States Armed Forces. I joined the United States Marine Corps immediately after completing high school. I attended Marine boot camp at Parris Island, SC, a thirteen week training evolution said to be the toughest of all the other branches. I served as an infantry or basic rifleman for thirteen years, active duty, retired, then joined the United States Army reserve. One questions that I am frequently asked is how difficult it was to transition from the Marine Corps., to the Army Reserve. Switching from
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Damon is a 22-year-old Latino American male of Mexican descent who lives with his wife in a rented house in Newark, NJ. He is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in business administration at NYU. Damon has recently retired from the United States Marine Corps following his deployment in Afghanistan two months ago. His primary care unit, the VA (Veteran’s Affairs), has referred Damon to see a psychologist. Damon is currently taking sertraline (Zoloft) and paroxetine (Paxil) as he reported to be suffering
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Ch. 14 Bowdoin (pg. 57) In this chapter, we learn about GM’s college years and the many work placements he apportioned in. Furthermore, it also demonstrates his enrollment with the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Ch. 15 A Brief Interlude (pg. 68) Here GM traverses to North Carolina to visit Robbie and then to the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Holabird in Baltimore. Prior to advancing to Berlin for his 1st counterintelligence assignment. Ch. 16 The Army (pg. 73) GM faces a convoluting
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BANG! BANG! “Sargent! Enemy at 130 North East is firing shots in our direction, should I take him out?” I said. Throughout all of the times that I’ve been shipped out here, to the wonderful country of Iraq, no enemy has ever taken fire at me before we’ve even landed the helicopter. “Private Austin, how dumb are you? Those shots are nowhere near us. It’s more than likely just some terrorists having a dispute.” Either Sargent Peppers is going insane, or I am, because I can clearly hear bullets
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SFC Young arrived a short time ago to the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment but has already solidified himself as a structural pillar within the battalion. Since his arrival, he has been charged with conducting one javelin range, one M4 known distance range, one M320 range, one Carl Gustaf range, and was selected above his peers to be the Company 1SG during the 2nd Brigade Falcon Strike FTX. SFC Young’s tactical experience and expertise is only outshined by his physical fitness, being frequently
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In 1942, a man named Philip Johnston met with the commander of the Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Major General Clayton B. Vogel. He proposed a secret communication system that will be nearly impossible to decipher. Philip Johnston was a civil engineer who was also a veteran in WWI. Johnston’s complexion was that of white man, although he also spoke Navajo. This is due to the fact that he was raised on a Navajo reservation because he was the son of the Christian priest who lived and worked with
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The Army Crew Team Introduction: This case is about a frustrating situation that Colonel Stas Preczewski also known as Coach P., the coach of the Army Crew team for the United States Military Academy at West Point, who faced with total twist between his two teams. The Junior Varsity (JV) crew boat - consisting of the bottom eight rowers beat the Varsity (V) – top eight rowers, during practice and in some races. This was not supposed to happen, because of the speed, strength and coordination of
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Captain Heather L. Bates, United States Army, distinguished herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States as the Deputy G4 and Property Book Advisor, 201st Military Advisory Team (MAT), Train Advise Assist Command - East (TAAC-E), Gamberi, Afghanistan, from 28 September 2017 through 15 June 2018, during Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL. CPT Bates facilitated the Train Advise and Assist efforts of the entire G4 section which consisted of 9 different sections including 7 Army
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commands until 24 March, 2004 when it was transferred to 1st Marine Division (Lira, 2009.) The city has a population of approximately 300,000 (Bremer, 2006, p. 313) and is around two thousand blocks of courtyard walls
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole Imagine yourself in a situation where you’re given a mission to lead a large group of soldiers and you get ambushed by the enemy forces. How would you then lead your soldiers to safely complete the given mission? After researching Lieutenant Robert G. Cole and his actions that lead him to a Medal of Honor, I came to an ideal of how I would handle an occurrence like this. Therefor I will summarize the situation and action performed by Lieutenant Cole, next, discuss
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