Being a part of a military family is just as hard and stressful as you may have heard. My dad made the decision to join the Navy when I was six years old. After he joined he had to go to boot-camp for six to eight weeks‚ which left me in the care of my aunt since my mother wasn’t in the U.S at the time. It was hard to see my dad go because not only did have to deal with the fact that I was in a new country but I also had to cope with my dad leaving. After my dad finished boot-camp he had to stay close
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Admire the Exclusive US Military Culture With Superb Challenge Coins Being a member of the US military is considered one of the most‚ if not the most‚ patriotic titles a person can have in connection with this country. Serving in the military allows one to develop a sense of integrity and direction that reflects the American spirit. You‚ dear reader‚ may have family and/or friends who actively serve or have served as US military personnel. Maybe you are or have been an active member yourself. If
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The study of military history is more than learning about the outcome of battles and the development of tactics‚ techniques‚ and procedures. The study of military history inspires leaders‚ instills patriotism‚ and builds unity. Despite our nation’s young age we have endured a wide array of conflicts on an ever-changing battlefield. Each engagement in our nations’ history offers unrivaled lessons of leadership challenges and successes. Analyses of these lessons provide depth to a leaders’ understanding
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The Spartan Military was one of the most feared militaries of its time. Located in the southern region of the Peloponnesus‚ Sparta was centralized around military dominance. Beginning at a young age‚ Spartan boys were pushed both physically and mentally. Every day was a test. Lycurgus‚ a Spartan Tyrant‚ was revered as God with his reforms to transform Sparta into the ultimate weapon‚ militarization. The Spartan military was the most feared military in the world for their way of life‚ ruthless training
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SUICIDE IN THE MILITARY Why Military Suicides are on the Rise Active duty military men and women are committing suicide more today than they have in years past ( (Mallin‚ 2012). Total deaths from suicide is exceeding U.S. combat deaths in the Afghanistan War. In 2012 the deaths from suicide totaled 154 for the first 6 months of the year which is an increase of 18% from the previous year during this same time period (Burns‚ 2012). “In 2009‚ we lost almost as many active military to suicide as to
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The largest difference between military PTSD and Civilian PTSD is the fact that civilian’s don’t‚ and never would‚ choose to participate in there experience. When entering the military‚ they make it very clear that the danger is omnipresent‚ you are in a land that wants you dead‚ and you have to live everyday knowing that your next day might not come to live
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Among these concerns is the implementation of balance and equality in the today’s military‚ as it grows to accommodate quickly arising changes and as members of the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender (LGBT) community increase. The chief concern of this integration is the challenge of not infringing on the values of existing religious groups‚ most notably‚ the Christian people. Being a Christian in the military has already presented challenges for those in the past‚ including Major General Oliver
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Strategy 1:A main problem that soldiers with PTSD try to cope with is the stigma that surrounds their illness. In the military‚ many people think that having PTSD is a form of weakness. This ideology is what hurts many soldiers. Their friends‚colleagues‚ and families think that they are some sort of liability and that they are weak and useless. For captain Wayne Johnston(a military captain with ptsd)‚ “the pain of dealing with his diagnosis – and the stigma that comes with it – is worse than any physical
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In the documentary film Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars‚ Mark Mazzetti the National Security Correspondent stated the fact Our Military remotely uses our drones from one of their Military Air Force bases back home‚ it then scans out the entire environment our ground troops are being held at‚ once it has finished scanning the area it is transmitted to one of our military satellites and then transmitted back to base for observation and planning the best tactical route to take (qtd in. BraveNewFilms)
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Resilience and the Military Spouse Being resilient is not any easy task and if anyone know what it means to be resilient‚ it is indeed the military spouse. Because of the constant ability to adjust to the many changes and adjustments that they deal with on a daily basis‚ there is no choice but to be resilient. Being resilient means being able to adapt and bounce back when something difficulty happens in lives of a military spouse (Sachan‚ 2012). It the ability to once again pick ourselves up
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