Information Flow and Use CIS/207 May 17, 2012 Instructor: Joe Moore Information Flow and Use The military’s methods of use of information, and how it is distributed is highly critical and simple. Majority of the information is put out the old fashion way, verbally! This method seems very prehistoric compared to now, but it is quite affective, and of course also comes with some disadvantages. Everyday information is verbally issued out starting at the top of the chain
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The United States has long been known for having a military presence that few would dare to challenge. The catalyst has not been in having billions in defense funds, it has not been in having huge weapons of mass destruction, it is the heart and spirit of the soldier. I am very proud to be a part of this long and proud tradition of upholding the ideals set forth in the U.S. Constitution. It is something that I would recommend to all willing and able college students. It instills a sense of pride
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basic soldiering skills along with learning the Army values and ethics. The Soldiers then continues their special education and training by completing advanced initial training. This usually consists of specialized training in the area of their Military Occupational Specialty which is the main job they will do while in the Army. While these two different types of training are completed early in their Army career, their education and training does not conclude at that point. As the Soldier continues
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ENG105 Essay #2 My military community While thinking about what communities have specific languages it was easy for me to think of the United States Army. I served in the U.S. Army for 5 years until I was wounded in Afghanistan and had to medically retire. As I look back at my short military career I would call it a community, or organization that had its own language. The army has a main focus on discipline and structure. The language is spoken through the discipline and structure.
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Why Are You Here? After I graduated high school I always knew I wanted to pursue a higher education but I never knew where or for what. So I took some time off about an 8-½ year hiatus from academics and joined the Army. I traveled the world seen amazing things and met a lot of amazing people whom I now consider my extended family. When my contract was up with the Army I decided to go back to college. I didn’t know in what or what for but I knew I wanted to go. So I had some thinking to do as in
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Courage of the American Soldier Courage of the American Soldier What comes to mind when you hear the word courage? Bravery, fear, or may be…nothing at all. To me when I hear the word courage or even courageous I think of the American Soldier. Courage can often be hard to define and or even harder to demonstrate. As an American Soldier of the United States Army we live by seven Army Values, which
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Can Women Serve In Combat? The Military Leadership Diversity Commission is recommending that the Pentagon do away with a policy that bans women from serving in combat units, breathing new life into a debate that really should never have developed in the first place. Let’s take a look at the reasons for the current ban, and the reasons why some may be trying to lift the ban that keeps women from serving in direct combat roles. First, Let Me Be Clear Let me be clear in efforts to head off any
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Out of all of the days that I lived this one was the scariest that I’ve been in. But before I tell you about that day let’s start off on how it came down to that day. I was an enlisted infantry solider for the United States Army in Afghanistan on deployment where this particular week we were select for a big operation can tell you details about the mission but it was a long and strenuous 10 days. When we finally get dropped off from the helicopter to the area we were going it was night time and a
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explain in his book The Red Badge of Courage. The book takes through the eyes of a young Civil War soldier named Henry Fleming. Henry starts off like many young men wanting to serve their country. Like being naïve, full hope and false ideas of the military. I remember some of these things when I first joined only thinking of the positive like adventures, opportunities to see something new things and the pride of belonging. Like I said never the negatives just the positives. I could also relate with
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Controversy in the Military For the longest time homosexuals have had to deal with discrimination everywhere, including the military. When Bill Clinton ran for president, he gave a promise to the gays he would allow them to fight, but changed his stance when elected and did not follow through on his promise. Instead Clinton issued the policy Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell that still hindered the homosexual’s chance of getting into the military. Finally, now after years of discrimination, a Representative
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