...point I was mimicking what different people on TV have been doing, and I realized I am starting to dream what I want to be. There were a lot of different people that inspired me because of their job as actor’s professional athletes etc. I revered the athletes most that is why I wanted to be like them, always outside practicing different sports. I could see myself someday playing a professional sport and taking care of my family. So I started to dream big and working hard to become that professional athlete. A turn of fate changed everything for me when my brother passed away in my last year of high school, then I decided to join the Marine Corps because that is always something that my brother wanted to do when he got older. Once I graduated High school I did whatever it took to join the Marines and I excelled and became one of the top Marines in my job field. When my brother passed away I always think about how much he applied himself to everything he did and now I live with that type of passion. Life is full of uncertainties for me as I am striving to earn my degree in business and show myself I do have the drive to succeed. Along with my stormy journey in life I’ve met different people with different personality that motivates me to study Business. Those motivations poked me and keep me on track with what has to...
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...6:45-8:30. The location the meeting was held is Embassy Suites Hotel, 9300 Baymeadows Blvd Jacksonville, FL. There is PMI NEFL TOASTMASTERS meetings every Wednesday night from 6:00-7:30 at DeVry University & Keller Graduate School of Management 5200 Belfort Road – Room 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. There are no other meetings posted at this time on the site. The speaker of the meeting on Monday, January 21, 2013 was Jason Walker and his topic was “A Leader’s Journey. The site states that Jason Walker excelled in the Naval Nuclear Power Program before accepting an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with Distinction and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Jason answered the call to “The Few. The Proud. The Marines.” and accepted a commission as a Marine Corps Infantry Officer, which can easily be compared to a project manager with direct...
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...THE LIFE AND TIMES Gloria Garcia PSY 202 Adult Development and Life Assessment Maritza Leon-Veiguela June 25, 2012 The life and times of Gloria Garcia Outline I. What my family was like a. Size b. Personalities II. Jobs I have held c. Video game bata tester III. My family now IV. Greatest achievements to date d. Mother V. Personal, Professional, and Academic goals e. PTSD f. Clinical THE LIFE AND TIMES Ever try to live in a house with eight other siblings with you being the youngest? I did and it was not easy to say the least in fact it was a living nightmare or so I thought at the time. In this paper I will present a brief description of how I survived my family growing up, but most importantly how my family and some of my life experiences have impacted my life as I know it today. Using the adult development theories from this course I will also bring to light some of my future goals and what I would like to accomplish. I was the youngest of nine children living in Brooklyn New York inside what seemed to be a small two story walkup. So needless to say I had all the cards stacked against me, with five older sisters and three older brothers simple things people in allot smaller families take for granted day after day, I did not know of until I was almost the age of fourteen, simple things like; Privacy, having seconds at dinner sometimes just having dinner was a task by itself. My Mom spent most...
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...To The Shores of Tripoli Muslim foes. Kidnappings. How the Barbary Wars foreshadowed things to come By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Within days of his March 1801 inauguration as the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson ordered a naval and military expedition to North Africa, without the authorization of Congress, to put down regimes involved in slavery and piracy. The war was the first in which the U.S. flag was carried and planted overseas; it saw the baptism by fire of the U.S. Marine Corps—whose anthem boasts of action on "the shores of Tripoli"—and it prefigured later struggles with both terrorism and jihad. The Barbary States of North Africa—Algiers, Tunis, Morocco and Tripoli (today's Libya)—had for centuries sustained themselves by preying on the maritime commerce of others. Income was raised by direct theft, the extortion of bribes or "protection" and the capture of crews and passengers to be used as slaves. The historian Robert Davis, in his book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800, estimates that as many as 1.25 million Europeans and Americans were enslaved. The Barbary raiders—so called because they were partly of Berber origin—struck as far north as England and Ireland. It appears, for example, that almost every inhabitant of the Irish village of Baltimore was carried off in 1631. Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe...
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...They were even reprimanded for saluting. Lt Eugene Irwin felt the need to develop the feeling of self respect in them. He reminded them that they were distinguished members of the United States Army and tells them that they are expected to act in a manner befitting one. Thus he manages to return to the inmates of the Castle their self respect thereby giving them the courage to strike up a rebellion. This is known as The Pygmalion Effect. There are a number of occasions on which The Pygmalion Effect has been demonstrated in the movie. 1. First is in the case of Corporal Ramone Aguilar. Corporal Aguilar was a young marine who had been arrested for act of violence. He had a problem of low self esteem and stammered while talking. It was Lt General Eugene Irwin who reminded him of the fact that he was still a distinguished member of the United States Marine Corps. He told him the importance of saluting. When the time came to rebuild “the castle” Irwin also told the other inmates to take advantage of Aguilar’s experience and knowledge. This made him regain his self confidence, so much so that when Warden Winter’s men came to break down the Wall created by them he did not hesitate to defy orders and stand alone in front of the bulldozers. Like a true soldiers he did not think twice before laying down his life...
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...of the United States Marine Corps and what sets it apart from other branches of the United States Armed Forces derives from the traditions and symbols associated with it. According to USMC (2011), “Traditions are the beliefs, events, and customs that bond all Marines. The symbols are icons that represent Marine Corps values” (Culture: Traditions & Symbols, para. 1). The Marine Corps use these elements to develop and mold recruits into the fighting force that has served the United States so bravely since 1775. Traditions/Symbols The traditions of the Marine Corps that espouse their values are: “First to Fight, Core Values, Semper Fidelis, The Oath, Music, and Silent Drill platoon” (Culture: Traditions & Symbols, para. 1). The symbols used to represent their values are: “Eagle Globe and Anchor, Dress Blues, The Sword, and Marine Corps Flag” (Culture: Traditions & Symbols, para. 1). The Marine Corps leverage their traditions and symbols to socialize recruits by instilling the values necessary to be a successful Marine. The formal nature and style in which the command structure communicates them is vital, in that the training regimen divests the recruit of his individual desires and sets the goal of his unit and the Marine Corps above his own. Following is a description of the primary symbol and some of the traditions that have important meaning to the Corps and to individual Marines. First to fight. First to fight refers to the Marine Corps readiness to go anywhere...
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...IMPLEMENTING A TELEWORK POICY WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS TO REDUCE COST AND IMPROVE WORKFORCE SATISFACTION Prepared for Jerry Lewis, Deputy Director of Programs and Resources, United States Marine Corps Prepared by December 12, 2011 MEMORANDUM TO: Jerry Lewis, Deputy Director of Programs and Resources FROM: Name, Programs and Resources Analyst DATE: December 12, 2011 SUBJECT: Implementing an Organizational Telework Policy Here is the research report that has been completed in response to the Government Efficiencies Working Groups’ recommendations. While the Marine Corps does not currently have a successful telework policy implemented at this time, but we currently have a partial capability from a technology standpoint. This puts us in situation that is ripe with opportunities to change the organization’s work environment in ways that will benefit all parties involved. With many new changes in the information technology solutions available in the market place it is now possible to do work anywhere and at any time. The implementation of a strategy to take advantage of this change in the work environment can lead to quantifiable savings in real estate costs and improve the employee work life balance. Improved energy savings and a decrease in building costs are organizational benefits from the implementation of a teleworking policy within the organization. Current Information Technology Systems should be reviewed to determine if they could be redesigned...
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...U.S. Monopoly on Global Weapons Trade The 19th and 20th centuries have been the centuries of monopoly capitalism. As we move into the 21st century, there is a new cultural and economic phenomenon arising: monopoly militarism. That is the subject this case study attempts to explore “ U.S. monopoly on the militarization of the world” . The Global arms trade can effectively be referred to as “the global weapons monopoly." Cold war and after During cold war days, the United States did have a major competitor. For instance, the Congressional Research Service's data for 1990, the last year of the Soviet Union's existence, shows global weapons sales totaling $32.7 billion, with the United States accounting for $12.1 billion of that or 37% of the market. For its part, the Soviet Union was responsible for a competitive $10.7 billion in deals inked that year. France, China, and the United Kingdom accounted for most of the rest. However in 2008, according to report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), $55.2 billion in weapons deals were concluded worldwide. Of that total, the United States was responsible for $37.8 billion in weapons sales agreements, or 68.4% of the total "trade." US agreements with all of its customers include not only sales of very costly major weapons systems, but also the upgrading and the support of systems previously provided. The arms agreements involving a wide variety of items such as spare parts, ammunition, ordnance, training, and support...
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...the United States Navy from a handwritten system of processing and filing, to an electronic system of processing and record keeping. This process would eliminate weeks of back and forth between originators and approving officials thus shortening the time between submission and approval of the award for the service member. Brief Company Background (Navy, 2013)The following chart presents an overview of the organization of the Department of the Navy. The U.S. Navy was founded on 13 October 1775, and the Department of the Navy was established on 30 April 1798. The Department of the Navy has three principal components: The Navy Department, consisting of executive offices mostly in Washington, D.C.; the operating forces, including the Marine Corps, the reserve components, and, in time of war, the U.S. Coast Guard (in peace, a component of the Department of Homeland Security); and the shore establishment. The blocks below are hyperlinked to more information. Discussion of Business Problems The problem with the current systems of award writing in the United States Navy is that the originator sends the hand written award up the chain of command through the list of approvers until it is finally approved by the Commanding officer. During the routing of the award up the...
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...A Bill to Remove Marines from Japan to be relocated to South Korea (Affirmative) Two factors have driven the debate over the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan: campaign pledges made by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and complaints from Okinawans about the presence of the U.S. military. These factors have had a particularly strong impact on efforts to preserve the Marine Corps Air Station on Okinawa. However, other critical factors—national interests, regional threats, and the U.S.–Japan alliance’s military requirements—are absent from the discussion over the station’s scheduled relocation from Futenma to a more remote locale. As a result of this lopsided debate, a number of military fallacies have taken hold in both the Japanese and the American publics. Reason #1: The U.S. Marine presence is a tangible sign of America’s commitment to defend Asia. U.S. forward-deployed forces in Asia are indisputable signals of Washington’s commitment to the obligations of its 1960 security treaty with Japan to defend its allies and maintain peace and stability in Asia. The U.S. Marines on Okinawa are an indispensable component of any U.S. response to an Asian crisis. The Marine presence is also a clear rebuttal to perceptions of waning United States resolve in the face of a rising and assertive China. Withdrawing the U.S. Marines from Okinawa would only affirm that perception and lead Asian nations to accommodate themselves to Chinese pressure. As a senior U.S. military...
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...Individual Organizational Transformation Q&A In this paper, the writer will identify and characterize the roles of incentives, training, and education in promoting innovation in his organization according to the level of achievements within the organization. In the author’s organization, everyone has to be held accountable for their own actions and responsible for their own success and failures. However, because the leadership is so strong and thought of every aspect of the organization, following the simple steps to running a successful organization is a proven system that anyone can do. With that being said, if an individual is great at playing follow the leader, than there will be no reason for a great deal of innovation because all that needs to be done, has been done. The one innovation that is promoted rather well in the author’s organization is the transforming of a civilian into a modern day warrior. This is something that leaders teach, but each individual has to find it in them to know what it takes to motivate them to implement the changes that need to be made from within the person. The leaders, which are the brains of this amazing organization, the commissioned officers and staff non-commissioned officers do most of the focusing on the creation of the innovation in this writer’s organization. The leaders that have been in the trenches and made a substantial amount of success within the organization focus more on managing and sustaining the innovation...
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...A failure in generalship BY LT. COL. PAUL YINGLING For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency. In April 1975, the U.S. fled the Republic of Vietnam, abandoning our allies to their fate at the hands of North Vietnamese communists. In 2007, Iraq’s grave and deteriorating condition offers diminishing hope for an American victory and portends risk of an even wider and more destructive regional war. These debacles are not attributable to individual failures, but rather to a crisis in an entire institution: America’s general officer corps. America’s generals have failed to prepare our armed forces for war and advise civilian authorities on the application of force to achieve the aims of policy. The argument that follows consists of three elements. First, generals have a responsibility to society to provide policymakers with a correct estimate of strategic probabilities. Second, America’s generals in Vietnam and Iraq failed to perform this responsibility. Third, remedying the crisis in American generalship requires the intervention of Congress. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF GENERALSHIP Armies do not fight wars; nations fight wars. War is not a military activity conducted by soldiers, but rather a social activity that involves entire nations. Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz noted that passion, probability and policy each play their role in war. Any understanding of war that ignores one of these elements...
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...The Undignified Transfer of Remains If you believe that being in the military is just a job, you are wrong. Even if you don’t fully realize it you have made the decision to give your life for the men you are fighting with, at least that’s how I understood it. I was a Marine Infantryman between the Gulf War 1 and 2. It meant a lot to me back then and in some way still does. Unfortunately for those who died, their loss has been minimized by multiple presidential administrations. The transfer of their remains from battlefield to their families has been hidden from us. The Transfer of Dead Americans from war should be seen by all, and their deaths are being minimized. The ban has since been lifted, but the damage has already been done. Sanitizing war only serves one purpose, free reign to start more wars. The Dover Ban is a federal ban that prohibits media coverage, including photographs, of public soldiers remains when they are returned to the United States. "Media coverage of the arrival of [] remains at the port of entry or at the interim stops will not be permitted..."(National Security Archive 1). Let us examine a few reasons why the ban was put in place. The first justification is to protect the privacy of the deceased and the deceased’s loved ones. Another is to reduce hardship on the families and friends of the deceased. But it is more likely because 58,220 died during the Vietnam War and there were almost no restrictions on causing many problems for the government. ...
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...Evaluating A Story: “The Things They Carried”, By Tim O’Brien The Vietnam War really tested the emotions of the soldiers who deployed there. “The Things They Carried” explained from the physical items carried to the emotional burdens of soldiers fighting in Vietnam. Tim O’Brien, the author had also served time over in Vietnam. This story gives the reader a good understanding of the daily things that can occur. Even if it is abrupt and traumatic, the soldiers have to carry on to continue their mission. Tim O’Brien really writes with a simple style. The sentences themselves were not very long, but more so to the point. He had explained things in detail, but it was not overly done. I thought the style of writing went well with the soldiers mindsets of the checklist of events that go along with their lives over there. From getting one thing done to another, as simple as it is, the sentences complimented the events that played a long. The word choices were with good vocabulary, and they didn’t require anything higher than a high school education. He used several military abbreviations that one outside of the military may not understand (example: PFC stands for Private First Class). The tone of the story is sadness. Realizing the events that happen over in a war zone can be really sad. It is a shock to read about a man, an American Soldier just fall down and die. There was also emotional shock with some of the soldiers who had to just shrug it off, and even the shock of realizing...
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...service with the Marines. I have been out of the services for about a year. I was a recruiter for the last three years. One thing I can tell you for sure is that recruiting relies on efficient business research. The Marine Corps implement most aspects of the business research process before they open a new office. Some steps are begun out of sequence, some are carried out simultaneously, and some may be omitted (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). One of the first questions they ask is potentially what is the quality of recruits they are going to get out of the community. They send teams to explore and sample the community. They check the quality of the high school. They also check for colleges nearby and the percentage of high school graduates that go straight to college or who goes to the workforce. They check for population and compare them to job opportunities. Once they figure out whom the target is they plan a strategy to find and recruit the future of the Marine Corps. They tailor recruiters who come from similar situations so they can relate to the applicants. For example if the community is compose of mainly Hispanic population, it will make perfect sense to have a Hispanic recruiter. The Marines keep the data and analysis it to see if any adjustments need to be made. A senior Marine of high management level is assigned to supersede the daily operations. When I was working as a recruiter at times, I found myself thinking about why the Marine Corps did things a certain...
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