...Japanese Internment As the last missile drops from a Japanese plane, America is at a loss. Pearl Harbor, an infamous military base located in Hawaii, was the target for the Japanese planes to destroy. And there it happened, on December 7, 1941 a devastating turn of events that would forever be known as one of the great tragedies for the United States of America. This attack initiated an executive decision that became yet another tragedy in American history and that was to imprison all Americans that were Japanese. This directive to place all Japanese-Americans into internment camps was made under the misguided suspicion that all Japanese-Americans were a threat to the country and could be spies. Although this was a time where they were...
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...and outlets to manage stress in the workplace and in personal lives. Stress is just a part of life and there is no way to avoid it from entering your life. Burnout builds gradually, manifesting itself in symptoms such as irritability, discouragement, entrapment, and resentment (Dessler, 2011). It can be set off at anytime by anything especially when you work in a stressful environment. I just recently separated from the military for the very reason that my job became to stressful. It wasn’t just one aspect of stress it was mental, physical, and emotional stress that was just too much over a long period of time. The mental stress came from being in hostile environments and not knowing if you where going to make it through the night due to several dangerous things going around. Physical stress came from working 12-hour shifts 6 months straight in extremely hot conditions. Emotional stress also had a strong impact because it tough to leave your family behind for long periods of time. Stress is mostly an internal battle with your self, especially in the military environment. The reason for this...
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...Robots are used in many fields and some of them are: 1. Vehicle and car factories, 2. Precision cutting, oxygen cutting, lasers, etc., 3. Mounting circuits on electronic devices (i.e. mobile phones) 4. Working where there might be danger (i.e nuclear leaks, bomb disposal) 5. Surgeons are performing robotic-assisted surgeries that, among other things, can equalize little jiggles and movements of a surgeon's hands when doing delicate procedures, such as microscopically aided surgery or brain surgery, etc. 6. Other manufacturing, such as certain repetitive steps in assembly lines or for painting products so humans don't breathe the over spray or have to work with respirators on, working in the heat of drying and treating ovens on wood products, etc. 7. Mail delivery to various mail stations throughout the buildings in large corporations. (They follow routes marked with ultra violet paint). 8. To assist police and SWAT teams in dangerous situations, such as with hostages or in shoot outs and stand offs. They can be sent to the scene to draw fire, open doors, "see" the environment from a closer view point, or look in windows with cameras, etc. 9. Bomb diffusion, land mine detection, and military operations where they are used as in #8 above. 10. Remote procedures by a surgeon or other doctor who is unable to be there to perform the surgery in person (such as at an ice-bound Antarctic research center) or where there is a shortage of surgeons in a specific specialty...
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...United States military the term combat is defined as an armed conflict. The definition of combat is important to know because the argument is that women should not be allowed to serve in combat. Women not being allowed to serve in combat is a much different argument then the argument that women should not be allowed in the military. Women perform many important jobs in the United States armed forces and very few people are against women serving in the military. The United States armed forces consist of five branches, the Airforce, Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Currently women are allowed to serve in all five branches and are being integrated into the combat mission of all five branches. In December of 2010...
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...Many of today’s values are derived from respect and responsibility. It is the basis for civility and consideration towards others. We can’t get away with being rude our entire lives and never expect to pay the consequences. Our actions will always lead to some sort of punishment or reward. A disrespectful person will not be followed by good things. If a person is being treated with respect, they are being shown that you expect good things to precede you and them as well. A wise man shows regard for another’s thoughts. Recent studies (conducted by the University of California, Davis) reveal that a happy person that desires a peaceful existence gives and receives more respect as opposed to a person with blatant disrespect for those around them. Today, so many of us are busy with our own hectic schedules that we don’t have a lot of room for anyone else or their needs or feelings. This doesn’t show the intention of being rude or disrespectful, but in reality that is exactly what it translates into. We are losing out on so many things by being rude and inconsiderate. We miss opportunities to excel and to better ourselves as an individual as well as for your career. Since the first key step to building any relationship, whether it be work related or personal, is respect, then the absence or breakdown of respect is a key factor in the breakdown relationships and the occurrence of conflict. Another way of understanding why respect is so important is to imagine a world without...
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...entered World War II, women began to slip back into the work force. Women became employed in a variety of jobs; factory and manufacturing, armed forces, espionage, science...
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...team. Without an effective leader the completion of the goal is reduced. Leadership Styles The authoritarian leader tells people how they want things done without discussing it with others. This style is commonly seen used in services such as the Army, where a strict role of discipline is expected from soldiers under higher commands. In war, there is no time to think so a set task can help prevent deaths and mistakes. It also helps newer recruits know what to do when they need to. Authoritarian leadership is useful when working with time restraints and deadlines. These leaders often keep their team motivated which allows jobs to be finished quickly and effectively and allows the best equipped to be making decisions. However, it may lead staff to feel unappreciated and angry. This style can also prevent staff from developing their own initiative. Communications can break down and in the long run the employees can lose their drive for the job. The democratic leader encourages people to be part of the decision making process. The leader is still in control, however, this leadership style allows others to use their personal experiences and expertise to help the team. An example of this style could be at a community meeting with the public; they bring forth their suggestions but in the end it is the leader that has the final say. Democratic leadership is very useful for problem solving and can produce high quality work because the workers are motivated. However, it...
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...the workplace due to powerlessness which is not having control over certain situations and being the in between person, not being in the ideal position that they’d like to be in, having to deal with traumatic events, and the type of setting and environment that they work in. Then, in this economy, workers have to deal with the stress of even keeping their jobs and having job security until retirement. When working with the feeling of powerlessness, they are often stressed due to the fact that they have no control over the schedule of events and deadlines that they need to meet. Having to make a presentation for your boss at the last minute or being the person to call and inform every one of the meeting that your boss is having can be very stressful. Secretaries and waitresses are often among those with a highly stressed occupation. They feel as if they have too much responsibility and too little power to change things the way they see fit, which can become frustrating. Another reason for stress in the workplace is because some people are simply not happy with the position that they are in. Some people only take a job for the paycheck and , not because they enjoy the work. Another reason that someone may work in a certain position is because of family ties. If their family owns a business that sells tires and handles car maintenance than they would grow up and take over the family business but if they grow up and want to become a doctor or writer they most likely won’t...
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...around for long periods of time but they have been used quite frequently in America. Government programs, like the military, have currently been the major use for drones. The drones either deliver a military strike or spy behind enemy lines. Some people oppose their use, citing that they are harmful and kill innocent people in blind foreign strikes; and some people say its getting the job done. Although generally Americans support the use of drones, many are on the fence about drones and arguing still continues. Opposers to drones do say accidents happen, but really the question should be how often? Drones harness the potential around the world to bring people to a new age of technology. Domestic drones should be used for public and recreational use. Domestic drones are the new generation of technology in the twenty-first century. They attempt to help everyday citizens. They can also assist people by creating new businesses and helping people do difficult tasks; such as making scientific discoveries, helping the U.S. economy by creating new jobs and industry, or even assisting the ones who save our lives and keep us safe. A 2013 report by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) states that producing drones can help create jobs and make millions of dollars for America. Domestic drone integration will have created more than 70,000 jobs - 34,000 of them in manufacturing- during the first three years Krupansky 2 unmanned aircraft operate in U.S. airspace...
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...“... Young men are resisting conscription and refusing military service. They are pioneers in a warless world” (Albert Einstein). In 1940 the Selective Training and Service act was put into power causing the nation’s first military draft. Within one month after the law was passed, all men that were ranging from 21-36 years of age were obligated to sign up for the draft. In recent years this age has been changed to men ranging from 18-26 years of age. America should not have the draft anymore. In 1940 president Franklin D, Roosevelt signed the “Selective Service and Training Act”. This act empowered the President of the United States, to draft soldiers. The act was abolished in 1973 when the Vietnam War was coming to an end. Even though there is no draft, men are still forced to sign up for it. There are severe penalties that men have to suffer if they refuse to enlist in the draft. This is unfair to the men of America that have no desire to fight....
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...Patricia Meunier-Muenks Staffing Solutions for US Military I am familiar with the Infantry and Cavalry division of the military structure and how to make this division of the US government functional is of crucial importance. First, by the very definition, the infantry and cavalry division of military service personnel requires a special mindset. It requires a person who understands that their life as well as others will be in a dangerous state and at any stage of conflict that has to be a mindset that the individual will be comfortable with. Regardless of the company for which one works, the staffing portion of any career is one of the most critical pieces to making the overall job a true success. Without the right people in the right positions, an organization will have a difficult time working properly. Manufacturing The division of the military that I am most comfortable with does not necessarily have a direct manufacturing part to the equation; the equipment that is needed to supply the soldiers is of critical importance. The most important thing that needs to happen from a manufacturing standpoint is that the equipment and supplies that are critical to a soldier’s survivability are readily available and reflects the job that is required. There are many levels of equipment that are needed to complete certain jobs. Most of the manufacturing, as expected, is job specific. Nothing is worse than preparing for a job and realizing the right equipment to make the tour...
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...constitutional law to be banned. I believe that this is not only the only reasonable solution, but the most ethical solution as well considering “the drawbacks are well below what could be gained” (Lukey). There is, however, a blind spot to that thinking. Who works in coal mines? Who enlists in the military? It is the working poor, to a large extent. The coal mines, the military are unquestionably high risk occupations. If we’re so worried about exploiting the poor, why do we allow them to do these dangerous jobs? Because we know it’s their right to assume the risk of a dangerous job if they deem the reward worthwhile. By parity of reasoning, if the poor are allowed to choose these high risk jobs, then doesn’t it logically follow that they should be able to decide whether to take the risk of selling their own organs (Clark)? The system is not only entitled for us to use, but assists our lower class population. The truth is that the victims of the current ban are disproportionately African-American and poor (Berger). When wealthy white people find their way onto the kidney waiting list, they are much more likely to get off it early by finding a donor among their friends and family (or, as Steve Jobs did for a liver transplant in 2009, by traveling to a region with a shorter list) (Berger). We are ethically required to save a life whenever possible, and it is completely reasonable to give half an organ to save a full life. If we could save the average of eighteen (Clark) people who are...
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...each other stories, they don’t seem to be so credible after all. It’s hard to believe that there are such things as aliens, much less that aliens exist in our world, in one of our military bases, working alongside of our military officials. With that being said, for a number of years’ military officials denied the existence of Area 51, and for that reason many people became skeptical/ curious of what they were doing on that base. It might be strange that they didn’t confront the topic of Area 51 immediately; but as a military base that is developing and testing various types of weapons, the smartest thing for a base to do is to keep things a secret for as long as possible in order to keep our enemies out of the loop and keep a one up on military weapons. One might say that because of their ridiculously high security that their hiding aliens/ UFO’s and don’t want people to find out. However, high security is what it takes to make up any military base, much less a “top secret” military base. More specifically a base that’s main purpose is to create and test high powered military weaponry. All bases like Randolph Airforce Base or Fort Sam Houston have high security to protect military officials and their families that live on base. However, not all bases are secret and are creating our latest military weapons, they don’t have that same need for top security as Area...
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...author who writes under the pen name of Lee Child A former Major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, Reacher quit at age 36, and roams the United States taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations. Further more a feature film, was released on 21 December 2012,starring by Tom Cruise and a sequel is in the making. From the introduction,Jack Reacher is a former major in the United States Army Military Police Crops. He was born on a military base in Berlin on 29 October 1960. A graduate of the United States academy at West Point, he served 13 years in the Military Police, during which time he became part of a fictional military unit the 110th Special Investigations Unit, formed to handle exceptionally tough cases, especially those involving members of the US Army Special Forces. Though he was demoted from major to capital in the prequel novel The Enemy. he regained his rank by the time he mustered out in 1997. He received many military awards during his career, you can see he is professional in actions. Since leaving the Army, Reacher has been a drifter. He wanders throughout the US because he was accustomed to being told where to go, when to go and what to do for every day of his life from military childhood to military adulthood. He also felt he never got to know his own country, having spent much of his youth living overseas on military bases and at West Point. He usually travels by hitchhiking or bus. As a drifter, the only...
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...and the least effective employment. According to Kinicki, effectiveness means “to achieve results, to make the right decisions, and to successfully carry them out so that they can achieve the organization’s goals” (5). This simply implies that when one is involved in such employment the focus should be on the success of the company or business. Focusing on two jobs that stood out; one was in the military, I was a lower enlisted soldier in a Transportation Unit (Majority of the things we dealt with were vehicles and soldiering in general) and the other job was a mail clerk with the Veteran Administration (The mail clerk position serves the Veteran for benefits, education, and death related issues). The least effective job that I have experienced was the in the military. While in service, my higher in command made some choices that could have literally put our lives at risks. Some incidents included lack of knowledge of the tasks at hand or the boss just had a negative attitude towards us fellow troops. An example of a scenario as a soldier in the military: we had missions that we would do that were dangerous. Our job was to make sure the vehicle was properly maintained, and also focus on how to strategically get to point A to point B in regards to delivering products from one destination to the next, and escort people were they needed to go. The boss, a soldier and truck driver expected me to know how to set up a mission and (PMCS) Preventive...
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