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Remembering Theodore S. Westhusing.
COL Theodore S. Westhusing (November 17, 1960 - June 5, 2005) graduated from West Point in 1983 and was a West Point professor who volunteered to serve in Iraq. He left for Iraq near the end of 2004 and helped train the Iraqi army, working as counter-terrorism and special operations director under Lt. Gen. David Petraeus.
He wrote a number of columns on his military experience that were published at West Point and elsewhere. Among them was an opinion piece that appeared in The Tulsa Tribune in December 1990, in which he detailed the nature of the modern soldier.
"In the minds of friend and foe alike, our Army is, without a doubt, the best-trained, best-equipped, best-led and most intelligent of any in our nation's history," he wrote. "Our soldiers are recognized as the world's finest."
He was also an adviser for the movie "Troy," explaining military planning and troop movement to the filmmakers.
