In 300 words or less, please state why do you desire to attend a US Service Academy. You should state the academy(s) you wish to attend. My goal is to attend the U.S. Naval Academy as a first choice, with the U.S. Military academy as my second choice and the U.S. Air Force Academy as my third choice. Both my parents were career naval officers, my grandfather was a reserve naval officer, and I would be honored to continue that legacy. The United States exemplifies my core values and beliefs. In
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with the aviation units in the Airforce and Army to allocate fixed wing and rotary wing assets. In my opinion, this is an overwhelming responsibility for a MCT commander to have with likely 2LT’s with little to no experience in the Transportation Corps background. The current MTOE for an MCT on FMS WEB is a 21 Soldier team consisting of 1 captain, 2 Lieutenant’s, 9 NCOs and 9 Soldiers. The NCO’s provide the continuity for the team. Due to the reduced role at home station, they are not fully capable
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The United States Military has many roles and important duties. The Air Forces works around the world with other branches and nations to complete their missions. The Goldwater-Nichols Act helped bring the different services together and the establishment of Combatant Commanders allows for a clear leader in each area of the world. This is important because each conflict is unique and each service and country has different capabilities. Also, the Unified Command Plan was put in place so each area
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John Simpson Kirkpatrick John Simpson Kirkpatrick was a stretcher bearer that served under the name of John Simpson for the Australian army in the historic battle of world war one (1914-1918). Simpson was known through the medical crew. He fought with the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corporation) along the shores of ANZAC cove. This was a battle that they earned a reputation for resourcefulness, courage and fortitude. John Simpson was a medical stretcher bearer that would later be known
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Training Corps also known as ROTC began in 1916 on the campus of Yale University. Hundreds of thousands of cadets have trained there since then. Approximately 70,000 ROTC cadets train at over 300 campuses (Wissing 39). The latest branch was opened in 2011 when the secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joined with Yale President Richard Levin to re-establish the ROTC on its campus. It had been 40 years since the last ROTC class graduated from Yale. Yale was the first to form the Navy Air Corps in 1917 and
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260th Soldiers share victory through support at JROTC competition 2nd Lt. Brittany E. Douglas 260th Quartermaster Ten Soldiers from the 512th Quartermaster Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion set out on a convoy to Molena, Georgia, in support of the Richmond Hill High School Junior ROTC State Raider Competition 2008. The JROT Raiders are a group of disciplined cadets that have proven themselves in the class room as well as in physical ability. The 260th arrived at the Boy Scout
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POSITION PAPER ON BASIC RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING COURSE AS PRE-REQUISITE TO ALL TRAINEES OF PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL INTRODUCTION 1. This study aims to include the Basic Reserve Officer Training Course as a pre-requisite to all trainees of Philippine Air Force Officer Candidate School. This further aims to help increase the number of reserve force in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 2. The Philippine Air Force Officer Candidate School (PAFOCS) is the implementing
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Letter to an Educator Dear Colonel Fields, The past four years of my life have been spent at this school and you’ve been a big part of it. The majority of my time devoted to this school has been JROTC, especially rifle team. I just wanted to write this to you to let you know what an influence you’ve made and the JROTC program has made on my life. I think that out of all the students in the program over the years that we were closest. Everything I know and excel in, I learned from you. You taught
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Art Club, Dance Club, Swimming, Basketball and Photography Club. Uniformed groups include the St. John Ambulance Brigade (SJAB), Red Cross, Military Band, The Singapore Scout Association, Girl Guides Singapore, National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) and National Cadet Corps (NCC). Performing arts groups are also included, with Chinese Orchestra, choirs, bands and Dance Clubs among such CCAs. CCAs are held outside standard curriculum hours and the activities partaken depend on the nature of CCA. For
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I don’t see a career in the U.S. Army as an obligation but as a privilege. This is a once in a life time opportunity for me to uphold. I am ready to take a leap of faith and embrace my future. Growing up in a family where I was not encourage to make anything great of myself, only made me fight harder to become someone successful. I am a current college student who will be walking the stage of Manor College this May of 2014 with my Associate Degree in Science. But I am not finished yet; starting in
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