Promoted to 1st Lieutenant after only one year, Robin Bartlett, at 22, assumed the leadership of the 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Over the next seven months, he led a platoon on more than 60 helicopter combat assaults and search and destroy missions. Bartlett has spent most of his career in the publishing field. He is a longstanding member of the Independent Book Publishing Association (IBPA) and was the Director of Education for the organisation for 13 years. Bartlett holds a BA degree in Comparative Literature from Claremont McKenna College in California and a master’s degree in Media from Pace University in NYC, and is the author of numerous business publications. He is the president of the NY/NJ Chapter of the 1st Cavalry Division Association.