...there are only two kinds; those that were there because of the military, whether it is from serving or from being a dependent or civilian contractors, or those that study American military history. Sierra Vista was established as a support community for the United States Army Cavalry post that was later dubbed Fort Huachuca. On this post was one of the most famous mounted cavalry units ever assembled – The “Buffalo Soldiers”. In 1866, six regiments of all-black Soldiers were established by the U.S. Congress, consisting of the 9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry regiments. The 10th Calvary, dubbed the “Buffalo Soldiers” by the Native American tribes in the area because of the darker skin and curly hair, according to local legend, maintained its headquarters at Fort Huachuca (Frank Schubert, “Buffalo Soldiers: Myths and Realities”). The Buffalo Soldier Museum is still there today. On a more whimsical note, Sierra Vista happens to have also been home to the very first McDonald’s Drive-thru (Ethel Jackson Price, “Sierra Vista: Young City with a Past”). In 1974, the restaurant manager wanted to show his support for the Soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca, who weren’t allowed to get out of their car while wearing their fatigues. He paid from his own pocket to have a new door installed and had an employee stand outside to take orders. In...
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... 148). I grew up in a small town called Cusseta, Georgia. It was a town with one caution light and two gas stations located about fifteen miles south of the Fort Benning Army Installation. Growing up in Cusseta, the town’s population was about half and half between African American and Caucasian residents. Although very limited in exposure, I was always taught to treat people equally no matter who they are or where they come from. Now that I sit back and think if there were any other ethnic groups that I was exposed to growing up, I can only remember one woman: Miss Hope. Miss Hope was a fortune teller who set up shop across the street from one of the local gas stations. Her ethnicity was never discussed, but we all assumed that she was different. In a town where racial tensions still existed between grandparents of my generation, Miss Hope’s shop was bombed and one of her grandchildren killed. In Cusseta, all children attended Chattahoochee County Education Center, from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. We (black and white) were all that we knew until it was time to go to high school. When schools were segregated while my parents attended, the African American high school was burned down. This caused the town to draft a contract with the nearest school in Columbus, GA, which happened to be on the Fort Benning Army Installation, for all Cusseta students to attend. When I got to high school, I was in awe. I realized...
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...Expert Training Group Business Plan Accounting 557 August 8, 2014 Expert Training Group Business Plan As an Army veteran of 30 years of military and contracting serve, training Soldiers have always been my passion. My expertise has always been military training. Although training Soldiers can be dangerous, it can also be very rewarding. I have witnessed the positive benefits of proper training and the dire consequences of poor training. I have continued serving the Army in the capacity as a government contractor when employed. Therefore, I am fluent with current training and doctrinal methodology. I am aware of areas in which the Army could use immediate assistant in the training of Initial Entry Soldiers (IET). Marksmanship training has always been an area in which the Army have continued to struggle. The basics of being an effective combat Soldier is to qualify with your assigned weapon (M4 carbine). All Soldiers must qualify with their weapon in order to graduate from basic training. The Army has infrequently placed a high precedence on marksmanship proficiency. The Afghanistan conflict is winding down. The Department of Defense will continue draw down the active duty forces in 2014. The goal of the reduction is to reduce the Army's manning structure to 490,000 in two years. These initiatives have effective the availability of much-needed training resources for all Soldiers. Meanwhile, Army commanders are charged with the tasks to develop plans and solutions...
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...Army Story My family has a long history of service to our great country. From as far back as WW2 a member of my family has fought in every war this nation has endured. So from a very young age I have always been inspired by Soldiers from the uniform that they wear, to the sacrifices that they make to keep our country safe and free. So from a very young age I always wanted to carry on that tradition. With that being said my story began when I was 24 years old. I was self employed working in the family business with my dad and going to a local technical college. I made good money and didn’t hurt for anything. I worked my own hours for the most part and could take time off whenever I needed. Basically I had the best job a person could dream of. However, something was missing from my life. I constantly felt like I could do more, I was always very bored and unchallenged. I also always had this feeling of dependency from my parents. Even though I worked and made my own money I always still just wondered if something happened to my father would I know how to survive? That’s when it hit me. I wanted to prove to myself and everybody else that I could survive, that I could be my own man. So I started looking into the Army. I had a very good experience with my recruiter. He did what recruiters do and showed me all the options and benefits that the Army could offer me. He talked with my parents and addressed their concerns that all parents have when your child joins during a time of...
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...prime focus being at the University of Mississippi. Peterson states his argument in the introduction of his book stating: “A key component of the Closed Society was the role of local journalism, which acted as an arm of organizations like the Citizen’s Council and the Sovereignty Commission to protect the way of life that segregation had built” (p.3). Throughout the text Peterson says that although there were a few journalists that spoke out against the unwritten law and the Closed Society, the majority of journalists were very conservative with what they would talk about as far as integration was concerned. Within his research, Peterson concluded that “The tone of newspaper coverage in the state was set by the Clarion-Ledger and the Jackson Daily News” (8). The publishers and editor of these presses was the Hederman family. Peterson references to historian John Dittmer who claimed the Hederman’s “poured out a steady stream of invective against black activities and their white allies” (8). One factors that many historian agree upon is that tone of the only reason why the Hederman’s did not completely take over the newspaper business was because of the The State Times and J.Oliver Emmerich (8). He was one of the rare editors that would speak out against the Closed Society. In one incident, in 1955 a college out of Mississippi was given the chance to play in a Rose Bowl game. The team they played against was an integrated school. The press covered the matter in a very passive...
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...main job was doing things like collecting, publicizing, and organizing information on civil rights because of the abuse that was faced because of race. In Mississippi, boycotts were led by Medgar which went against the company's/ businesses that still were segregated. The boycotts occurred in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Many of the people that happened to be in it were the high school and college students that lived in or near the area of Jackson Mississippi. Two college students, named Charles Bracey, and Dorie Ladner were arrested for boycotting in the downtown area of Jackson, Mississippi. This caught the attention of civil right activist Medgar Evers who would then tell everyone else about the incident and how it was a successful boycott by 60-65%. Violence erupted with the white people in the town being against the boycotts of the downtown stores. “At first local whites didn’t know how to react. A few started to heckle …We were called a little bit of everything. A couple of local boys even made a hangman’s noose out of the counter’s rope. Eventually the heckling turned violent and “all hell broke loose.” -Girl that was apart of the boycott (One person one vote map: Jackson, Mississippi) Majority of the whites were against this boycott because it went against their company, they hated African Americans, or they thought the idea of them boycotting days before Christmas was ridiculous. With Medgar Evers he helped spread the word of the boycotting and was looked at as an...
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...In the story “A Worn Conflict” by Eudora Welty the story is of a woman named Phoenix Jackson who takes a Journey through the country into the city to take medicine to her grandson. An element that Welty used to show Phoenix journey to the city is conflict. She uses the 4 conflict styles to explore how Phoenix Jackson comes in conflict with society, herself, nature, and another human. The first conflict that Phoenix Jackson explores in the story is human vs. nature. This comes along as she starts her journey in the country to make it to the city she acknowledges the things that she may come across her path while taking her journey to the city. “Out of my way…foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbits, coons, and wild animals” (Welty 333). She acknowledges that these are things that she may encounter or come across while on her journey, but hopes that she doesn’t which explains her saying “out of my way”. Also another human vs. nature conflict that is explored in the text is when Phoenix comes across the scarecrow that she mistakes for a ghost. “… it was silent as a ghost … ghost she said sharply, who be you the ghost of” (Welty 335). “You scarecrow…dance, old scarecrow,…while I dance with you” (Welty 335). Once realizing that it was a scarecrow instead of a ghost Phoenix was relieved....
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...“The Worn Path”, by Eudora Welty tells the story of an elderly grandmother as she walks into the city to retrieve throat medicine for her grandson. Joseph Campbell describes the archetypal hero’s journey in A Hero With A Thousand Faces. Phoenix’s journey corresponds to the hero’s journey. Helpers along the way, entering the unknown, and tests that occur on the journey help to correspond Phoenix’s journey with a hero’s journey. One way Phoenix’s journey is similar to the hero’s journey is that she encounters helpers along the way. Campbell states that a hero will meet multiple helpers along his journey (69). One helper Phoenix encounters is the wagon track. Phoenix says “‘This the easy place. This the easy going’” (490). The wagon track is a helper because the barren path makes it easier for elderly Phoenix to walk. Another helper is the woman who ties Phoenix’s shoe. After Phoenix arrives to the town she asks a lady on the sidewalk to tie her shoelaces for her (492). The lady ties Phoenix’s shoes so that she can now travel further into town to obtain her grandson’s medicine. The next helper is the hunter. Phoenix falls into a ditch after an encounter with a dog (491). A hunter notices Phoenix in the ditch and helps her out of the ditch and back onto her feet (491). The wagon track, the woman who ties Phoenix’s shoe, and the hunter are all helpers who help link Phoenix’s journey to the hero’s journey. On Phoenix’s journey she has to pass protectors to enter the unknown, as...
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... The Gamma Lambda chapter of Phi Theta Kappa nominates Jabari Williams for a Distinguished Chapter Officer Award. He has served our chapter as Vice-President of Scholarship and College Project Coordinator. Jabari’s leadership, organizational and motivational skills encouraged our chapter to be successful. Early in our officer team’s existence Jabari implemented the idea of utilizing the GroupMe phone application. This gave our officer team the ability to communicate effectively and quickly with every one of the officers at once. The officer team was alerted to one another’s complications or changes in planned projects. In the early days of introducing this form of communication Jabari encouraged the officer team to become more familiar with one another through this app. This resulted in our team becoming stronger and more cohesive. Implementing this communication device improved our officer team’s overall level of communication while also allowing us to avoid one or two mishaps. Jabari was vital in several key aspects of both our chapter’s Honors in Action (HIA) and College Projects. Jabari was a team leader for the chapter and a key member in goal setting for the HIA project. A main goal, which Jabari was a committee leader for, was contacting and meeting with Mrs. Carley Dear, Director of Institutional Research at Hinds Community College. This meeting was an unreplaceable factor in our HIA project. Without Mrs. Dear’s help our chapter would have created a much less effective...
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...Andrew Jackson is a general in the US army. In 1818, he writes a report to the US secretary of War, John Calhoun . During this time the Seminole indians have been attacking the Americans living on the frontier in Georgia. Calhoun has directed General Jackson to campaign against the Seminole indians. Jackson has recently taken over the Spanish Fort St. Marks. (Jackson, 256) Jackson’s report to Calhoun justifies his actions during his campaign and states that it was done within the spirit of both Calhoun and the US President’s approval. There are three points that Jackson makes in his report to justify his actions. First, he believes there is an outside force instigating the Seminole indians to attack Americans. Second, Jackson believes that the Seminoles intend to take over the Spanish forts in order to sustain a war...
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...MARCUS GOOD 2503 Transit Drive, Killeen, Tx 76543 Cell: 469-632-2286 marcusgood26@yahoo.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Experienced Logistic professional with excellent ability in Customer Service quality goals and positively impacting organizational performance. Experienced in managing groups, setting goals, providing directives and overseeing plan of action. SKILLS Advanced communication skills Highly Motivated Self-starter Leadership Skills Forklift Pallet Operator Administrative Skills Customer Service Inventory Skills Report and Documenting Skills WORK HISTORY Role Player (C.O.B) Joint Military Development Services - Fort Hood, TX As C.O.B March 2002 to May 2004 January 2009 to June 2012 88H - Cargo Specialist United States Army - Fort Hood, TX Unloaded and loaded transport trucks. Built orders using an electric forklift and pallet jack. Operated and maintained Material Handling Equipment such as the 40-Ton Crane, Kalmar Container Handler, 10K All Terrain Lifter Army System(ATLAS), 6K Forklifts, 4K Forklifts, the M1120 HEMTT Load Handling System truck and the M915 Tractor-Trailer Truck. This assisted in the delivery of over 2,000 pieces of equipment and vehicles to military and civilian personnel on the various Forward Operating Bases (FOB) throughout Afghanistan. Worked in the Centralized Receiving and Shipping Point (CRSP) in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). Inbounded and out bounded over 4,000 pieces of equipment including tactical and non-tactical...
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...Environmental Services. The name has a local and regional flare, with the intention to attract business within the realm and to feasibly facilitate services to the customer. RBES is tasks with providing knowledgeable personnel (environmental technicians) to complete remediation and permitted projects. RBES has undergone several implications by which the company’s owner, the writer has had to overcome. The ethical behavior of an environmental service company is a marketable to constituents as responsible acts and decision elevate the reputation of a sound decision making company. From a personal experience, the writer has proven to governmental entities and privately owned companies that as a new business, RBES has become a HUB vendor in the Fort Bliss expansion tiers. RBES needed to resolve certain aspects and unsettling decisions recently...
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...County, Alabama. Private Richard H. Adams served as an officer during the Civil War with the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment, he originally enlisted in the service in May of 1861. Richard H. Adams Jr. served in many different campaigns during his time in the services in addition to a role which included Richard H. Adams as being staff officer for Gen, Wheeler until he was captured in Nashville, Tennessee in September of 1863. Richard H. Adams Jr. was a prisoner of war (between the years 1863 through June 1865) and would later in history be considered one of the immortal 600. The immortal 600 were prisoners of war who were sent to Morris Island in Charleston Harbor which was an area that was in direct line of fire from the Confederate guns of fort Sumter. He eventually survived the war and went back home, where he married Lottie Putman and spent his days as an engineer and postmaster for Radford, Virginia. Richard H. Adams died in Radford, Virginia in October 1896. What remains of Richard H. Adams Jr. is 47 original letters dated from November 1863 to September 1866 all written by Richard H. Adams Jr. Including a manuscript dairy that he kept while serving the 5th Alabama Regiment in Virginia dated April 1862 - May 1862, transcriptions of two other diaries that were kept on which included a prison diary, a script of Wheelers raids which was written after war, a friendship book with fellow prisoners names, 2 pictures of Richard H. Adams Jr. and various clippings/documents. There were...
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...3205 E Central TX Expressway Killeen , TX 76543 RE: Assistant Store Manager, 13017BR, January 17, 2015 January 27, 2015 Dear WHOM IT MAY CONCERN At a prestigious retail company such as Ross Stores you demand the best. As a serviceman in the United States Army for over 7 years, I offered my best everyday: to my peers, superiors and to my country. As I transition from the armed forces, I will continue to offer the best. Here's what I can bring to Ross Stores: Provide excellent customer service. Assist employees in all day to day operations. show not only commitment to the job at hand but also to the company. Assists with training Associates on Loss Prevention awareness and store shortage goals. Most recently, while working in Fort Hood I was a Human Resources Specialist in charge of the units Orderly Room. I had 3 Soldiers under me to ensure all processing of personnel actions, scheduling of the Commander and First Sergeant's appointments. During my tenure, I also deployed twice to Iraq which my last deployment me and one other Soldier were the only ones in the shop with the deployment experience needed to complete and support the mission. It was our job to help our leaders set up and execute all training to our Soldiers to ensure we were successful. The skills I've acquired and valuable experiences I've earned during my time in the military will help me to smoothly transition over to Ross Stores. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. ...
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...trained these strategies by Braddock even though we had heard and seen that the French were willing to fight in the more barbaric ways of the Indians. They would hide and make surprise attacks on our units. In July of 1755, General Braddock decided we were going to attack Fort Duquesne located in western Pennsylvania. It was one of many French forts in the Ohio valley. We knew Captain Beaujeau was the commander at the fort. We also knew that their army numbered less than 1,000 men including Indians fighting with them. We were hoping to draw them out into the open and fight them on our terms. We woke up on July 9th, 1755 to a hot and muggy morning. I got dressed and ate breakfast before giving oats to my horse Doug. Doug was a fearless white stallion whom I had ridden into many battles with. We packed up our gear and headed through the wilderness toward Fort Duquesne. We travelled in a row side by side as we made our way closer. The guy next to me was a young man by the name of George Washington. I learned that he was 23 years old loved this new land. Something about his character and confidence told me that he would be a great man someday. We were approximately 10 miles away from Fort...
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