Colonel James E. Stokes (Ret.), Lansing native and trailblazing leader in the Michigan Army National Guard whose decades of service reshaped leadership at the state, national, and international levels. Trailblazing, historic, and barrier-breaking only begin to describe the military career of Colonel James E. Stokes (Ret.), a Lansing, Michigan native whose service reshaped what leadership looks like in the Michigan Army National Guard. Over more than three decades in uniform,