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Scotty Smiley

Scotty Smiley
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Scotty Smiley

Captain Scotty Smiley is the Army’s only active-duty blind officer. He lost the use of both eyes when a car bomber blew himself up in front of Scotty’s vehicle. A recipient of the bronze star and Purple Heart, he currently teaches the core course in leadership at West Point. Scotty and his wife Tiffany are the proud parents of two young children.

Hope Unseen will be released on November 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback
May 16, 2012
Hope Unseen will be released on September 14, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 14, 2010
Hope Unseen is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 14, 2010

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Booktv, March 12, 2012
...From the 2012 Savannah Book Festival in Savannah, Georgia, Scotty Smiley discusses his book, Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer. About the Authors Scotty Smiley Captain Scotty Smiley is the Army's...
WRBL-TV, November 12, 2011
...Captain Scotty Smiley is currently stationed at Fort Benning taking a leadership course for captains. It's an opportunity he never dreamed could happen, after losing his eyesight at the hands of...
WRBL-TV, November 11, 2011
...Captain Scotty Smiley is currently stationed at Fort Benning taking a leadership course for captains. It's an opportunity he never dreamed could happen, after losing his eyesight at the hands of...
WRBL-TV, November 10, 2011
...Captain Scotty Smiley is currently stationed at Fort Benning taking a leadership course for captains. It's an opportunity he never dreamed could happen, after losing his eyesight at the hands of...
AllVoices, September 1, 2011
...Scotty Smiley will sign copies of his book Hope Unseen at 4 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble in Kennewick. Smiley, a Pasco High School graduate, was the Army's...
Catholic New York Online, June 2, 2011
...make remarks at the ceremony May 19 at Mutual of America headquarters in Manhattan. (The other was Capt. Scotty Smiley, the U.S. Army’s first blind active duty officer and current commander of the Warrior Transition Unit for ailing or wounded soldiers...