the first ever-online Army ROTC course at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2014a military history course, which proved popular for Cadets as well as non-Cadet students.<\/p>\n


\n\tEdwards\u2019 awards and decorations include the Joint Services Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, two National Defense Service Medals, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Iraq Campaign Medal, and the Parachutist Badge. <\/p>\n


\n\t Lt. Col. Richard Takishita served with Edwards in Fort Hood and in Iraq: \u201cHis work (in Iraq) was critical in the movement of 17,300 engineer soldiers and 600 engineer units in and out of theater, planning and offensive operations in Karbala, An Najaf, Fallujah, Samara and Ramadi, planning several counter-insurgency attacks, supporting Muslim pilgrimages, and coordinating engineer operations with sister services, Marines, Navy, and Air Force. \u201cHe is a true professional that I am proud to say I served with him during combat operations,\u201d adds Takishita. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe two soldiers will soon work together again. Edwards will be transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve Command in Atlanta this summer where he will begin as an operations officer in the Operations Directorate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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