Thursday, June 6, 2013

Barack Obama: 'We'll Hold Somebody Accountable!'

Career promotions are usually based upon performance.  A battlefield commission is awarded to soldiers who are promoted to a higher rank during combat.  Battlefield promotions are predicated on extraordinary performance of duties while serving in combat or under combat conditions.  During combat in WWII in Italy, Audie Murphy received his first Bronze Star Medal and his Combat Infantry Man Badge.  Later, in France, he was promoted by battlefield commission to 2nd Lieutenant and platoon leader on October 14, 1944.

In chess, when a pawn reaches the eighth rank, it is promoted into the player's choice of a queen, knight, rook, or bishop.  Every pawn that reaches its eighth rank must be promoted.  Pawn promotion, or the threat thereof, often decides the result of a chess endgame.

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