The US Armed Forces and their Role The US Armed Forces is an agency of highly trained individuals who are ready to respond immediately to a short notice regarding natural or human-made calamities anywhere within the US territory or the world (Halvorson, 2010). However, most Americans’ have limited knowledge and information...
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What is employment? It implies the state of anybody who is doing what they most want to do under any circumstances ("Definition of Employment"). The employed carry out the sustained activity to earn their living or fulfill their interests in life. In the US, around 125.97 million citizens were employed on...
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The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) manages two school systems, namely the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) and the DoD Dependents Schools (DoDDS) (DoDEA, 2016). DDESS serves qualified dependents within the United States in areas where the DoD runs schools. On the other hand, the DoDDs serve...
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'The Things They Carried' 'The Things They Carried' is a collection of twenty-two stories, all of which are based on the Alpha Company and the fate of the soldiers after their return to America from war. The soldiers carry along essential goods, and the war is isolating but exposes the truth...
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After the completion of training at Marine Corps boot camp, I got allocated for my first duty at Station 29 Palms. The base whose location is California happens to be the most hated. We took a taxi with my colleagues to base on arrival at the Palm Springs Airport. We...
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National Service and its Impacts National service is a form of discipline body that requires training equal to that of military body. The national service performs duties like cleaning the cities, ensuring discipline, crowd control during demonstrations among other duties (Baker, Brian. et al.). In the national service, those who are...
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Compulsory Military Service: Advantages and Disadvantages Compulsory military service is one of the most controversial subjects in the modern times. While some people believe that it should be made compulsory, others think it is some kind of infringement of an individual's rights. These critiques strongly believe that an individual should be...
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The combat and war experiences have a way of impacting people’s lives (Abbassi and Aslinia 45). There are those who are affected directly and others indirectly by the war. For the soldiers who participate actively in the combat face numerous challenges as loss of loved ones, colleagues, torture, and dreadful...
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Although Homeland Defense, as well as Homeland Security, are not the same, the line between them is a narrow one. Scholars gave a little thought about the functions of the two bodies before the attack of 9/11. In most cases, people associated with Homeland security with local law enforcement and...
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American expansionism also regarded as westward expansion refers to the period of confederation when the USA was extending its borders to the west. The United States of America civil war was fought between 1861 and 1865. The war broke out in 1961 after the election of President Abraham Lincoln where...
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The government has identified 16 infrastructure sectors essential to its security, economy and health care (The Department of Homeland Security 2018). These sectors guarantee the resilience of the society during crises. The sectors were created in order to consolidate and uphold the networks, assets, and networks in a coordinated manner (The...
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War and its Devastating Consequences War is a deconstructive situation that is devastating to the parties involved. Various elements that decide to be in combat usually have a destiny of it, at the end. War is not a win-win situation: one side or many sides must loose for the rest to...
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