Because of their illness, soldiers are discharged from their duties but have a hard time adjusting to civilian life because they have specific skill sets. They also get a lump sum of money after missions instead of a steady pension which can be gobbled up quickly and leave them in financial stress for the rest of their lives. Financial issues are not helping the state of minds of the veterans. Many are already depressed and facing other mental problems, and financial issues are just making them worse.…
Guilty or not guilty? A person who sacrificed lives of fifteen officers including him and saved five lives, should he be condemned? Lieutenant-Commander Oram and his crew of nineteen soldiers are under threat of losing their lives as there submarine has got a blast and they have air only enough for two days in submarine. As an in charge officer it is Oram’s call what to do. He decides to save five married officers over other fifteen unmarried ones. Is it a well justified act? Is saving those five men only worth? Statistically fifteen people are dying is better than twenty people are dying all together. But morally it was different for Lieutenant Oram. He had to make a call to save as many lives as possible. He had to hold his nerves to make a right call. There was no chance he could save all of them. “We have enough air for two days. (Bruce & Pg#83)”-Because of lack of air supply he had to make decision faster. He did make decision to let married men live. He sacrificed lives of other fifteen officers including him and showed his bravery which was very well justified decision according to the situation. One would think why Lieutenant Oram only chose to poison unmarried officers? Why didn’t they have right to live? As Oram gets the track of the situation he asks Lieutenant Paull, “Send the five married man to me”. The reason why he preferred to go to choose to save lives of married officers was because in those war time women were completely dependent on their husbands for almost every important tasks like earning money, feeding the family, etc. So, if there husband would die his family would be completely broken. Let’s say every five soldier having family of at least four (husband-wife & children) so it is five times four equals to twenty. He preferred to save those twenty lives over those fifteen which apparently…
This weeks’ writing assignment is to “discuss how members of a military unit could openly bring themselves to commit murder against some individuals and not feel any sense of deviance or criminal wrongdoing for the act. Be sure to include ideas from the work of Stanley Milgram in your answer.”…
When asked what sexual harassment meant to them, many of the students here at North Carolina Wesleyan College defined it as the act of unwanted sexual contact, or the use of inappropriate language towards one another. Significantly the definition provided is considered to be correct, but when researching the topic Catharine Mackinnon gives her readers a broader definition. In her book Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination, she describes it as "the unwanted imposition of sexual requirements in the context of a relationship of unequal power." There are two different forms of sexual harassment, they are quid pro quo and hostile work environment. Article writer Rebecca Berlin describes quid pro quo as a "this or that"…
Many veterans have drug abuse, alcoholism, or criminal backgrounds. Veterans have many health issues and mental health issues. Often veterans have gotten out of the military and are suffering from PTSD, sexual trauma, and many other illnesses. They may not have family support and in turn they turn to alternatives to try and make them feel comfort. My goal is to open eyes and seek answers for what is and has been done for our homeless veterans.…
Integrity is one of the most talked about and most abused of the Seven Army Values. First we must define integrity it is doing the right thing consistently. That means that we must do the legally and morally correct thing every time. Just because something is hard or unpleasant does not mean that we can look the other way. Doing the right thing is not a matter of deciding do I help my fellow soldier and let him slide on an Army regulation or do I uphold the regulation. It means doing both they are both equally important. Sometimes helping a soldier means that you must enforce the regulations and in some cases that can mean discharging them from the Army at other times it means fighting for the soldier and getting them the help that they need to succeed in the Army.…
Punctuality in a military environment is crucial as it enables tasks to be completed, and allows leaders to conduct accountability, PCCs and PCIs for particular operations. Also, depending on the severity or how often a soldier conducts the offense, being late can lead to UCMJ action. This essay will provide in some detail the benefits of being punctual as well as note possible consequences.…
Our Heroes come home eager to see their families and to start a so call normal civilian life. A life that consists of maybe a 9-5 job with a decent apartment or house to share lasting memories. This would be great since the government gives them a check every month to supplement their new life. Unfortunately, life doesn’t end up that way for most Veterans. Instead they come home feeling lost and out of touch. Their minds are full of memories of seeing friends die or memories of taking a person’s life. All the while dealing with trying to find employment in an economy that is failing. So now the Veteran is dealing with lack of family support which could come from divorce while being deployed and/or child support. The Veteran is dealing with trials, tribulations and frustrations of unemployment because of lack of skills and training which leads to unaffordable housing to maintain stability. Dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD can cause the Veterans to use drugs and /or alcohol. The horrors of what they left behind when deployed along with the horrors they are facing in a society that is failing them leads them to fill empty and alone causing addictions.…
There are 2.3-3.5 million people in the United States today that have to deal with homelessness each year. Of these people 1.5 million of these children may experience acute and chronic health problems. These children have four times as many respiratory problems, five times more gastrointestinal problems, and four times more likely to have asthma. 41% of these children have families, but 1/3 of these children’s parents can’t get a job because of their living situation. Without out income these children cannot buy the medicine that they might need, which causes about 5,000 homeless children to die each year. If you subtract 5,000 from our population yearly we would have 322,558,006 people by 2020 (not including other deaths) .The average amount of kids people have is 2 so if you multiply 5,000 five times (the years from) and multiply the answer twice (kids) that would have been 50,000 more people in the united states by 2020.…
There are many reasons why there are so many homeless veterans. The main reason why they become homeless is because the veterans often get mental illnesses when they are fighting in a war, when the vets come home from the war they start drinking and using drugs because of these illnesses and become homeless.…
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are now showing up in the nation’s homeless shelters. While the numbers are still small, they’re steadily rising and raising alarms in both the homeless and veterans communities. The concern is that these returning veterans - some of whom can’t find jobs after leaving the military, others of whom are still struggling psychologically with the war – may be just the beginning of an influx of the veterans in need. Currently, there are 150,000 troops in Iraq and 16,000 in Afghanistan. More than 130,000 have already served and returned home writes Alexandra Marks (Marks).…
The Importance of Accountability Is so you know where everyone is so if you need a person for something you will know where to find them. It is also necessary to have accountability to make sure everyone in your unit is safe and so you make sure they are where they are supposed to be. You also want your unit to be on standby so they are ready for anything that may happen. It is also needed so nobody goes UA.…
According to Fargo, each homeless group experiences a unique risk factor through the experience of homelessness. Fargo says “Several causal models of homelessness have integrated both individual- and community level factors"(340). He said that this model asserts that homelessness results in a convergence of factors at multiple levels. Homeless families are more strongly associated with housing, income and other factors. Many veterans served in the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts. Metraux, in the article. “Risk Factors for Becoming Homeless among a Cohort of Veterans Who Served in the Era of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts “(79) looked at this subject. Of the people who were involved in the military between July 2005 and 2006, veterans deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, were at signification risk for homelessness .was found (E-1 to E-4) it was a high rating for the TBI and street disorder. Male population was increased by conflict…
Accountability is everything within the Marine Corps and within the working world. Unit cohesion could not exist without accountability. Good communication could not happen without good accountability. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines accountability as: “the quality or state of being accountable; especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions”…
As a leader in the United States Military, you are faced with situations or problems almost daily. Most problems we are confronted with do not take much to assess and act upon. Although there is one problem not only the Military faces but Society in general faces. The problem the Military is attempting to solve or eliminate is Sexual Assault and harassments across the forces.…