Instructor Daniel Beteta April 23rd 2013 There has been an age old conflict regarding the United States military. If you are old enough to fight and die for your country, why are you not old enough to enjoy an alcoholic beverage? Marines who are 18 can be thrown into the very teeth of it. They face death in battle. They make life-and-death decisions in split seconds. But here's a simple choice they can't make: “Miller or Bud?” (Stetz, 2007) Some may argue that 17, 18, 19, and 20
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OFFICE SYMBOL SMDC-IS-CC 17 Oct 09 MEMORANDUM FOR President, Warrant Officer Accession Board SUBJECT: Letter of Recommendation for Selection as a Warrant Officer SMITH, ROBERT A. (123-45-6789) Regional SATCOM Support Center (RSSC) - EUR 1. I strongly recommend SFC Smith to be selected as a Warrant Officer in either MOS 250N, Network Management Technician or 254A, Signal Systems Support Technician. I have observed SFC Smith over the past several months and during that time he has consistently
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G e n e r a t i o n K i l l Evan Wright, a reporter at the ‘Rolling Stone Magazine’, is the writer of the article. In the article we follow a marine platoon during the first period of the Iraqi invasion, we follow them through first enemy contact and hear their own private thoughts, about why they think they’re here, and why they’ve chosen to come here. The article is part reflection and part reenactment of events. The article is very informally written and is merely based of why he thinks
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kind and helpful to your enemy can work for you. He helped the young boy with the pirates and the young boy became less hostile against Captain Phillip’s. Hence, it’s important to not forget humanity for anybody even though he is your enemy. The US marine also, showed a smart step of separating the leader Musa from the crew and
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What is Joint Interdependence Anyway? Colonel Christopher R. Paparone, U.S. Army, and James A. Crupi, Ph.D. HERE IS MUCH ADO lately about the concept of “joint interdependence” in future military operations. More than one four-star general has praised Operation Desert Storm’s joint deconfliction; that is, the conduct of relatively independent service operations orchestrated in space and time so as not to interfere with each other, as in air operations deconflicted with ground operations. In Operation
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Informational Privacy in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Sgt Karen A Holliday, USMC Trident University International In my honest opinion the thought of informational privacy within the military is a sort of oxymoron. Although huge strides have been taken to put in place more secure methods of information storage, the military lags far behind their civilian counterparts in this department. There are many policies under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in regards to the informational
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He’s the Man We were sitting next to the wedding cake, flashing lights and music beats filled the open space under the night sky. As I sat next to my friend Brenda, I reached over and began asking her dad questions about his life, all of which lead to some intriguing stories. Brenda and I have been friends since high school and before this wedding night I had not met her parents. You see, Brenda and I were friends but she was a year older than me and graduated the year before I did, so meeting
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Ideal Organization: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) After serving nine years in the Marine Corps, I have come to the conclusion that the ideal organization for me would be the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). I have tried several companies in the civilian sector and have been unable to adapt because I enjoy the adrenaline and excitement law enforcement has to offer. Although the CIA does have plenty of organizational stressors, they have their solutions. I will discuss task demands, role demands
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United States military is one of great magnitude because of the profound effect it has on the individual service member and the organization as a whole. “In a 1995 U.S. Department of Defense survey of active-duty men and women in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard, 70.9 percent of female personnel and 35.8 percent of male personnel said that they had experienced sexually harassing behaviors in the previous 12 months” (Antecol & Cobb-Clark, 2001). While these statistics are
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that the Marine Battalions involved were low on men, and also worn down by previous battles. Moreover the American and South Vietnamese forces were attacking the North Vietnamese in a city that was very well reinforced. This battle is important because it was the first time combat was carried out in an urbanized environment. The strategic value of Hue City is because it was a distribution point for resupply efforts. A railroad and major highway passed through the city, connecting the Marine Corps command
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