Major Theodore Dobias was in charge of NYMA's Company F.    When in Company F, I also worked in NYMA's Mess Hall to defray the school's tuition costs.    Such work would interfere with regular non-com. duties, so Maj....

I owe much of the person that I am today to "Maj."  He encouraged me to reach beyond what I thought was possible for me ever to achieve.  My life has been forever the better for having him as my "Tac", mentor, and frien...

SPENT MY FIRST TWO YEARS IN F CO.

MAJ WOULD HAVE US ASSEMBLED IN THE LOBBY OF WRIGHT HALL AND ADDRESS US FROM THE STAIRS. ON THE WALLS WERE "ITS NOT IF YOU WON OR LOST, BUT HOW YOU PLAYED THE GAME" AND "WINNING ISNT EVERYTH...

In 1983 my coach and Mentor, recruited me to New York Military Academy. This experience change the course of my life. I want to thank the good Lord for allowing Colonel Theodore Dobias for crossing my path and being one of the great influences ...

One of the things I remember most about The Maj. was that he never called us boys or kids or students...he always called us men. Any formation would always start with him grunting something like "All right, form-up men!" or "Form up y...

Well remembered by me in 1954-1958. 

I was an officer in Company F (Wright Hall). Being somewhat away from the main barracks we cadet officers would sometimes stay up after taps, call in an order from the Villa Pinessi  and chow...