Pelican Dispatch - Spring 2010 - Keep Trees

Bullets and
Brush Strokes
Continued from page 21
Featured is a painting titled “Ambush” by Louisiana National Guardsman 1st
Lt. Heather S. Englehart, executive officer for the 1021st Vertical Engineer
Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade. Englehart has
been painting since a young age and has artwork displayed in the U.S. Army
Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.
Photo: Courtesy of LifeScapes Art
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1st Lt. Heather S. Englehart paints a portrait of her military experiences at her home in New
Orleans. Courtesy photo
“This was a perfect fi t for me,” she said.
“I was able to apply everything I learned
and apply it to my work in college.”
In 1997, she decided to join the military
after being dared by a few friends. “A few
of my male friends had just graduated from
basic training and said I couldn’t accomplish
the same thing,” she said. “Since I
am stubborn and hard-headed, I enlisted
to show them they were wrong.”
She spent the beginning of her military
career and overseas deployment as a cook;
and in 2005, she applied for and received a
direct commission as an engineer offi cer.
Word about her work and talents quickly
spread around the Louisiana National
Guard, and after her commissioning, she
was offered a full-time position with the
CFMO.
“I was surprised by the offer and happy
to receive it,” she said. “Working here has
given me the opportunity to continue doing
something that I have always had a passion
for.”
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