D. R. HILL

Dr. D. R. HILL

Brigadier General – D.H. Hill’s Division [[XXI-Provisional-CSA]

Colonel - ACTIVE DUTY - US ARMY (Retired}

PhD / MBA / Masters in Strategic Studies / Army War College Class of 2004

Military [Civil War Era] History ~ and ~ Christianity

D. R. Hill is a 36 year, decorated combat veteran [US ARMY Retired] who led a long and distinguished military career, spanning a tenure of Enlisted service [from Private E-1 to Staff Sergeant E-6] then a Commissioned Combat Arms Officer – Infantry, Armor, Artillery, Engineer. He served in multiple command assignments [Company to Brigade level. During OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM [Multi-National Force] led by Commanding General David Petraeus, Colonel Hill served a Officer in Charge for the 108th Division’s Tactical Operations Center – tasked to train Iraqi Army and Police. Doctor Hill is a graduate of the US ARMY WAR COLLEGE [Class of 2004] and holds his M.B.A; Masters in Strategic Studies; and PhD in Management. He is an avid student of military history, a WAR-FIGHT researcher and author. As namesake of Lieutenant General D. H. Hill [C.S.A.] he is the author of “Lee’s Fighting General” and currently serves as Provisional Brigade Commander of the infamous “1st NC Regiment [C.S.A.] – immortalized as the “Bethel Brigade” – First at Big Bethel – Further at Gettysburg – Last at Appomattox!” Cancel culture notwithstanding, he continues to advocate and campaign for the restoration of damaged/destroyed historical military statues [of every era.]

THE ART OF [DIGITAL] WAR (Volumes I, II, and III) - MY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE FAMILY OF LTG FLYNN –

I first became acquainted with the Mike Flynn family when Mike Jr. was a college roommate with my oldest son at Wingate University in NC; getting to know Mike Junior as he worked his way through the travails of college campus life - working part-time [along with my son] at my Sports Camp and Martial Arts School in the small town of Monroe, NC. Over many years, the family friendship between Mike Junior and my son has continued to grow - to the point of my son’s role as a groomsman in Mike Junior’s wedding. So, for me, it was at this point in my comfortable, and otherwise enjoyable, life a retired US Army Senior Officer [O6] that I joined the ranks as a soldier in Flynn’s “DIGITAL ARMY!” [Further details of our families’ friendship are shared on pages 51-52 of Volume I - The Art of Digital War.]

MY TWO-FOLD PURPOSE FOR WRITING “The Art of [Digital] War – I & II”

ONE: I recognized the severe, unwarranted and growing financial dilemma facing the Flynn’s family and I wanted to financially contribute [somehow] to his defense fund in some form and fashion. I felt perhaps I could employ my experience as a writer to author “The Art of [Digital] War” – thinking perhaps there could be a potential to raise a modest, but much needed amount, of money in support of General Flynn’s legal defense;

TWO: as a retired, Senior US ARMY officer with periods of service [1968 to 2009] and Graduate of the US ARMY WAR COLLEGE [Class of 2004], I recognized the gravity of the dilemma facing LTG Flynn and sensed a somber and urgent need to document and record [historically] the ongoing efforts of LTG Flynn’s new and growing “Digital Army.” I was convinced, and remain so to this day, that an historical record of this ongoing Digital War needed to be recorded and preserved – to capture empirical data and evidence the fight - so this data could be used to train ‘future war fighters’ of our Senior Service Colleges and other institutions of military education.

If you understand how our U.S. Senior Service Colleges operate, then you know that LTG Flynn, I, and every other War College graduate was required to author countless ‘written projects and papers’ as a primary means of higher learning for “The Art of War!” Future generations of military leaders WILL eventually spend inordinate amounts of time ‘writing War College papers’ on the very events that were chronicled in the Q POSTS!] So, when “We the People” finally achieve victory in this Digital and God’s grants full restoration of our Constitution and heals our nation, we must take proactive measures to ensure that “This will never happen again!” We will have to TEACH and TRAIN our FUTURE WAFIGHTERS! We will have to INSTRUCT them on exactly how THE PLAN - “the most elaborate and complex military intelligence operation that the world has ever seen” was adjudicated! To conduct this training, we’re going to need a solid DESK REFERENCE MANUAL!

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - D. R. HILL

D. R. Hill was born September 5th, 1949, in Union County, NC – within a 25 mile radius of the locations of D.H. Hill’s birth, childhood home, professorships with the North Carolina Military Institute and Davidson College; he entered the US Army in 1968 as a private and advanced through the NCO corps attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant; graduating with honors from the North Carolina Military Academy [[successor institution of D. H. Hill’s North Carolina Military Institute]] he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry in 1973 with unit assignment as platoon leader to NCARNG unit bearing lineage and honors of the First North Carolina’s “Big Bethel” Regiment, including the “Big Bethel” battle streamer” – the “immortal” First North Carolina Regiment - first commanded by Colonel D. H. Hill; his military service totaled 41 years [[August1968-September2009) and included a total of twelve years in command at the brigadier, regimental, battalion, company, and platoon levels; his assignments ranged from platoon, company & battery level to 3 star command; twice he was called to the battlefield in the defense of our nation; he was highly decorated with his highest honor being the US Army’s Legion of Merit medal; he is a graduate of the US Army War College [Class of 2004], the US Army Command & General Staff College, and all four Officer Advance Schools of Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and Engineer. He holds his Ph.D. in Management, M.B.A.; Masters in Strategic Studies; Bachelors and Associates Degrees in Business; he is married and continues to raise his Christian family under the same devout Presbyterian faith as is the custom in the Hill families. On this date, he proudly serves as the Provisional Commanding General – D. H. Hill’s Division XXI – [[Provisional]] and responsible for the perpetuation of the Division’s heritage and the memory of the gallant soldiers of that distinguished command.