Over the past few weeks I have honed in on my journey to and throughout foundations of moral reasoning. I thought back to the very first team I was a part of, my family, and how I developed my principles. I lost my mother at a very young age and was sent to live with my grandparents in New York. I was reluctant at first and became angry at the situation I was in. I could not comprehend why this had happened to me, often wanting to be alone and growing distant. Over time I realized that everything was going to be fine and I became very close with my new family, beginning to develop my own way of thinking, for the right reasons: I wanted to stand up for what I believed in and be a part of something bigger than myself. Oblivious to me at …show more content…
Mr. Hundert was an educator, mentor, and affected his students in ways that go far beyond his job description. He even returned to teaching after retiring, I believe, because it was his calling and he felt he still had something to contribute. In contrast, Sedgewick Bell evolved into a man who lacked morals and substance, although he make more money or become a public figure, he will not touch people the way that Mr. Hundert did. Throughout the course I have posed a question to myself: how will I be remembered and what path do I want to venture down next? The military lifestyle is a huge sacrifice and essentially a burden on the family. I truly believe that I can enhance any team’s functionality, open-mindedness, and meliorate goal accomplishment. However, is it worth sacrificing a stable lifestyle for? It is not ideal to pick up and move the family every two years, and when the time comes it will not be an easy decision due to spiritual investments I have already made. Even the force that I am currently a part of has undergone a massive overhaul. As the endeavors in Iraq and Afghanistan have reduced typical military deployments, a new type of partner nation relationship development has begun. NEOD is less often “large and in charge” and more frequently conducting advise and assist missions supporting partner nation capacity building (Highly valued partner nations like Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and the Philippines). Teams and members have had to adjust their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP’s). Just like members of this cohort, we have discovered each other in a new role. We as individuals have taken these dimensions and created our own team. A team we will continue to interact with, in a united fashion over the next three years to facilitate excellence around
The successful execution of the concepts found in Expeditionary Force 21 (EF21) reside in the ability of the Marine Corps to candidly assess the current state of the operating forces and operational needs while planning to future requirements. Shifting our focus towards the next fight will require, not an overhaul, but the refinement of how the service organizes to fight and operate with joint, and multinational, partners. This is rooted in the understanding that the Marine Corps must adjust its forward deployed posture in order to support the ability to respond across the range of military operations. Deciding where and when to deploy and how to organize in preparation for future challenges, while critical, will solely exist as an intellectual
Each one has learned many lessons from their courses in life which established their personal morality. In particular, the author, Wes Moore, was driven by positive outcomes from his negative conditions resulting from him a successful person in his adulthood. As a result, the inspiring story of the author, Wes Moore, could be described in three themes: Peer, Parent, and Family Support; Loss and Redemption; and Decision Making.
Growing up different wasn’t always easy for me. My dad, Anthony Smigelski Jr., worked as an active duty officer in the Coast Guard and my mom, Claudia Smigelski, worked as a registered nurse. In 1976 it was illegal to perform an abortion in New Orleans, Louisiana so my parents, who were unsuccessful having their own children, moved to Louisiana in hopes they would have a better change to adopt a baby. On April 2, 1976 they got their wish; I was delivered to their home in Gretna, LA when I was only 10 days old. It wasn’t long after my parents got me that my father was transferred to Governor’s Island, NY when I was two years old.
It also helped to advance other important work by inspiring leaders to take charge and fight for what is morally correct. The thoughts and beliefs from the essay are still applicable today and still influence new movements that help to change the
I do not know of a life without the military influencing it, as it has played a strong role in my family. This upcoming year that I am graduating, my father will be retiring from the Marines. His retirement has been a long time coming, and there is uncertainty
That 's when I realized how grateful I am. To have the capability of a prominent life that my parents only got a glimpse of but never the whole picture. I get to start a whole fresh ripple effect of change. One way or another I will make it through. I will not think my chances are small, but rather fit to challenge me.
About a few months I was with them trouble making and everything drugs, fights, and vandalism. Starting high school I began to notice that the decision I 've made were wrong I began to change I started to pay attention to school, I got out of what I was in, grades began to change and my way of life hanged to began to care and
The military is an escape for people from dysfunctional family settings and in
National Honor Society (NHS) is “the nation's premiere organization to recognize outstanding high school students.” NHS “honors students who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, service and character.” Within my three years of high school I have began to develop these traits, and NHS can help me by expanding my leadership skills, enhancing my character, providing me more scholarship opportunities, and increasing my service hours. There are so many different factors that make up a person's character. Moral and ethical quality is one of my strongest characteristics that make up my character.
It took me a while to accept that what I did every day was my life. I didn’t like it, I missed my family in Texas, and I missed my old friends. I had to grow up a little every day. At the end of it all I had dealt with a broken rib, taking care of siblings, and a new school. From that move I learned to accept and adapt to change.
The Fourth Battalion of the 27th Infantry As my father and I sat at the kitchen table, I assumed my dad, Scott Garland, would have somewhat serious responses for being in the Army for 6 years. As he thought about the military all of his life changing memories flooded back to him. He had been stationed in many places and remembered each and every one of them.
In Oct 2004, I joined the US Navy Reserves with the desire to be an Officer. I joined the Reserves under the advice that I would have a better chance of being selected coming from inside the Reserves. I applied but lacked the technical degree needed to be a competitive candidate at that time. I choose to stay in the Reserves and serve in enlisted ranks. I am proud to say that I have served in the US Navy Reserves for ten years.
In order to accomplish missions and tasks successfully, teams must be cohesive and unified, as well as meet and exceed the standard. In order to build teams, leaders must develop teams through three stages, formation, enrichment, and sustainment. The first stage, formation, is the stage in which the initial team is built and comes together for the first time. The second stage, enrichment, is the stage in which team members gradually grain trust in themselves, followed by their peers, followed by their leaders. The final stage, sustainment, is where teams are fully invested in their teams, and are proud of their group.
The only thoughts that were on my mind were how hard it was going to start over again in a place where I didn’t know anyone. After I moved to my new school I started to make friends and I felt okay with the environment. Moving to another school taught me that you have to try to work with your impediments in order to succeed. Nowadays it still hard for me to concentrate, but you have to learn how to deal with that. Because of this, I always was waiting for my mom to ask me questions about the topics, and she also was aware of the three of us, not just one.
Rushed to the hospital for surgery my parents were told that I was lucky to be alive. I’ve learned that life is very precious and everyone is here for a reason; one of my reasons is to attend law school. Throughout school I was seen as a shy girl particularly when my parents divorced. When I