Famous Military Leaders - Colin Powell

Colin Powell -- raised in the South Bronx by Jamaican immigrants -- participated in ROTC and earned a B.S. in Geology at what New York-area school?

• Columbia
• Barnard
• Suny College at New Paltz
• St. John's
• City College of New York

In what Division -- also known as Americal -- did Powell serve as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff during the Vietnam War?

• 1st Cavalry Division
• 3rd Infantry Division
• 23rd Infantry Division
• 101st Airborne Division
• 555th Parachute Infantry Company

Right before he was named to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989, what position did Powell hold?

• Commander of the 4th Infantry Division
• Commander of the V Corps in Western Europe
• National Security Advisor
• Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Deputy Secretary of State