my God for allowing me to be at this place in my life. Looking back on my life finding ending up in unusual, challenging, or exciting places is not new to me liked the night I found myself standing on the yellow footprints at the United States Marine Corp boot camp or when I found myself DJing at one of the hottest clubs in Japan being chauffeured in a jeep with a 45 on my hip. I never identified myself as a people person and always thought of myself as an introvert. But life’s experience have proved
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Image of the United States Military in the Public Eye The United States military has had its ups and downs in popularity with the American public. In World War II, America couldn’t get enough of its soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen. However, during Vietnam, the American public equated its soldiers with the government and the unpopular war. Soldiers were treated with disrespect when they came home, and they were called things such as “baby killers”. Ironically, many of the soldiers during
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Women in Combat “Your Momma wears combat boots,” this phrase will soon become true. In May 2012, the United States Marine Corps decided to start opening combat related Military Occupational Skills (MOS) for women. A MOS a specific job a Marine is trained to specialize in, and only preforms this specific job while in the Marine Corps. Is America ready to send their willing service women into combat? There is still a wide controversy on this topic, but I believe the majority of America is ready.
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The first Marine arrived at my position and immediately took a knee next to me. As I was continuously engaging the enemy, I heard the Marine speak. In a high pitched, but solid voice I heard the words “I am here to help and where do you need us?” The distinctly female voice was a shock to my ears and I immediately turned to make eye contact. With an apparent surprised expression on my face, the female Marine looked at me and said “today I am just a Marine.” I then watched this Marine competently
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Eqbal Mohammad Cleared Linguist with CI Polygraph 10429 Rapidan Lane Manassas, VA 20109 Cell: 571-839-1523 meqbal30@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------- Profile More than 9 years of experience in translation , interpretation and Linguist management for Senior U.S Military Personnel and Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan which included translation of hundreds of documents and simultaneous and near simultaneous interpretation of dozens of Senior Leader
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matter how trained an Army, winning or losing comes down to logistics. Evidence of how great the US military has become at mastering the art, you need to look no further than the initial invasion of Iraq. For the Marine Corp in particular, the Iraq invasion was the deepest penetration a Marine land component had ever attempted. The capabilities to conduct such long operations were a direct result of overhauling their logistic process. Seeing the Future One of the most difficult challenges military
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Weapons and Ballistic Protection COM/150 “The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle!” Pershing (1918). Wars and battles that have ever been fought have used weapons by opposing sides to wage them while possessing body protection to finish them. Battles have mainly been won and lost by the force that has the best weapons and body protection at that time. The weapons and ballistic protection that the United States currently has is better now than ever because of their capabilities
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tires, wipers. * Cleaning shop and keeping trash put in right area empting oil drums from oil changes. United States Marine Corps- Camp Lejeune, NC (Feb/07 – Dec/11) Final rank-Corporal Training NCO Billet/QC NCO Operator * Supervision of junior Marines to ensure they were staying busy and to get the mission completed. * Delegating the daily work to the junior Marines Ensuring time management was being used correctly to meet deadlines. * Inspecting vehicles prior to going on the road
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fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would
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Air Force and Marine Command and Control Gonzales-Devalle said, "We provide air support, so pilots can provide continuous air support to ground commanders. Without our job, troops on the ground wouldn't get the proper air support in a timely manner." (Stannard, 2011,"606th ACS supports Operation New Dawn," para. 1) The Air Force’s Control and Reporting Center and the Marine’s Tactical Air Operations Center are the only two of their kind in the military. These units are deployable throughout
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