The purpose of this paper is to share my first deployment experience as the first sergeant. Serving in a war zone is an experience you will never forget. As a result of my first deployment to Afghanistan as a first sergeant‚ I practiced a new perspective on life‚ instilling trust in my Soldiers and NCOs to continue the mission. Perspective that I developed from the beginning with the pre-deployment preparation at the National Training Center (NTC) through the actual deployment to Afghanistan and
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Many people believe that one can be successful if he /she is committed‚ honest‚ faithful or intelligence. But‚ the foundation of each of these qualities lies in believing the power the person has‚ and working accordingly to achieve the goal. There are many people‚ who are honest‚ beautiful‚ good and soft spoken‚ intelligent and even faithful‚ but only some are successful in achieving their goal. While all of these characteristics are equally important and act as the medium for success‚ the most important
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My First Date Dax and I have been communicating for the past few months and he finally asked me to dine with him on February 14th. It was my first date and I can clearly recall the details of our exquisite night from the beginning to the end. He picked me up at home with his Subaru Forester exactly 6pm; dressed in a red long sleeved plaid shirt with black jeans and sneakers while I felt comfortable in a black and white leopard mini dress with black stockings‚ red heels and
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Growing up in the United States‚ my mother’s side of the family would annually host a day to pray for our deceased relatives. They suffered a distressing escape from the Vietnam War in order to integrate back into normal society. Despite some of my relatives say we had the fortune of a red envelope‚ numerous family members told me that the Communists caused us to suffer. At five years old‚ I believed everything they said; especially things from my parents because I was naïve. After all these years
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I was an imagrate from Hawaii that came in waves. My father was the first generation my mother was the second generation born in Hawaii‚ they were japanese. My father looked through a series of pictures to pick out his wife and she picked my mother but then they divorced before it was one. I was lead to believe that my mother had died during birth. I was raised by my father but was fostered in and out of foster homes during the week but stay with him on weekends. Father worked in the pineapple plantation
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fifteen years since the al-Qaeda terrorist attack in the United States‚ the images of the victims and first responders are still clear. While thousands of people were running away from the World Trade Center and the Pentagon hundreds of first responders were running towards them. Every day first responders act selflessly in order to take care of those in need within their communities. They are the first ones to arrive on a scene to see the death and destruction that has been caused. Once on the scene
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It’s a bler‚ trying to look back on when I was a preschooler‚ so first grade was a mess. First grade is a life changer. Going to Tri-Point in Piper City not even for a full year. Tri-Point is a small old school just like ROWVA. I remember changing schools because my parents got a divorce. We moved to Peoria and lived there with my mom’s parents. I got transferred to a Catholic school. Every Wednesday the whole place went to church right across the street. It was the worst thing ever sitting in the
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At first‚ I didn’t find the database to be useful. My first search was neonatal and nurse practitioner which I got one-hundred and eighty-nine results. I narrowed my the search to find better articles that will help me find a topic. I changed the publication dates from 2011 to 2016‚ full text‚ and source type as a magazine. After the changes‚ the search result was one‚ and I it was not useful because it was about an Australian nurse and diabetes. Additionally‚ the article didn’t have anything to
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My First Dog It was a warm sunny‚ Saturday morning. It was also the day we were going to get Kola. My mom said to me‚ “Are you excited to go get Kola?”. I said‚ “I barely slept at all last night because I was so excited”. Kola is a 4 month old bullmastiff. He was born in Argentina. When he was 2 months old he came on a plane to America with his brother‚ Watco. For 2 month they lived in Tennessee. That is were we where going to pick him up. It was a 4 hour drive but‚ it was worth it. The whole
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The first rocketeer was a Greek named Archytas who lived in the city of Tarentum‚ which is in modern day Italy. Around the year 400 B.C.‚ he flew a pigeon made of wood. It was hung on wires and was propelled by escaping steam. The pigeon used the Newton’s Third Law‚ which was not theorized until the 17th century. About three hundred years after the pigeon‚ another Greek who was called “Hero of Alexandria”‚ created another‚ similar‚ invention that he called an aeolipile. The aeolipile was a rotund
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