...talking. We wrote many letters and talked as much as we could, which was not a lot at all. He came home in March, in June he found out he was deploying to Afghanistan some time soon, and proposed to me in July. After debating possibilities for a few days, we decided to get married before he left. We planned an entire wedding and were married two weeks after the engagement. We got to have a week and a half of married life before he had to leave. So for the next few minutes I would like to tell you how we overcame the criticism, what life is like being married to a Marine at such a young age, and what I would do differently if I could rewind time. Brett was in boot camp for 3 months, with no communication except for snail mail. After that he went to more training, and then to schooling. Six months of almost no communication outside of letters. You can believe that people were calling me insane for being so devoted to a guy I knew for two weeks before he left. I was told it wouldn’t last, he would be different when he came home, Marines are all the same, blah blah blah. After he got home and we were stronger than ever, people began to slow down on the criticism. However, as soon as he proposed the facebook posts and text messages telling us we were throwing our lives away began. Engaged at 19, never been to college, deploying to Afghanistan for 9 months soon?! It will never work. We were judged,...
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...Hailey Wagner Summer 2014 AP United States Government & Politics Budris 2014 Summer Assignment Part B- Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan Essay In his article entitled Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan, Bob Woodward depicts the decision making process President Obama endured when it came to military actions regarding the movement of additional troops into Afghanistan in 2009. Through his account of the events which occurred, the reader is offered great insight as to what the most important factors were to Obama as he made his decision concerning foreign policy in Afghanistan, his management style while dealing with this military matter, and the powers of the Commander...
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...The Korean War was a brief but tragic war lasting a three year span from 1950 through 1953. Nearly 10 thousand soldiers from North and South Korea were killed before the battle even began. During the war almost 40 thousand Americans died in action as well as over 100 thousand more being wounded. Nearly 5 million died with about 10 percent being civilians. World War II and Vietnam had less civilian casualties then Korea. This war involved North Korea fighting against South Korea. The communist party of North Korea was trying to take over South Korean Democrats and become one combined communist country. Russian Soviets teamed up with North Koreans to strengthen their chances of a win for communism. This in turn forced the United States to side with South Korea in fear that the communist would take over Korea in whole and push to take over the rest of the world. After the war ended in 1953, and still today, the Korean Peninsula is still divided. The United States did not stop involving in other countries wars there. The Vietnam War was a longer, more expensive battle. It officially lasted from 1954 through 1975 however, disputes dated back to the 1940s. Over 3 million people died during this war. More than half that number was Vietnamese civilians. 58 thousand Americans were also killed in the Vietnam War. A lot like the Korean War, the Vietnam War was the North battling the South. The North Vietnamese communists had the backing of the Soviet Union to spread communism...
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...• I had the privileged opportunity to deploy with a Private Military Contractor who I considered to be a great motivator, and innovator, with respect to imbedding culture. He was a prior Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician who was working for NAVEOD Technology Division in Indian Head, Maryland. He was experienced, empathetic, and one of the bravest individuals I have ever met. He added an element to our team that was irreplaceable. • In 2009 there was a surge of troops in Afghanistan that I would be a part of. I was a very wide-eyed, new member of my organization, who was ready to hit the ground running. However, the pace of training and deployments makes it a challenge to fully understand and adapt to other cultures. This is where...
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...State Army Reserve Command This paper is a discussion on the negotiations between the 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (364th ESC) and the United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) over the number of Army Reserve Soldiers that will be allowed to augment the headquarters of the 364th ESC for the purpose of assisting Army Reserve units preparing to mobilize onto active duty and demobilizing from active duty. Background The 364th ESC has participated in an Army Reserves has a program that has been operational since the 364th ESC’s establishment in 2010, that allows general officer commands to add additional staff to their authorized full time manning for the express purpose of assisting deploying units prepare for mobilization to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This augmentation is called Contingency Operations Active Duty for Operational Support (COADOs), which has allowed the military to bring reserve component members (Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine) voluntarily onto active duty in order to support overseas operations from a position that is located in the United States. Other...
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...Since the foundation of the warfare in the Middle East, martial families have undergone the emotional distress of deployment. For Deploying service members and families, there are assets accessible to aid throughout shifts. Even though the military has encountered many challenges ever since the war, social work has prepared resolutions to offer military families with optimism and encouragement to assist them to emphasize on their families as dear ones are deployed, and direct them with a base to construct upon inside their families. Through many programs and services accessible to the military people, they are allowed to utilize these services for numerous problems in their lives. PROBLEM STATED Ever since the September 11, 2001, terrorist assail, American troops have been set out approximately 3.3 million times to Iraq and Afghanistan, states the Defense Department Data (Tan, 2009). It is calculated that more than 2 million men and women have carried those deployments with 793,000 of them deploying more than one time (Tan, 2009). A lot of the military members are National Guard and Military Reservists entitled to task. EARLY LITERATURE ON MILITARY FAMILIES • Army families have been a component of the United States military services for more than the last two centuries, but martial life for family units has altered along with communal alterations (Pryce et al., 2012, p. 120). • Throughout the Gulf War, deployment of 199-1991 approached at a dreadful point for military...
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...Many people believe that the United States was not involved in the second World War until after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Dudziak describes how “long before war was declared, [President Franklin Roosevelt] was fully acting as commander in chief, amassing an army, deploying weaponry, supplying allies” (50). Despite Congress not officially declaring war until December 11, 1941, President Roosevelt was already utilizing his executive powers as commander-in-chief and war time law was in effect. By allowing the President to use war time powers in a time that is not technically war, the temporary changes that conflict bring become less finite than they...
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...Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania led to the Global War on Terrorism. The Global War on Terrorism and the invading into Iraq for weapons of mass destruction led to a major change in the military. The United States military have been fighting two wars for the last decade: Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. On September 11, 2001 around 8:45 Tower 1 was hit by American Airlines, Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts and United Airlines, Flight 175 hit Tower 2 at exactly 9:03 which both buildings collapsed. (Giuliani 2002) The location of where the Towers collapse became to be known as Ground Zero. Over thousands of police officers, fire men, volunteers, and the National Guard patrol the streets of New York helping with the recovery. That day as a result of this evil attack on the United States about 3,500 people were killed and the lives of thousands were greatly affected. Families all over the United States changed that day. The United States were at War with Terrorism. On October 7, 2001 the United State military and other NATO Forces launched an air strike and Special Forces with ground troops attacked Afghanistan to find Bin Laden, al-Qaeda and other militant...
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...Between 20 percent and 50 percent walk away before completion according to the article Stars And Stripes (Union of Concerned Scientists). An Army analysis concludes that most service members have at least one experience during the whole deployment that could potentially lead to PTSD. Despite the research, few service members seek help. “Soldiers in an all-volunteer force want to be selected for a combat mission and they are afraid that psychological testing will prevent them from deploying,” Johnson said. Regardless of the reasons, Wynn said it’s important that troops get the help they truly need. They are just terrified of what they’ll be...
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...Darrel Watlington April 1, 2015 Sociology 101 Speaking out for Soldiers Page 1 I have been in the military since 2007 and have witnessed several of my friends change during this time period. I have only one friend who is seeking help for PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) I find it interesting that even though they are suffering they will not seek help. My question is why are most military troops less likely to seek help for PTSD? The mental health in our military troops is becoming more of a concern. It has been found that one in eight US soldiers returning home from either Iraq or Afghanistan has PTSD. The major problem occurring from this is soldier are for one reason or another not seeking any help for this issue. This problem has been going on for as long as there has been war. Fortunately our society is starting to understand the effects war has a a person and are paying more attention to this issue. It is important that our society pay more attention to this problem because their can be lasting negative effects if soldiers do not seek treatment. The short term effects of PTSD are sleeplessness, panic attacks, intense fear, nightmares, self destructive thoughts, and depression. The long term effects of PTSD are subsidence abuse, anger management issues, loneliness, and severe depression. In 2012 the military sent out a survey to military spouses and found out that over sixty...
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...far would have to be the assignment in week 3 about China, India and the US and its youth oriented marketing in comparisons. I think that I was most engaged in this assignment because there was so much to learn throughout the process of writing the paper. Learning about other countries and how their youth oriented marketing compares to ours was extremely informative and I think can benefit me and my future company to understand and keep up on. For example, I knew that the United States has in part a large amount of products of all categories being marketed here but I had no idea that India was so behind our times and is so overly obsessed in clothing and politics. When I was deployed in Afghanistan I was able to see that middle eastern countries were extremely behind the times and before deploying everyone considered Arab and India the same, however after doing this assignment I found out that the two are not in any way the same in regards to marketing or lifestyle. I am still unsure what kind of business I plan on owning or making however I do not want to rule out marketing in other countries so learning about the importance and the marketing demands of other countries such as China and India will benefit me and my planning for my business. I think that I excelled in this assignment mostly because I believe that when you truly enjoy doing something it is easy to complete it with great importance and you will put out exceptional efforts to make it right. In this case, I really...
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...POTUS" Introduction Barrack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20th, 2009. He is the first African American to take office and with his presidency he promised to make changes to America that would liberate the American people from crisis into a bright new beginning. In his Inauguration speech, he claimed to mend the financial crisis by stimulating jobs and laying a “new foundation for growth” (Naughton, “Inauguration speech”). He promised to rebuild the Nation’s foundations such as roads, bridges, electric grids, and digital lines, to revive the prosperity and importance of science, to increase the care and lower the cost of health care, to mend the threat of global warming, to enact peace with Afghanistan, to withdraw from Iraq, and to transform the educational system to meet the conditions of a new era (Naughton, “Inauguration speech”). Throughout his first year as president Obama has enacted many policies and regulations such as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Health Care Bill. However, has Obama stayed true to his original promises stated throughout his campaigns, in his Inauguration speech, as well as his first State of Union speech. Has Obamba’s first year been a success or a failure? This essay will explore the history of Obama’s ascend to presidency, his success and failures, and an overall evaluation of Obama’s first year in office. The Rise of Barrack Obama Obama was born on August 4, 1961...
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...ruling governments or leadership have applied violence to express their views. This has been in existence as early as the 18th century during the French Revolution. However, it was not until the 9/11 attack that the world joined hands in the fight against global terrorisms. Some of the prevention and control measures that have been proposed include the deployment of military forces to counter terrorists, use of international peace and security conventions, and negotiations. Periodically, the application of violence and force against terrorists is one of the strategies that have proved effective in countering global terror networks. The force-for-force strategy entails deploying military personnel to fight against terrorists. The United States applied this approach in handling the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. This method is aimed at destroying the terror groups’ training grounds, weapons, and other war machineries. More often, it gets executed using air strikes and ground bombing of their military and training bases. Once these facilities get destroyed, their abilities and capacities to plan and execute terror attacks get paralyzed. Therefore, they become toothless...
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...satisfaction that is matched by no other. As a soldier, there are many options as far as what type of soldier you wish to be. It is similar to choosing a career in the civilian world. The first step in this process is choosing your military branch. There are four main branches in the military; the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. The Army is the branch that I chose. The Army is the largest branch, in terms of the number of soldiers, with an impressive five hundred thousand soldiers on active duty, five-hundred thousand in the Reserves, and three-hundred thousand in the National Guard. The Army is responsible for the majority of land combat in a War. These soldiers are also trained to occupy other countries if necessary (Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mogadishu.) In peace time, the Army’s main deterrent of other country’s aggression is its large presence throughout the world. There are deployed soldiers in over one-hundred countries at any certain time, along with huge ships called Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS), stationed in places such as Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean. If fighting seems likely, this equipment can be rapidly sent to the contested area. Army soldiers are rushed in on large transport planes, who then unload the weapons and supplies from the ships and embark on their mission. Because of the Army’s ability to attack and control large...
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...towards Pakistan as a partner in this global war? The United States (US) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have been fighting against the Taliban for the last decade but the war is nowhere near its end. This study is an exploration of the question whether war is the solution or the problem? Key Words: War on Terror, World Response, Pakistan’s Contribution, Operations, Agreements. Background P akistan has always played a constructive role in the United Nations (UN) — it is one of its largest net troop contributors and its active role in the solution of world issues is internationally recognized. It borders three major strategic regions; South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East, and its geographical proximity to Afghanistan has made it an important partner of the United States. Pakistan has played a significant role, both during the Cold War and as a non-NATO member in the US-led “War on Terror” against al Qaeda and the Taliban. After 9/11 terrorism became a serious problem in international relations. It was the first time in recent history that the US had been confronted with such a huge disaster on its own soil. Maintaining internal security and protecting its global interests became a...
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