better than the rest. Ethos consists of being a rifleman‚ carrying on traditions‚ and does what it takes to get the mission accomplished. Henry Hank Elrod demonstrated prime ethos during the Chosin Reservoir. Elrod lead a platoon in heroic defense for fifteen days. His platoon also demonstrated good ethos for showing the willingness to obey‚ and determined to follow orders. Also they upheld pride and confidence at all times during the rough times. Leading by these ethos isn’t about the rank you wear
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situations where men in the platoon are killed by enemy fire or from landmines; but obviously death does not take a toll on that person mentally or physically because they are simply lost souls. However‚ for the other men in the platoon it takes a heavy toll on the men. For instance‚ when the platoon was underneath the canopies of the trees taking a break from humping in the middle of the jungle and Curt Lemon and Rat Kiley began goofing off with a smoke bomb. The platoon was not under fire or in any
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every human being‚ especially those who were trained‚ conditioned‚ and even twisted into military roles. The film starts at Gunnery Sergeant Hartman’s Boot Camp on Paris Island during the Vietnam War. There‚ this type A personality man motivates his platoon by ceaselessly insulting and demeaning them‚ giving them abusive nicknames. A pragmatic recruit who talks behind his back becomes “Joker.” A Texas recruit becomes “Cowboy.” And a slow-witted recruit with no intelligence or ambition becomes “Gomer
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Americans willing to change‚ we are very far from achieving this unity that Obama talks about. In my case as a former marine and the only Hispanic in an all-white-American platoon‚ I saw that racism still exists amongst Americans‚ and if it wasn’t for my white complexity‚ I would have been outcasted from the rest of my platoon; however‚ I heard every racist joke or comment there is out there‚
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CPL Echevarria I have already given you my expectation initial counseling as your platoon sergeant in 2nd platoon and have already noticed that your performance needs some adjustment. This counseling is to inform you that your next actions will not be tolerated any further. During the MTC field exercise I moved a new soldier into the barracks one of the rooms that was free for new incoming soldiers was your living quarters. Your personal was unsecured and not to standard you had empty pizza boxes
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performance‚ leadership‚ potential and competency are similar to that of an HR Warrant Officer. Over the past 10 years I have been privileged to serve the in a variety of unique and demanding duties. Duties such as Battalion Sr Human Resources SGT‚ AIT Platoon SGT‚ and Squad Leader. I have coordinated and executed HR sustainment support and HR/Personnel Service Support
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An Inter-Vehicular Communication Architecture for Safety and Entertainment Abstract— Inter-vehicle communication (IVC) is emerging in research prominence for the interest that is generating in all major car manufacturers and for the benefits that its inception will produce. The specific features of IVC will allow the deployment of a wide set of possible applications which span from road safety to entertainment. Even if‚ on the one hand‚ these applications share the common need for fast
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Fear As the instructor put me in that choke hold on my second to last day of swim instruction I knew I broke the one rule I tried so hard not to. “Get the hell out of my pool” he yelled. I dangled there in the middle of the pool wondering how this man could hold me in a chokehold while keeping both of us afloat. “You weak bitch‚ get the fuck out of my pool”. As those words echoed through the empty olympic sized pool room I was let go‚ left to reach the side of the deep end under my own power
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The squad‚ platoon‚ and even the unit will be negatively impacted. Meaning‚ a negative or toxic NCO is around‚ Soldiers will either look to move away from that NCO or they will jump on the destructive NCO’s train and create a rift in the unit. From these actions will create animosity‚ high drama‚ gossip‚ team sabotage‚ high emotions‚ and anxiety will occur among the Soldiers and NCOs. This can split a team‚ squad‚ platoon‚ and so forth; where the group loses trust
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On the night of the Sunday April 11th 1812‚ around two hundred and fifty Luddites mustered in Blake’s Farm bottom field. Gledhill and his deputies arranged them in eight platoons of riflemen‚ three of pikemen‚ three companies with pistols‚ one of hammerers‚ another of hatchet men‚ and two companies that had only the stones making their deep pockets bulge. The company stood six deep under the trees against the hedge waiting for the command to ‘move off.’ The Luddite Army was prepared to fight and
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