...Background Summary The United States (US) military has a rich history, which has paved the way for civilian societal advancements. Development of the military has a span of over two centuries starting with the creation of the Continental Army in 1775 under the command of General George Washington to what is now a current day War on Terrorism where specialized branches of the military are divided into subcultures that include the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Notable leaders include General Colin Powell, an American-Statesman and retired four Star General in the United States Army who is considered one of the most popular and admired leaders in America. Douglas MacArthur, an autocratic leader who was an American 5...
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...she liked. It was not just Satrapi who faced changes but other families as well and even the society as a whole. Although there were many changes in the lifestyles of many, there was a great impact on the military, women, education and in many adolescences. To begin, the military began recruiting teenage boys at age fourteen living in poverty which created a change in the military. This was a change within the military because at fourteen one is still considered immature and has not mentally or physically developed to the fullest. To join the military one should be mature and fully grown. Many of these fourteen year old boys were tricked into joining the military. They were given a key painted gold representing value. They were told if they were fortunate enough to die, the golden key would open the door into heaven. They were promised a better life than the one they were living in the lower class. As Mrs. Nasrine, Satrapi’s maid, explains, “‘They told him that in paradise there will be plenty of food, women and houses made of gold and diamonds’” (100). The lifestyles of these teenage boys were changed completely. At such a young age their teenage years of finding love and friendship was taken away by a key painted gold. Not only were there changes in the military, women had their rights and freedom taken away. Furthermore, women faced many changes during the war. At the start of the...
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...Black women take issue with new Army rule on hair By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, adapted by Newsela staff May. 09, 2014 4:00 AM Jasmine Jacobs poses for a portrait at her home in Atlanta, April 2, 2014. Jacobs, six years into what she thought was a promising and long military career, said she was finally done in by the one thing that was always natural to her; her hair. Jacobs railed against a new policy that places heavy restrictions on how women can and cannot wear their hair in the military. ATLANTA—Jasmine Jacobs, a soldier in the Army National Guard, knew that however she decided to wear her hair, it had to be neat. So, four years ago, when she decided to stop straightening her hair and wear a more natural look, she figured it would make her a better soldier. It would require less care, especially on maneuvers and drills. “I never had anyone say anything to me about my hair,” Jacobs, 25, said. “It’s never been out of regulation or interfered with my headgear.” That changed in April when the Army issued rules about how women in uniform can wear their hair, along with regulations about tattoos. The rules ban certain hairstyles, including twists, large cornrow braids and dreadlocks, that are popular among black women. That hit a nerve already made sensitive by generations of debate within the black community over what is “good” or “bad” hair. 1 Petitioning The White House Jacobs, who wears two-strand twists, launched a White House petition to cancel the ban...
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...limited to costs of military combat equipment, installations, salaries, retirement, and healthcare. Among those, the Active Duty, Retirees, and Military families’ healthcare is currently proposed to be cut saving the Federal Government approximately $1.8 billion by 2013. TRICARE, the health care program for active duty, retirees, and military families, was enacted May 1997. TRICARE replaced Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services “CHAMPUS” and was intended to increase quality of care for eligible beneficiaries. TRICARE has several different plans that make up the overall TRICARE health care program. TRICARE Prime the plan for active duty, their dependents and retired personnel. TRICARE Prime is a HMO style plan with no enrollment fee. Beneficiaries have a primary care provider, typically at a military installation’s medical facility; they see and attain referrals from for all specialty care. TRICARE Reserve Select is available to all military reservists. TRICARE Reserve Select has a monthly premium and allows beneficiaries to see civilian healthcare providers that are payable under TRICARE regulations. In May 2001 TIRCARE for life was added for retired military personnel and their families who prior to TFL lost their TRICARE benefits once enrolled in Medicare. TRICARE for Life pays the remaining patient responsibility of medical costs after Medicare coverage has been utilized. TRICARE Young Adult is available to unmarried military dependents ages 21-23...
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...and motivation theories as it relates to the Army. The Army’s organizational structure can be complex to those who aren’t familiar with the military. The Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world.” (Department of Defense 2012). Those units report to the Department of Defense through a chain of command. The units within the Army have front line managers (Troop Commanders), middle managers (Division Commanders), and top managers (Commanding Generals). These managerial levels are comprised of Army officers. The enlisted leadership is comprised of line managers and staff managers. The President is the Commander-and-Chief of the armed forces, otherwise known as the President. His top-level management team consists of the Vice-President, the Chief of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense. The Army is a mechanistic organization combined with a Professional Bureaucracy structure and a Matrix Departmentalization strategy. Professional Bureaucracy applies to the Army in respect that it relies on soldiers and leaders to be proficient in their profession. The rules and procedures are governed and outlined in Army regulations. There are regulations for every area associated with the Army from: military occupation specialty (MOS), every military...
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...all volunteer military. This has led to a disparity in the population distribution that represents this country’s armed forces. To rectify this incongruence, congress should pass a law requiring that all citizens must enlist in military service, for a two year minimum service contract, between the ages of 18 and 21, unless they are enrolled in an institution of higher learning, in which case military service would be deferred until graduation, giving the individual the opportunity to serve in the officer corps. According to the US Army’s Office of Army Demographics website, a study conducted by the OAD showed that not only are the numbers of minority youths interested in entering military service steadily decreasing, the distribution of ethnicity across Army branches, (Combat Arms, Combat Support, Combat Service Support) shows a large polarization, with Combat Arms jobs largely filled by Whites and Hispanics, and Combat Service Support jobs largely filled by African Americans. Additionally, the percentage of Whites and African Americans serving in the military is larger than that of the distribution of the entire population, while the percentage of Hispanics serving is around half that of the entire population....
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...impacted both sides from major war exhaustion. In this war, there were more casualties of American heritage than any other war the United States of America has been through in its fairly small timespan combined, including the Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War. The Union and the Confederacy fought against each other in many bloody, grim battles, large-scale and small-scale alike. Because of the large variety of these scuffles amongst these two nations, a difference in military tactics between them was sure to appear. Therefore, two historians, Perry Jamieson...
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...Drones, Ethics, and the Armchair Soldier This is an article by the philosopher John Kaag about how the military is dealing with the changes in today’s environment with military warfare and the affects it has on the ground pilots that are driving drones to eliminate targets and terrorists. 10 years ago the Iraq invasion was a remote control game for the soldiers, very similar to how we use our remote controls for channel surfing on the TV or video games today. Many people use remote controls to play games, shoot animals, and blow up buildings to entertain themselves. The military uses similar remote controls to direct and deliver devastating military assaults against enemies and terrorists. Today the operations of the traditional chain of command is similar to writing directions for robots but without having to think about ethics behind it. Now soldiers do not have to be carrying pounds of gear while fighting and fearing for their lives, instead they do their jobs sitting down, they have something in common with philosophers who do their job sitting down. John quoted, “For the first time in history, soldiers have something in common with philosophers: they can do their jobs sitting down.” This provides the remote control soldier additional time and ability to think about how they will use a drone to eliminate a target. Soldiers today need to work their way through arriving at the logical answer of their orders and decisions while working through existential responsibility...
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...accomplished many things while serving this great nation. One may often look at his twenty-two service awards that he received, or take notice that he was an Olympian, served in both World Wars and the Mexican Revolution, or even the numerous commands he held. However, the greatest accomplishment that must be recognized is General Patton’s unique ability to lead and inspire soldiers. General Patton is recognized as one of the greatest military figures and this can mainly be attributed to him being one of the greatest leaders in military history. “Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” –General Patton General George S. Patton was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. His family had fought in the Revolutionary War, Mexican War, and the Civil War and would share war stories to Patton when he was a young boy. From an early age, Patton was determined to one day become a war hero and was influenced by the stories of valor and bravery that his ancestors had shared with him during his childhood. Patton went on to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 15th Cavalry Regiment on June 11, 1909. He married Beatrice Ayer on May 26, 1910. A few short years later Patton would represent America in the Olympics in the first Modern Pentathlon where he finished fifth overall. With a passion for fencing, Patton would continue to study French Sword drills and would later be appointed as an instructor of swordsmanship...
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...PERCEIVED VALUES: FACE TO FACE VS. VIRTUAL TRAINING MSA 600 Foundations of Research Methods in Administration Central Michigan University Submitted by: Gregory X. Brown Project Instructor: Dr. Marty Meloche Submission Date: 10 August 2015 Table of Contents Page Number List of Tables ii List of Figures ii Chapter 1 Problem Definition 3 Chapter 2 Literature Review 10 Chapter 3 Research Methodology 21 Chapter 4 Data Analysis Future Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations Future Definition of Terms Future References Pages 29 Appendix A Permission to Conduct Study Chapter 1: Problem Definition Background Over the last decade Soldiers in the Headquarters Company of the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (HHC, 710th BSB) have deployed several times throughout the Middle East in support of combat operations. The way that Soldiers have trained has changed over that time. Training has shifted from a hands-on platform to more virtual world. Since the mid-2000s, the Soldiers of HHC, 710th BSB, 3/10 MTN have been prepared to execute combat operations based on the training that has been spearheaded by the Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs). Army Directorate Publication 7-0 (ADP 7-0) is a manual that describes the appropriate way to conduct unit training. According to ADP 7-0 “unit training is the Army’s life- blood and the NCOs are the...
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...that follows standards of Integrity, Duty and Honor. PFC Alexander, a female Soldier of my squad, accomplished the awareness inventory which indicated that her ethical viewpoint stems from a conviction of obligation or duty. The inventory pointed out that PFC Alexander’s belief system is based on what a rational individual ought to morally do. This faith is also in line with the armed forces. The armed forces focal point is on what is right and morally right. The armed forces; also inspires a core sense of code of honor, value and integrity. The armed forces provide: structure and creates the guidelines that enlisted men follow. This structure is based on the significance of obligation, duty and integrity. PFC Alexander ethical style inventory signify that she thinks that all human beings have a right to individual as well as an individuality respect. The inventory also indicates that PFC Alexander does not consider in judgments that occur based on what is in the best interest of the majority. This opposes with the method of the armed forces. The armed force makes assessments based on the greater good and the overall goals of the group. Each person in the armed forces is directed to function in the best interest of the armed forces. Each Soldier is a part of a unit or team, in most cases; the needs of the team outweigh the needs...
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...AMO Obey Or Disobedience ROUGH DRAFT In the story by Fromm, his outlook on obedience and disobedience is that we have the ability to obey but the capacity to disobey is something that society has influenced us to do naturally. Obedience and disobedience has always been part of a never ending cycle that is consistently going round and round. Throughout history it has been evident that soldier’s obey their commander’s, that knights uphold the ruling of their king, and that their disobedience is about the shifting of power. So, too, is our nation being part of that cycle and repeating history. Our nation’s soldiers obey orders given by the President. Whether they are right or wrong it is an order they obeyed countless of times. Society may never understand or have a clue of what is going on behind the scene, but society has an imagination of what a soldier should be, obedient. Back in the 1960s when Vietnam War was going on and the draft was implemented, it was difficult for some to adapt to the idea of going to war. Society has never understood why it is different to sign up for the Armed Forces than to be drafted into the Armed Forces. For someone that is volunteering their life for the nation is something they do by choice. They have a firm belief that is what is what they are meant to do for the good of mankind. They are willing to give up their freedom to become defenders and they are the ones that use it wisely. With those that were drafted they were...
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...reviewing. Planning is a composing process during which you generate information and strategies, as well as set goals and solve problems. Translating is the execution of plans into writing that others will understand. Reviewing is the process in which you evaluate ongoing writing plans and translations. Together, these three stages make up the writing process. In my professional life, I have used the writing process many times. Being in the military, there are many schools that you have to go to in order to advance your career. One of the last schools you attend is the Senior Leaders Course. During this school, one of the tasks that must be completed in order to graduate is to write an essay on a specific issue in today’s military. This paper is very important. Not only is it a requirement to graduate, but it also helps distinguish who will graduate with honors and who will not. The topic I chose to write about during the Senior Leaders Course was the quality of this generation’s soldier against soldiers that had joined the military in the past. The requirement was 2-4 pages, ensuring that you had enough accurate information to support your stance. I used a specific process for this writing assignment in order to turn in a successful paper. First, I had to plan. During the planning process, I spent three days collecting information and taking notes of ideas and facts that I would include in my paper. Each day, I would start fresh,...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL NAME BUS303 Business Communication MODULE 4: Integration and Reflection Assignment: Self Reflective Course Essay INSTRUCTOR: This Business Communication course has helped me overcome my fear of entering the real world and preparing for my military retirement. Being in the service for all of these years will place a small amount of fear regarding entering the civilian workforce because of the leadership style you are taught in the military. However, with the tools I have gained from this class; I feel that my transition from military life to the civilian sector will be easier than I thought. We as military personnel have learned how to wear a uniform properly and how to greet personnel with respect but we have not been taught how to properly prepare for retirement. When asked to write a resume in this course, I felt this assignment would be a challenge because the first thing I thought about was “the future”. Asking myself what exactly does my own future have in store for me and how do I prepare. Immediately, I took this assignment serious; gathering my thoughts to put into my resume because what if there was no tomorrow for me in the U.S. Navy; what if I had to get out today “what would I do”. I really enjoyed this assignment along with the cover letter because it challenged me to “think, what if” and “how do I prepare”, so this really hit home for me. “The Tips for Writing Resumes” was a great source to refer to for this...
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...Greg Mollnow Professor Gray Homefront HI 1311 Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century War and peacetime are losing meaning in today’s society. Most of the time, the standing army is active in some way. This is due to the U.S. involvement in foreign affairs. Fort Bragg just outside of Fayetteville, NC is a great example of this. What used to be peacetime is now time to prepare for the next war. This leaves distinction between the two almost impossible for the people in Fayetteville, who generally see war games played out sometimes involving the city. Due to this and the non-violence of the Cold War, civilians find it impossible to find distinctions between war and peace. Lutz explains in her narrative how our society is losing the time between wars once called peacetime. Now a days this time is used to prepare for the next war, as in war games, training and military exercises. These all put a major strain on society, especially ones that become involved with the war games, etc. This was apparent in Exercise Flash Burn. Here Fort Bragg was running a war game to practice for nuclear war. On maps used for the games, neighboring Fayetteville was dubbed “Pineland”. The local newspaper would cover these games generally in the “style of Reader’s Digest, ‘Humor in Uniform’: Soldiers participating in the games had mishaps as they bellied up to snakes in the woods or were bested by pickpockets on their bus trip in. And some featured...
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