ONE SOLDIER'S LEADERSHIP
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November 30, 2004 -- Something not at all out of the ordinary happened over the weekend: A 47-year-old U.S. Army sergeant major shipped out to Iraq for a year-long deployment — after asking for and getting permission to delay his scheduled April retirement.
The twist: He's Michael Jordan's big brother, James Jordan.
Because they oppose the war and want to undermine support for it, many in the media focus on soldiers looking to escape duty in Iraq.
But stories like that of Sgt. Maj. Jordan bring home the broader truth about America's military: It's an all-volunteer force, and most of the people in it love and take enormous pride in their jobs.
Jordan joined the Army after three years of ROTC in high school. At 36, he went to airborne-training school — usually the domain of soldiers in their teens and early 20s. Now the senior non-commissioned officer in his brigade, he's responsible for 2,450 soldiers in a unit that oversees telephone and satellite systems.
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