...As the Air Vigilance NCOIC my role is to ensure success of my mission and the welfare of my Soldiers. This is done by keeping the Soldiers engaged in the mission, ensuring that they are physically, psychological, financially and spiritually resilient, and always driving home the fact that we were sent out here to accomplish a mission. This is also done by instilling a drive to “improve our foxhole” during our time here while keeping the rear advised of what is happening in regards to our mission. Another part of my mission is to maintain discipline, accountability, and the willingness to do the right thing. The importance of keeping Soldiers engaged on the mission cannot be understated. One of the ways I do this is by engaging the Soldiers about...
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...conviction o dedicated team player; totally commited to the Army, mission accomplishment, unit and subordinates o personal and professional conduct is impeccable o received the Army Achievement Medal from the PA Commandant for outstanding performance as NCOIC of the Color Guard o he embodies the "always watchful" motto, displaying constant vigilance in the face of a technologically diverse enemy o committed team player willing to provide assistance on any occasion o consistently places mission accomplishment and Soldiers' welfare ahead of self o volunteered off-duty time for weapon and mask draw to ensure effective range and AWT training o accepts all responsibility and tackles all missions successfully o dedicated and committed to the unit, its mission and Army values o possesses the ability to lead, motivate and instill pride in his subordinates o maintains impeccable moral and ethical standards setting the example for subordinates, peers, and seniors Soldiers alike o committed NCO that lives by "Mission first, Soldiers always" o consistently displayed a sense of loyalty seldom seen in others of his rank and stature o maintains a fierce and steadfast belief in assigned mission o enjoys challenges no matter how difficult o never hesitates to voice an honest opinion o staunch believer of team building within his platoon o totally dedicated to the Army o professional soldier 24 hours a day o has the moral...
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...Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. American citizens who had settled in the Mexican province of Texas joined the uprising and successfully forced the Mexican military across the Rio Grande River. The objective of these Texan revolutionaries soon changed from modifying the dictatorial rule of General Santa Anna to establishing an independent state of Texas.In response, General Santa Anna led his re-organized army back across the Rio Grande River to subdue the insurgents. He instructed his troops to immediately execute any foreign fighters they encountered. Santa Anna marched his force to the Alamo, an abandoned Spanish mission, located in what is now San Antonio. It had been established in 1724 to convert the local natives to Christianity. Here, a defending force estimated at between 180 and 260 awaited their arrival. Led by William B. Travis their number included two legendary figures in American history, Davy Crockett and James Bowie. The men within the Alamo were under no illusion. They knew that their defense could not succeed without the quick appearance of reinforcements....
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...Short Story Analysis: “The Sniper” The short story, “The Sniper,” was written by Liam O’ Flaherty in 1923. Liam O’ Flaherty was born on Inishmore Island, which is on the western coast of Ireland, on August 28, 1898. O’ Flaherty enlisted in the British Army as a teenager in 1915 (Cummings, 2007). “The Sniper,” is based on O’ Flaherty’s experiences during the Irish Civil War. He had suffered from a serious injury due to a bomb explosion while at war. After Liam had returned home from war, he was diagnosed with depression (Cummings, 2007). The story begins with Liam O’ Flaherty introducing a young Republican sniper who is anxiously waiting for action on top of a rooftop near O’ Connell Bridge. Hungry since the morning, the sniper took time to eat a sandwich and take a gulp from his flask. When finished eating, the sniper brought out a cigarette to smoke. As soon as he lit it, a bullet shot across the parapet of the roof. The sniper went to look over the parapet to see the enemy sniper, and at that moment, another shot was going over his head. From his view he could see the enemy truck stationed across the bridge in the view of the sniper. After figuring out where the enemy had been, the sniper wanted to shoot at the...
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...Smith returned to Austin’s army and took part in the battle of Concepción on October 28, 1835. He was responsible for the discovery of the mexican supply train involved in the Grass Fight. During the siege of Bexar Smith guided colonel francis johnson’s men into the town. On December 8 he was wounded on top of the Veramendi palace at almost the same time Benjamin R. Milam was killed at its door. Smith, whom Governor Henry Smith called “well known to the army for his vigilance and meritorious acts,” remained with the army despite his severe wounds, “as his services as a spy cannot well be dispensed...
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...The “old guard” is the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment.It currently has three active battalions. It also is referred to as “Escort to the President”. The unit is the oldest active duty regiment in the US Army, having been the First American Regiment in 1784. The old guard hold ceremonies, and memorial affairs to honor the fallen comrades, and special events relating to the army. The unit received its name from Gen. Winfield Scott at a victory parade at Mexico City in 1847 after their win in the Mexican War. The 3rd infantry has a long history of service including fifty campaign streamers, which spans from the Battle of Fallen Timber to World War II and Vietnam. After world war II the old guard has been the official Army Honor Guard and...
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...Lafayette Curry Baker was born on the thirteenth of October 1868 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family later moved to Michigan, but in 1848 Baker moved west in pursuit of the gold rush. He found no luck with prospecting, so he turned to other means of work. In 1856 Lafayette joined the Vigilance Command in San Francisco. The San Francisco Vigilance Command was a group of self-appointed police-like figures that took care of the crime and corruption around them. It is believed during this time Baker took place in many lynchings. After the committee dissipated he was asked to take a spot in the San Francisco police force. Over the next four years before the Civil War began it is said he was, " often employed in an undercover capacity and became adept at techniques of...
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...Throughout history, there have been many significant figures in American History. George Washington is by far the most significant figure in American history during the time period of 1750-1800. He was a great General and Commander in Chief, had responsibility, and was a good President. First of all, George Washington was a great General and Commander in Chief. Washington was appointed commander of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775. Washington might not have won all the wars, but he still achieved what he wanted by winning the most important wars. “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace” (Document D). This statement from Washington proves that he was a leader and prepared to free the people by discipline...
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...security focuses on ensuring the availability and correct operation of a computer system without concern for the information stored or processed by the computer. Governments, military, corporations, financial institutions, hospitals and private businesses amass a great deal of confidential information about their employees, customers, products, research, and financial status. Most of this information is now collected, processed and stored on electronic computers and transmitted across network to other computers. Information Assurance focuses on the reasons for assurance that information is protected. “Information Assurance is the practice of managing risks related to the computers and information stored on them.” Http://www.eur.army.mil/vigilance/Personal_IA_FAQs.pdf (2013) Personal information assurances concentrate on protecting your information on a personal level,...
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...United States which shook America’s sense of security all over the nation. Following the event, the United States created departments to prevent terrorism and security was enforced such as: National Security, Homeland Security, and vigilance. Osama bin Laden was born on March 10, 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to...
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...stress of leaving your family, the stress of ensuring everyone is properly taken care of if the inevitable happens, and the stress of possibly, or actually, losing subordinates or friends to enemy gunfire or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), just to name a few. More males over the age of 30, who have had at least one deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq and have seen some heavy fighting or have lost friends to enemy mortars/rockets on main operating bases, have committed or attempted to commit suicide in the past five years, then ever before. After all the stress of combat, coming home to a life of no danger of snipers or IEDs, mortar/rocket attacks to your base, causes even more stress then people can even imagine. “Flashbacks”, hyper-vigilance, suspicion, and the fear of loud noises are also a major concern and cause undue stress to the sevicemember and their families. The high stress of multiple deployments to an active combat zone, has caused many servicemembers to commit suicide in the last 10 years than ever before. Since 9/11, the deployment rate, or operations tempo, for all branches of the military has increased tenfold and has caused undue hardships on all the servicemembers going into harm’s way. According to a...
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...each dog rope was a picket-pin. The pin was driven into the ground as a mark of resolve in combat. When a Dog Soldier was staked to the ground in order to cover the retreat of his companions, he was required to remain there even if death was the consequence. The Dog Man could pull the pin from the ground only if his companions reached safety or another Dog Soldier released him from his duty. Territorial Governor John Evans of Colorado in 1865 testified to Congress that the Dog Soldiers "took the control of the tribe mainly out of the hands of the chiefs." Civil chiefs such as Black Kettle, White Antelope and Spotted Horse could not restrain the Dogs from warrior activity, even after the council of chiefs had agreed upon peace, for this "vigilance committee managed the tribe instead of the...
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...Following the Union disaster at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Major General Ambrose Burnside was eased and Major General Joseph Hooker “Fighting Joe” stood in his place as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. After the trials of 1862, Hooker took the spring to reorganize and rehabilitate his troops who were encamped on the east bank of the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg. General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was encamped to the west of Fredericksburg and remained in place along the heights they had protected the earlier December. On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph “Fighting Joe” Hooker traversed the Rappahannock River and steered part of his large army onto the open of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. A strong cohort of Hooker’s army menaced the Confederate lines opposite Fredericksburg. Joe Hooker had reorganized and revitalized the Potomac Army over the preceding winter, with the Federal Force also greatly outnumbering the Confederates – approximately 130,000 to 60, 000 (Reid, 2013). Lee carried a union plan where he split his army in two, confronting and surprising Union Gen. Joseph Hooker. Despite Hooker still holding numerical superiority, he failed to press this advantage, instead falling back to defensive positions. In addition, Lee split his army and attacked, forcing Hooker to retreat across the Rappahannock River. Lee won the battle, but the price of the victory was too high. The battle caused the death of Thomas...
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...Leslie Bell points out that many young women face a very harsh situation in this society because they are suffering from stress that form main social value. During her essay, she aids some real personal sexual experience and feeling from Claudia, Jayanthi and Alicia and talks about both positive and negative impacts, which bring by their sexual experience. Finally, she puts both her viewpoints and these real and personal experiences together to create a guideline for these confused young women to help them find their own self-identifies and social value. The society with equality puts every social member in the same place and the other author focus on how people’s cognition and attitude about individual rights and social equality. In the “An Army of ONE: Me” Jean Twenge mentions that focus on the wake of people’s personal consciousness. She points out that the loosening social strictures makes people feel more free than before, they do not need to take the so-call social responsibility and the tolerance allow people to develop their own personalities. However, this kind of tendency also bring some negative impacts for the society, such as the overprotection form education system for children’s self-esteem could weaken their ability to resist setbacks and so on. The loosening social strictures endow the great freedom and sense of self-esteems for people but people should also understand the negative impacts, which bringed by it. The loosening social strictures led the development...
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...BIBLE DICTIONARY PROJECT I CHARLIE MITCHELL Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project RUTH Book of Ruth is a romantic drama and love story on how God use people to carry out his divine agenda. Even non-believers carries God message, as depicted with Ruth, a Moabite woman (Gentile). “Historically, Ruth is the lynchpin of the covenant. Theologically, the story of Ruth and Boaz illustrates the biblical concept of redemption” (Ed Hindson and Elmer Towns, Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction, 2013, page 111). While the authorship of the Book of Ruth is anonymous, some experts’ thinks possibly it was written by Nathan. The love story centers during the era of 1020 to 1000 BC, and signifies a “Ray of Hope” for the Israelites. If one were to view the genealogy of The Tribes of Israel, you will note The Moabites descended from Lot, the nephew of Abram (later changed to Abraham). Down through Ruth being the Great-Grandmother of King David, and in line with the Davidic and messianic lineage. Four elements of the Moabites one must know to grasp the full scope of God’s intentions. They are the descendants of Lot, and not friendly with Israel. Second, property inheritance were given first right to next of kin. Third, the Levirate marriages were the right of next of kin of a deceased man (Elimelech) to marry his widow. Fourth, a Moabite male or his descendants up to the tenth generation, could not hold public assembly in Israel. The beauty of this story is, Ruth’s devotion...
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