Deployment and the Military Family Amanda Meadows SOC 101 Susan Fouriner August 6‚ 2010 Deployments are a difficult time for military families. Deployment of a loved one affects the whole family. The service member may worry about how his family may fare without him or even miss milestones in his children’s lives. The spouse has to function as a single parent and take on responsibilities left behind by the service member. The children may suffer from behavioral problems and not adjust well
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New Military Base There are many types of military bases; some have piers for ships and submarines‚ others have air strips for planes and others provide training for military members. A new military installation can provide employment opportunities for community members. A military base can increase the revenue generated by local businesses‚ create job opportunities for locals and even add revenue to our local government. A military base will be a good addition to the community. A new
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People should consider life in the military because they are rewarded with benefits that support them. Benefits ranging from educational to traveling the world. Being a military child has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. As a “military brat” I have celebrated everything about growing up in a military family‚ both‚ in the United States and overseas. “Military brats” live in an ambiguous subculture that brings the lifestyle of a civilian and service member together. As a “military brat”
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Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel about a young boy named Andrew “Ender” Wiggin. Orson Scott Card‚ the author‚ starts the book when Ender is only six years old‚ in a futuristic earth setting. Ender has two extremely smart siblings’ one sister named Valentine and one brother named Peter. In this futuristic earth all children wear a device on the back of their neck that allows military commanders to monitor their actions and intelligence. The reason this is done is because fifty years prior an
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Monalise Seales September 13th‚ 2011 English 101 Long tours and repeated deployments have led to increasing rates of suicide and divorce among armed forces personnel ‚ according to the pentagon as a member of the Armed Forces who has been on two 15 month long deployments‚ I choose this topic because I have significant insight to add. I have watched multiple friends get diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I have also seen many of those same friends go thru marital problems
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Let him fly. A 19 year old Air Force prospect seeks emancipation from parents. Osaro Obayuwana‚ currently a student at Rutgers University‚ is desperately in the hunt for independence. Having a mother with an African American background and a father of Nigerian descent‚ Obayuwana has fallen victim to a family culture clash. Desperate to break free‚ this young man hopes to become the first member of his family to graduate from college and‚ eventually‚ join the armed forces. With two parents
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To attempt to counter Mitchell‚ the Navy elected to perform its own test‚ and in late 1920 the Navy sunk an old battleship using its own aircraft in hope of finding that there was an “…improbability of a modern battleship being either destroyed or completely put out of action by aerial bombs." Despite that Navy dead-set on disproving Mitchell‚ a leaked report revealed that “the Navy’s "tests" were done with dummy sand bombs
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The United States Navy History "A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." by Commodore George Dewey. On October 13‚ 1775 America’s Navy was born. The navy has contributed greatly to the United States‚ being involved in over ten prodigious wars and countless battles. Their efforts to bring peace‚ security‚ democracy‚ and prosperity to America is well recognized. They have helped America move forward through both action and revolution‚ and has been a helping hand
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internal defense‚ direct action‚ counterterrorism‚ and special reconnaissance. Navy Seals didn’t started out to be Navy Seals. It started in World War Two‚ where Naval Combat Demolition units were created to clear path of obstacles‚ and gather Intel on enemies location. In 1943‚ it evolved to the Underwater Demolition team. In 1962‚ Navy Seal was created by President John F. Kennedy to conduct unconventional warfare. Navy Seal have one of the most brutal military training in the world‚ one of the most
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carried the same prestige as that of a legionary. Before the First Punic War the Roman navy consisted mainly of allied ships and a few Roman ships that had crews that were very inexperienced. When entering the First Punic War they realized they needed to develop a navy to match the superior Carthaginian fleet. The fleet that the Romans had before the war would never withstand any naval battles. In building their navy‚ the Romans were able to utilize their resources‚ their allies’ resources‚ as well as
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