Charles Dalcourt: 'Every NATO member is important. Cooperative defense of our values is existential'

Lenka Petrášová

Charles Dalcourt served as an American soldier in Germany during the Cold War. His teachers were experienced American soldiers from Vietnam. He can also explain why Americans, unlike other nations, are so proud of their veterans. Charles Dalcourt, head of the US branch of CSG (Czechoslovak Group), attended Globsec in Bratislava.

When did you decide to become soldier? Was it your childhood´s wish or dream?

Unlike some, my desire to serve wasn’t rooted in a childhood dream or desire. I decided to enter the military while in my senior year of high school for two reasons: I wanted to exit the environment in which I was raised and experience something different; and second, to open other doors or have greater opportunities to achieve success – to be all I could be. I enlisted in the U.S. Army’s delayed entry program while a senior in high school and at the age of seventeen. Upon graduation, I immediately left for training then my first assignment in Bamberg, Germany, where I served as a supply specialist.

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