According to the book description of Journey of Perseverance and
Accomplishments, "John Medley's life took on new meaning on the day
twenty-one trainee soldiers died. As a teenager, he embarked on the journey of
his lifetime to become a fighting finance noncommissioned officer in the US
Army. After infantry and paratrooper training, he showed early allegiance to the
US Army Finance Corps. The loss of those twenty-one soldiers instilled in him a
lifelong commitment to ensuring timely and accurate pay to soldiers and their
dependents. Over his career, he learned to rely on his military training and
education to help him face and resolve problematic conditions and situations. He
also relied on the acquired, mission-related knowledge that he gleaned from one
assignment to the next. His life and career were affected further by the urgency
to respond to the families of 248 soldiers who had been killed in an air crash
when returning from the Sinai. An encounter with a widow and her two toddlers
would change his life again. After the death of her soldier husband, she came to
John's office in search of condolence and relief from her unbearable strife.
There, the two spoke of her emotional and financial concerns for her family's
future without her husband. Fortunately, John and his team were prepared to help
these families through their darkest days. Join Dr. Medley as he brings you
inside the workings of military finance operations and life in the civilian
worlds of business, civil service, and academia."
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