...Volunteering lets a person gain new experiences and learn new skills when helping those in need or serving their community. A volunteer is when a person freely offers to doing something. Being a volunteer can benefit and impact their life in many ways. Volunteering is a wonderful thing to do for the community and others. Volunteering is a civic responsibility that a person should take on as a United Sates citizen. The Salvation Army is one of many organization that he/she can volunteer through. Angel Tree is one of the multiple programs that the Salvation Army offers that a person can volunteer through. Salvation Army is a non-profit organization that anyone can volunteer through. It is a Christian company that operates around the United States...
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... The Unexpected Life Changing Experience Growing up, it never crossed my mind that I would ever be in the military. The thought of joining the Army was crazy and why would anybody want to join. Serving my country, I did not mind doing, but the military service was not the way. I had a plan just like everyone else that graduate from high school. Two years after graduating high schools, my plan did not go accordingly. Leaving home was something that was in desperate need. So one day after work, I went to a local recruiter without telling my family and joined the Army. My family was highly upset and could not believe what I have done. However, joining the Army would not only be a quick way to start a new beginning, but the Army would change my life in many ways. Army life helped me to ease the tension I had with my family, by doing just everyday training. Training that required me to work as a group, really help in the healing process. Growing up I was an angry person. I blamed my family for everything. It was always my family’s fault why I had to work while attending college and grew up the way I did. Besides that, I did not want to be around them and just shut myself away from the world. After being in the Army for a while now, seeing other people problems, I learned to let go of that angry. I had to fix myself as a person mentally, physically, and emotionally. Meanwhile, the Army made man out of me really quick. Working, having an apartment...
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...relationship with the Army. Respect is not something that is done when it is convenient, it is done at all times. The Army teaches this as part of the 7 Core Values for many reasons. Even though the Army teaches us that respect is something that is given to the ranks, it is important to have respect for every soldier that I am in contact with whether or not I like them and whether or not they are ranked above me, below me or with me. It is not about respect for the individual as much as it is about respect for the rank. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect but especially those I am serving my country with. We all have to be part of the same team and treat each other the same way we expect to be treated. It is what keeps us a strong and unified. By having our superiors teach us the value of respect, they are uniting us for when we have to do combat. We have to rely on fellow soldiers as well as our superiors and without respect we would not care about helping each other. I can not expect others to treat me with respect when I am not showing them the same. This is taught to us in boot camp and we are expected to maintain the 7 Core Values at all times without even thinking about it. The 7 Core Values are: Loyalty (Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, your unit and other Soldiers.), Duty (Fulfill your obligations), Respect (Treat people as they should be treated), Selfless Service (Put the welfare of the Nation, the Army and your subordinates...
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...countries go to war? In some cases soldiers and innocent people get killed because of countries, which have different ideologies they can’t compromise. In the first story written by Sarah Palin the reader get a motivating story on why the soldiers serve. Why they serve is also the title of her autographical text from 2010. David Zucchino has written a story from a soldiers perspective on how hard it has been to go fight fore the country. At last Joel Pitney round of by sharing another angle on how it is to be in the army. The first text is written by Sarah Palin and is called “Why They Serve”. In this text the reader is given Sarah’s opinion about why young individuals should join the army. She tries to motivate people to join the army to defend their country although it is tough. She uses her own son who joined the army as an example of how people should defend their country. She relates to the mothers who went trough and are going trough the same pain and anxiousness as her. “I was the mom of a young soldier being sent overseas to defend our country” This quote shows the reader that she is proud but also sad that her son left for the army. The second text is about Ryan who joins the army and how it affects his family. Ryan’s father Tim Kahlor encouraged Ryan to go the military although he would have liked the idea of Ryan going to collage better. Ryan says that the military destroyed his life and broke the entire family. “[...] a walking billboard for virtually every...
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...The Terracotta Army Chinese civilizations produced numerous of left behind artifacts and massive building projects that are very valuable in today’s world, but they are also the sources from the chinese history. One of probably the most significant and well-known artifact in China is the terracotta army. It is important because the terracotta army provides evidences on the Chinese cultures and their way of life during the time when it was built. The terracotta army reflects the overall society structure during the Qin Dynasty, but it also reflect their religious belief in the afterlife, and how important it was to them. The terracotta army was discovered on March 1974 by a group of local farmers who were digging a well. More specifically, it...
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...This Essay is to explain the Army Values and how they pertain to the mistake I made. In the US army we are taught to live by the 7 army values. They are broken down to us in the acronym ‘LDRSHIP’. Loyalty “Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. constitution, the Army, and other soldiers.” Duty “Fulfill your obligations.” Respect “Treat people as they should be treated.” Selfless Service “Put the welfare of the nation, the Army and your subordinates above your own.” Honor “Live up to the army values.” Integrity “Do what’s right legally and morally.” and Personal Courage “Face fear, danger or adversity (physical or moral).” We are all drilled on these 7 army values from day one of basic training. First we commit them to memory. Then we learn to live by them. The three Army Values that pertain the most to this particular incident are Loyalty, Integrity, and Honor. What I am going to do is define each using the Army’s definition and then state how I did not use them. First being, Loyalty- is bearing witness to your allegiance to the US Constitution and its ideals, to the Army, to your unit, to your fellow Soldiers and subordinates, and to yourself as an Army Professional. Loyalty means placing your professional obligations and commitments before your personal ones. It means dedication to carrying out all of your unit’s missions and to serving faithfully the values of the country, the Army, and your unit. Loyalty is a value that has to be worked...
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...Army Reserve: A Better Choice Stacy Tharpe Devry University With tensions building around the globe, it takes a multi-tiered force of highly trained, committed Soldiers to protect our freedoms and uphold democracy. This force consists of Active Duty Soldiers and Soldiers in the Army Reserve. (US Army) Many families struggle with the decision to enlist Army Reserve or Active Duty. Evaluating your current living situation can help in the final decision. Army Reserve allows you to serve your country while still having a civilian life. I believe Army Reserve is a better choice for someone with a family, despite the limited benefits, because it allows personal choice of living, more time with loved ones, and provides benefits. The Army Reserve allows soldiers more flexibility in making living decisions. The Army Reserve is stationed at home unless called to active duty. The Army Reserve makes up a significant portion of the Army. One of the positive factors about the Army Reserve is the ability to live a civilian family life in their local hometown. The soldiers also have the option of living on or off base. Being able to remain in their local hometown, the Army Reserve soldiers can hold full-time civilian jobs. A civilian job helps the soldiers strengthen their technical skills that are also taught in the Army. The flexibility makes it easier to rely on the Army Reserve to meet complex demands for the future at home. Its Citizen- Soldiers embody the warrior mindset and spirit...
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...Communication in the U.S. Army Mei Norried University of Phoenix COMMUNICATIONS FOR ACCOUNTANTS COM 530 Mr. Brent Smith February 01, 2010 Organizational Behavior and Communication in the U.S. Army Communication and behavior within the military is very crucial to the troops in times of active duty service. The United States Armed Forces is comprised of the following: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Each one encompasses their own mission statement, which defines the particular company or troop in which they perform the tasks at hand (Army.com 2010). In the United States Army, communication is the key to a successful tour for the ones that have been called to duty. The Army has very diverse individuals and some that have become U.S. Citizens, made the ultimate sacrifice to serve for their new country. There can be times that the communication chain has failed in one aspect or another due to one person not performing their assigned tasks. This paper will reflect the communication process and how the troop’s behavior can have a good or bad affect to others, whether it is with fellow colleagues, family or friends. The culture of the Army is diverse with many various races, gender, religious background, whether one is on active duty or in the reserves. This could include members of the civilian area that are serving overseas station at the Camp’s as well. With this type of culture in the Army, the espoused values...
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...fight the American army because he had to defend his young warriors or he knew that the American army was looking for pay back. General Howard gave orders to bring the chief and young warriors in. Their attempt at a sneak attack of Chief Joseph was unsuccessful in which the American army lost more than a third of their army while the Nez Perce had lost only a few. Chief Joseph had only wanted freedom for his people and to cultivate and hunt on the land that they owned. The reservations were no more than a prisoner camp. The American Indians were not allowed to travel from place to place, but only confined to the reservation. They needed permission from the federal government to leave and move...
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...military should be compulsory because of the benefits which bring to the individual and society. On the other hand, Dennis De Souza (2010) argues in “Conscription? No way!” that people should not be forced into conscription because it might not be necessary and there are always other alternative services. Firstly, both of these authors agree that when people take conscription, they will be taught self-discipline and a number of useful life skills such as teamwork and leadership. Blythe supposes that people can test themselves throughout the physical and mental challenges. Whereas, De Souza argues that the army has interesting recruitment such as ‘Join the Army and see the world’ or ‘ Learn a new skill in the Army’ but does not mentions about any negative things such as killing people or being killed. In the second argument, Blythe claims that people can gain practical job-related skills which will be taught by top professionals and these skills will be useful in the real life after military services. From De Souza’s point of view, he states that focusing on building a strong army can lead to the unnecessary threats to the country’s neighbors and it might end up triggering a war between the countries. Thirdly, Blythe also states that conscription is gain more knowledge and have wider perspective, he supports his idea that it lead to “a more tolerant society”. On the other hand, De Souza emphasizes that the army should upgrade the condition of the army and conscription is not the...
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...Suzanne woke up to the sound of thunder crashing above her room. She awoke with a start and jumped out of bed. She looked around at her surroundings to the sight of men all sitting up in their beds. Puzzled, she remembered where she was. Suzanne had joined the Union Army under the name “Henry Louis” in hopes to serve the country that she loved. Not telling her parents where she was going, Suzanne stole her brothers clothes and fled to join the army even though it was unlawful for a women to join. If any anyone discovered her true identity, punishment and even death might happen to Suzanne. However, she decided that it was a risk she was willing to take. The Civil War Years introduced devastation and internal conflict to the United States....
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...surrounding a camp. In the camp, soldiers are in gray uniforms, but the color does not symbolize the Confederate army, but a measure the Union soldiers took to avoid confrontation. One American flag is visible hanging off a tent, this flag shows the painting is of the Union army. African Americans in shabbier clothes perform labor. The black people in this camp show that though slavery was illegal and blacks did enlist in the Union army, they still performed labor for Northerners. Hay scattered on the ground of the encampment and a barn on the left side of the image show the army is in farmland (African Americans in the Civil War; After the Storm; Sanford Robinson Gifford Biography; The Camp of the Seventh...
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...Essay II A The following paper is an analysis of the three texts “Why They Serve”, “A soldier’s story: War affects whole family” and “The Making of a Marine Officer”. In the paper will be discussed the different opinions and views on the military and serving the army. Why people are willing to risk their lives to serve their country and what motivates people to join the army despite the consequences and the hazardous drawbacks. Give an outline of the various views on serving the army presented in the three texts. There are a lot of different opinions on serving the army. People are different; have different values, norms and we all have a diverse view on our nation and on war. Some of these views and opinions are expressed in the three texts. Sarah Palin describes her son’s deployment with the army and career as a soldier with great pride: “That day I was just one of thousands of proud but wary American women. I was the mom of a young soldier being sent overseas to defend our country.” She was proud to have a son who was eager to fight for his country. I believe she was even prouder because she was vice-presidential running mate – she was in the running to become one of the highest ranked females in America. She was very patriotic and believed in America as the greatest nation. This is shown in the text “Why they serve”: “But America isn’t just another country, it’s an exceptional country. We are the only country in the history of the world that was founded not on...
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...Chapter 1- Estimates 5 Factors 1- Moral Influence a. Causes people to be in harmony with their leaders, so that they will accompany them in life and unto death without fear of mortal peril. 2- Weather b. Interaction of natural forces c. Effects of winter’s cold and summer’s heat and the conduct of military operations in accordance with the seasons 3- Terrain d. Distances. Whether the ground is traversed with ease or difficulty e. Is it open or constricted? f. Chances of life or death. 4- Command g. General’s qualities of wisdom, sincerity, humanity, courage, and strictness. 5- Doctrine h. Organization, control, assignment of appropriate ranks to officers, regulation of supply routes. i. Provision of principal items used by the army. Those who master them win. Those who do not are defeated. He will be able to forecast which side will be victorious and which will be defeated. “If a general who heeds my strategy is employed he is certain to win. Retain him! When one who refuses to listen to my strategy is employed, he is certain to be defeated. Dismiss him!” Chapter 2- Waging War [Logistical considerations for the conduct of a military excursion] He is interestingly conservative in his estimates. * Victory is the main objective in war. If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. * We have not yet seen a clever operation that was prolonged. Chapter 3- Offensive...
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...To think of the legal age for drinking and joining our army has been a controversial issue of which many prefer not to argue about. Currently the law sates that a person who is at least 18 years old can join the army and serve his/her country at war. The law considers a young adult of 18 years of age responsible enough to make a decision which may cost him/her their life. Yet, the law prohibits an 18 year old person to make the decision of drinking alcoholic drinks. If we believe that a person cannot be responsible enough to make a decision such as drinking because we think it may ruin his/her life, then why do we let them take the decision of joining the army which in many cases leads them to their death. It is true that drinking alcoholic drinks may end up destroying the life of a young adult only if the drinks are used irresponsibly. The age restrictions on drinking should not be modified, but the age requirement for joining the army should be raised to 21 as the alcoholic one. Joining the army of any country is an important decision but joining the American army is not a decision you can take so easily. Such decision at that early age puts the young adult’s life experience at risk. It is completely ignorant for us Americans to think that an 18 year old person has the maturity to make decisions such as joining the army. An 18 year old person is someone who has barely graduated from high school, may be starting his/her first college semester, or may be applying for their first...
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