Daniel Foose

Lieutenant Commander Foose is a foreign area officer currently studying at the Defense Language Institute. As a helicopter pilot, he served on the last deployment of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in 2012.

Articles by Daniel Foose

Benedict Arnold’s home-grown fleet (foreground) faces off against the superior British force on Lake Champlain, 11 October 1776. (Valcour Island is to the left.) Similar to how the Continental Army kept the American Revolution alive by fighting, retreating, and living to fight another day, Arnold’s cut-and-run naval engagement served to keep the Revolutionary torch lit.

The Battle of Valcour Island and the Fight for Independence

By Lieutenant Commander Daniel Foose, U.S. Navy

October 2020

With an ad hoc fleet and soldiers-turned-sailors, Benedict Arnold stalled the British advance on Lake Champlain and set the stage for victory in the Revolutionary War.

Daniel Foose

Articles by Daniel Foose

The Battle of Valcour Island and the Fight for Independence

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