2. Introducing Me

3. Introduction: SFC (Ret.) Charles E. Lewis My Web Page I am pictured wearing my Cavalry Stetson.

4. Interests, Major(s), & Plans Interests: Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Dell XPS T500 Computer (My wife would say that I am a Game Junkie.) Major(s): History Secondary Education My goal is to teach history at a high school in the Quad-Cities area.

5. Why am I attending SAU? 1. I have always wanted to be a teacher, and history is my passion. 2. Several members of my wife’s family are SAU alumni. 3. I believe that SAU provides opportunities which are not provided by other universities in the Quad-Cities area.

6. Why am I like I am? 1. I enlisted in the U.S. Army and volunteered for the Airborne Infantry at age seventeen. 2. I survived twenty years in the Army, attaining the rank of Sergeant First Class and serving as a Cavalry Troop First Sergeant. 3. If you have ever known someone who was in the military for a protracted period of time, the answer to the question should be evident.

7. My Military Career These are the distinctive insignias of the Army units that I served with. 75th Ranger Regt. Ft. Lewis WA 1976-77 1st Infantry Regt. Ft. Lewis WA 1977-79 39th Infantry Regt. Baumholder FRG 1980-82 TEXCOM Infantry Board Ft. Benning GA 1988-90 14th Infantry Regt. Ft. Benning GA 1986-1988 501st Parachute Infantry Regt. Ft. Richardson AK 1990 17th Infantry Regt. Ft. Richardson AK 1990-93 7th Cavalry Regt. Ft. Hood TX 1993-96 Parachutist Badge Recruiting Command New Castle DE 1983-85 Forces Command Ft. Indiantown Gap PA 1985 SFC Rank Insignia

8. Could you do this? Probably not!