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An Interview with John Antal, author of “7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day”
Where were you born? Where did you grow up? I was born in Kansas and grew up in the Mid-West USA. I moved to Texas after I retired from the Army and can’t imagine living anywhere else. Texas is my home. Could you tell us a bit about any history of military service in your

317. Top Attack: Lessons Learned from the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
COL John Antal served 30 years in the Army and has commanded combat units from platoon through regiment and served on division, corps, and multinational staffs. He also served at the National Training Center and has extensive experience in Korea, serving multiple tours on the DMZ. After retiring from the Army, COL Antal was selected by

Leadership Rising: Raise Your Awareness, Raise Your Leadership, Raise Your Life
Leadership Rising: Raise Your Awareness, Raise Your Leadership, Raise Your Life by John Antal. Casemate, 2021, 192 pp. There are thousands of books about leadership in print, but if you had to pick just one to keep on your bookshelf, John Antal’s Leadership Rising: Raise Your Awareness, Raise Your Leadership, Raise Your Life is the

John Antal on making a video game, novel and history book all at once
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Cross-media content is the wave of the future, and John Antal shows what’s possible when you think beyond just one medium. He is a retired colonel who spent 30 years in the U.S. Army. He is also

INTERACTIVE- U.S. MARINES DEFEND WAKE ISLAND, 1941
Choose the correct plan for an American gun crew facing Japanese invaders. You are U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Woodrow M. Kessler, commander of an eight-man gun crew. Your 5-inch gun, once mounted on a U.S. Navy battle- ship, is part of the defensive shore batteries for Wake Island, a remote American outpost in the Pacific

INTERACTIVE: CIVIL WAR INFANTRY ATTACK, 1863
Choose the correct plan for a Union infantry company attacking Confederate defenders. You are Union Army Captain Samuel Marks, commander of Company C, 18th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Your unit, mainly composed of combat experienced veterans, is part of Brigadier General Michael Lawler’s 2d Brigade, 14th Division, in Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the