...in the Navy: Does the Navy have to establish a required on punishment? Senior Enlisted Academy Driving under the influence convictions in the Navy In 2009, IS2 Norton was convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) off base in San Diego. His commanding officer took him to Captain’s Mast and convicted him of disobeying a general order. He was reduced in rank to an E4 and forfeited half his pay for two months. In 2012, the same command had three Sailors convicted of DUI off base and they were not awarded non-judicial punishment (NJP). All four sailors had a blood alcohol content over double the state limit of 0.08 (Taylor, 2013). To ensure equality and fairness, should the Navy establish a standard punishment covering DUI convictions? This paper will provide the background, discussion and recommendations on the Navy’s punishment of DUI convictions. Background Information The Navy has seen a 44 percent decrease of DUIs the past four years. However, there were over 2,000 DUIs reported in fiscal year 2011. Additionally, there was over 5,000 Navy-wide alcohol related incidents in the same year which includes Sailors driving under the influence who were originally arrested for DUI but were able to have the charges downgraded to a lesser charge (Port, 2012). While that number seems low, military alcohol use, especially among young service members, is almost twice as high as their civilian counter parts (NIAAA, 2010). Alcohol abuse impacts...
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...MEDICINE, 180, 4:419, 2015 Overview of Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Alcohol Misuse Among Active Duty Service Members Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan, Self-Report and Diagnosis Sarah A. Mustillo, PhD*; Ashleigh Kysar-Moon, M A f; Susan R. Douglas, PhDp, Ryan Hargraves, MS±; Shelley Mac Derm id Wadsworth, PhD*; Melissa Fraine, MPH§; Nicole L. Frazer, PhD§ ABSTRACT Previous studies have found deployment to combat areas to be associated with an increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and alcohol abuse, but many previous studies were limited by samples that were not representative of the deployed military as a whole. This study presents an overview of these three mental health problems associated with deployment among Air Force, Army, Marine Corp, and Navy service members returning from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan between January 2007 and March 2008. With postdeployment health data on over 50,000 service men and women, including diagnostic information, we were able to estimate prevalence of those who screened positive for risk of each disorder in self-report data at two time points, as well as prevalence of diagnoses received during health care encounters within the military health care system. The prevalence ranges of the three disorders were consistent with previous studies using similar measures, but service members in the Navy had higher rates of screening positive for all three disorders and higher prevalence...
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...them completely ignoring the message you are trying to share. Businesses use visuals in their advertising and also in their presentations that they share with their workforce. Using visuals to help communicate a message can improve the desired effect of having your message heard and understood. The greatest asset the United States Marine Corps has is its Marines. It is important that the leadership does everything they can to ensure the safety of each and every one of their Marines. This means that they need to educate the workforce on issues that pose a threat to their safety. One of these threats that pose one of the biggest risks to Marines safety is alcohol and drug abuse. The message I will be conveying is drug and alcohol prevention. The purpose of it is to pass knowledge on about the dangers of abusing alcohol and drugs as well as the repercussions if Marines are caught violating Marine Corps Orders and the law while under the influence of these substances. The desired result is to have Marines walk away with the knowledge of the dangers of these substances and the impact it could have on their lives and career. Hopefully with this new, or refreshed, knowledge they will be deterred from abusing these substances or using them if they are illegal. The intended audience is all active duty Marines in the command that this message will be given to. This could possibly be presented to Marines from the rank of Private all the way up to a four star General, depending...
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...United States Armed Forces. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM) is the oldest U.S. military authority in the Pacific Command area of responsibility. 2. EARLY SEPARATION POLICY CANCELLATION. We are in a growing Navy. This requires more people, at a time when we are still working our way back to desired sea duty manning levels, and when the competition for talent is especially keen. We will certainly recruit and train many more Sailors to help meet these demands, but that will not be enough. Retention of every capable Sailor will be critical to the operational readiness of the Navy....
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...USN/USMC Commander’s Quick Reference Handbook for Legal Issues 2008 i Report Documentation Page Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE 3. DATES COVERED 2. REPORT TYPE 2008 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 00-00-2008 to 00-00-2008 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER USN/USMC Commander’s Quick Reference Handbook for Legal Issues 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Naval Justice School ,Newport ,RI 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S ACRONYM(S)...
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...Military Versus Civilian Alcohol Dependency Military personnel are more likely to be alcohol dependent than civilians, which is due to the high stress and pressures of the military culture, lifestyle, combat, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Imagine what it feels like returning home after a 12 month deployment to the Middle East. What do you do when you feel there is nowhere to go? You go where you feel most comfortable--alcohol. There are many causes and factors for alcoholism. These factors influence many people to drink and contribute to a higher count of alcoholism in our society. Alcoholism is sometimes caused or influenced by genetic, psychological, social, and environmental factors. This also includes how it affects your body and behavior. Some additional factors include age, family history, steady drinking over time, mental health and depression, social and cultural factors, and combining alcohol with medications or illegal drugs. (Emmite, et.al, Remedy’s health communities’ mental health; alcohol abuse, May 2001) One of the main causes of alcoholism is the genetic component. There are some scientists that suggest that there is a genetic component that plays a role in certain areas of alcoholism. Those areas are having an increased risk for alcoholism, having an increased tolerance, and having ongoing cravings for alcohol. Although the genes themselves have not been identified, there have been a number of studies. Some of these studies were...
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...Assignment 1: Principles of Economics Strayer University Spring 2012 Table of Contents Page Suggest how an economist would approach the problem of alcohol abuse 3 Analyze how prescription drugs affect the demand and supply of other products 3 Formulate a reason why the elasticity of demand is an important consideration 4 Provide two (2) examples of increasing-cost industries in your state and propose 4 Suggest how, under certain conditions, a perfectly competitive market 5 Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment 6 References. 7 1. Suggest how an economist would approach the problem of alcohol abuse. Provide two (2) possible solutions to this problem. Include the four (4) elements of the economic way of thinking in your analysis. During the twenty-five years experience of the Navy, they taught only two solutions to an individual’s alcohol abuse problem, education, and treatment. Alcohol abuse can be cure, and there are treatment facilities to help get their life back on track. The four element of the economic way of thinking would be Market forces, rational behavior, Opportunity Cost, Cost Benefit Analysis. According to Pettinger (2008), “The aim is to find patterns and use this to predict likely outcomes. In the real world, it is often difficult to model behavior because there are so many different variables”...
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...Debate Summary Amanda Missick, Karla Castillo, Kimberly Archuleta, and Kimberly Arzate BCOM 275 April 2, 2015 John Kungis Debate Summary Throughout the debate we chose to discuss the Chris Kyle murder case where Eddie Routh was convicted for the brutal murder of Chris Kyle, former Navy Seal, and his comrade Chad Littlefield. As the debate summary we decided to go with the pro side of the argument, which includes; Eddie Routh's history of mental disorders, how he fled the scene, and the sentence given to him for his murder charge. Not only did this topic make us have different opinions amongst each other, but made us open our minds to different views. Even though as a team we had our disagreements and different believes on the topic, we came together for the final decision of the debate. We believed that the murder trial of Chris Kyle was justly sentenced. Even though Eddie was facing a low point in his life we believe his alcohol abuse, violent behavior and strange conduct were contributing factors that led to his mental state. Living in a city with one of the biggest military bases in the country, we all in different ways are related to military personnel. Some of us personally know veterans with PTSD. It was discussed during our meetings that it normally takes more than a shooting range to trigger someone to relive those experiences that only veterans have experienced. We are devastated that this incident turned out the way it did, ending the life of not only the...
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...including lack of affordable housing , poverty, and physical and sexual abuse. Ninety percent of homeless women become homeless because they are fleeing physical or sexual abuse. Even full time jobs aren't enough to support a family's needs such as clothing and food. The government needs to realize that homelessness is a big problem that needs a solution. Veterans are also among the homeless surprisingly. For example a former navy seal, Joseph Fisher, found himself homeless after being discharged from the navy. Among the homeless nineteen percent are veterans. Our veterans risked their lives for us and they are being repaid by calling the streets their home. Half of them are experiencing post traumatic stress disorder and often leads to them committing suicide. On average veterans spend six years on the streets which is more time than non veteran homeless people. There are a lot of statistics about homelessness in America. Its unfortunate but these statistics are true. Nearly one fourth of the homeless are children, twenty- three percent being under eightteen. I personally could never see myself being a child and sleeping on the streets and having to decide to spend my money on shelter or on food. Children should not have to deal with adult problems like being homeless at such a young age. We should try and get the children off the streets so that they do not learn bad habits at such a young age such as alcohol and drugs. Another scary statistic is that nearly fourty- two point...
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...case study took place at an Alcohol and Addiction Counselling Practice. This service offers people with drug or alcohol related problems an opportunity to increase their quality of life by: providing advice and information, one-to-one counselling, a gender specific alcohol and drug user group, a support group for people who have stopped drinking or using drugs and a family and friends support group. The first interview with Claire took place in October 2000. Her psychiatrist referred Claire to our practice. His first contact with Claire was in August of the same year. She was referred to him by a hospital that had treated her for an attempted suicide. Although the psychiatrist is treating Claire for severe depression it has become apparent to him that she has a problem with alcohol. She is 30 years old and was divorced two years ago. She has no children. There is no partner in her life now or since her divorce and she lives in a rented one bed roomed house. She is unemployed and is currently in receipt of Income Support. Claire has requested a counselling programme that will help her to abstain from alcohol. She has not drunk any alcohol for two weeks prior to her appointment at this service, but she is on prescribed medication: tranquillisers and anti-depressants for depression. The main objective of this interview is to gather information in order to assess which of our services will best benefit Claire to aid her with abstinence from alcohol. At the beginning of the...
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...actress. Edith married Dr. Loyal Davis when Nancy was 6. He was a neurosurgeon and he also adopted Nancy. She got her education at Girls’ Latin School and also at Smith College in Massachusetts, she majored in theater there. After graduating she traveled with a road company, then she settled in on a role on Broadway in the favorite musical Lute Song. More acting roles pursued. One performance attracted an offer from Hollywood. Billed as Nancy Davis, she played in 11 films from 1949 to 1956. In her concluding move, “ Hellcats of the Navy,” she starred opposite her husband. She met Ronald Reagan in 1951. At that moment, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. The next year they were married. It was a quiet ceremony in Los Angeles. Soon after her wedding she...
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...is much more prevalent than people imagine,” said VA psychologist David Sutton, a former Air Force pilot and Vietnam vet who counsels male sexual assault victims at a VA hospital in Big Spring, Texas. “In basic training, it's easy to exert one's power over a young recruit. And even if they do report it, there is an attempt to disregard it or an attempt to cover it up.” (See article: Male (and Female) Rape in the Military http://www.refusingtokill.net/rape/malerapinthearmy.htm). According to the article, Male sexual trauma victims have labeled officers or older enlisted men gang raping recruits, soldiers “sodomizing victims with gun barrels and forcing young enlistees to perform oral sex.” One victim of this dreadful incident was a retired navy diver, Paul Branesky, was raped in the summer 1967during submarine training school in Groton, Connecticut, The four took turns sodomizing him; another victim is Greg Helle, a veterinary hospital administrator from Ankeny, Iowa, said he was raped by his fellow soldiers during his tour in Vietnam. Jack Williams He can't stand to have people come up behind him. That's what his rapist, an assistant drill sergeant in the Air Force, did almost 50 years ago. It happened to Williams 3 times after the third time, at Lackland Air Force Base; Williams tied a few towels together and tried to hang himself. Security guards found him unconscious. A part of Williams died that day in 1966; he was just only 18 the starting point of a man’s life. Military men...
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...VIOLENCE NARRATIVE REPORT KoseKwu Usiade Unit: 501 Case No. 714502 On July 14, at 2:15pm we were dispatched to a Domestic disturbance call at 114 Elm Street, Center City. Upon arrival at 2:20pm, my partner and I met a White female Martha Goodson DOB 1972. She was the neighbor who made the 911 call. She complained about loud arguing from 114 Elm Street and informed us there had been three domestic disturbances in the last 6 months and one in the last week. We approached the house and noticed there was only one car parked in the driveway, a 1999 Toyota Camry. The front door was also ajar. We knocked on the door and a White male, Mark Whitworth opened the door. He was about 6ft, with short blond hair sweating, red face and smelt of alcohol. Standing behind him was a white female Jana Whitworth in her early 20s. We spoke with them separately. The husband was cooperative but obnoxious and drunk. They both confirmed that neither of them had struck or threatened each other. My partner and I counseled both parties an attempted to mediate a solution that will be in the best interest of the both of them without and enforcement action. Mark Whitworth agreed to do to bed and Jana Whitworth decided to go to her mother’s house where her 6yrs old daughter was for the rest of the afternoon. We left thereafter. At 6:30pm, we received a priority 1 domestic disturbance. Neighbor reported a man assaulting a woman on the porch of the residence. Man was armed with some type of weapon and...
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...Through her experience she acted brave and continued to fight for her right to education. Melba’s story is important in understanding human behavior because she withstood verbal and physical abuse to create equality for everyone. Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke is a fascinating story of a young girl who became an actress and had her innocence taken away from her at age seven. Anna Marie lived a challenging life as she was not allowed to have a childhood. She was forced into character roles and had no friends or family. She began using drugs and alcohol as coping mechanisms to deal with her new lifestyle. After several divorces from husbands, nearly ruining her career, and having irrational behaviors she was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She began the road to recovery and learned how to live with her illness. Through her story we see the importance of how people can go throughout life uneducated and undiagnosed with their mental illness. She was one of the few fortunate enough to recover and be able to continue living her life. Finding Fish involves the story of a young boy who was raised in and out of various institutions then finally becomes adopted into a foster family. He suffers from verbal and physical abuse in the home. In his teen years he decides to enlist in the Navy after fleeing his home. Through self-discovery, he became a poet and storyteller who was one of the most pretentious writers in Hollywood. Throughout his life he used self-determination...
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...twenty-one years old when you are considered an adult at the age of eighteen? At the age of eighteen you are not mature and responsible enough to purchase and consume alcohol. Alcohol has been around for centuries, showcased at parties, bars, sports events and just about everywhere. For these very reasons every day in our country the drinking age is being ignored and violated by young adults, teenagers, and even children all under the age of twenty-one. “On average ninety-five percent of those who will be alcohol consumers in their lifetime take their first drink before the age twenty one. Fifty percent of eighteen to twenty year olds consume alcohol on a regular basis” (McCardell 1). Based on these statistics we can conclude that the enforcement of the legal drinking age has fallen short. The most commonly known place where alcohol is consumed very heavily is on our college campuses. Many college students participate in binge drinking which is drinking of four or more drinks back to back.(Saylor 1) “Among college students, a decade's worth of research in the College Alcohol Study found the proportion of students engaging in frequent binge drinking had increased” (McCardell 1). Between the years of 1993 and 2001, there was a ten percent increase in college students drinking to get drunk (McCardell 1). Alcohol use...
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