years. In recognition of their brave and patriotic service to the nation‚ enlisted service members should be better compensated for their courage to serve.Good thesis According to the fiscal year 2002 military pay scale the average enlisted service member with two years of service in the military is paid $1‚385.40 per month (www.DFAS.mil). Broken down this figure is equal to roughly $8.65 per hour. With the rate of taxes being higher on single personnel and the fact that some service members have
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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940‚ which created the countries first peacetime draft. In 1973 the draft ended and the U.S converted to an All-American military. Even though there is no draft‚ yet‚ there is still a requirement for men who reach the age of 18 to register for selective service. America today is worried about a military draft becoming law. Some believed that the Bush administration was preparing to reinstate the draft. There was legislation pending in the House in 2004 and
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What is Military Geography? Long before the history of military being recorded‚ conflicts among humans existed. There will always be different kind of views‚ ideology‚ perspectives‚ needs and greed in every part of the world. The most crucial moment is‚ when greed overcomes mind. Authority‚ territory and fame are the common pursued purposes. From those days onwards‚ military was founded under circumstances that to expand and to conquer others‚ to defend and to offend; it has indeed became a very
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be false targeting‚ I am to explain the Army’s customs and courtesies and their importance. Customs and Courtesies are among the main fundamentals of military life‚ the other being the Seven Army Values‚ upon which Soldiers are expected to live and rely upon both on and off duty. Customs and Courtesies date back to the inception of the military service‚ and are one of the defining features of a professional within that service. The idea that at any point in time that they can be lapsed‚ forgotten
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kids and takes care of the house. They too are now in positions of power in the work place and military. Take for instance Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton she has been a senator‚ the only American first lady to hold national office and is currently the Secretary of state. That is a very powerful position I bet she had to work really hard to get there also. I think this scares some men in the military “not all” but most men have always been in power‚ in control of everything except having babies
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aims and intentions of the Black Hand. The Black Hand was an underground military government based organization in Serbia. They wanted unification through the means of violence and believed that killing kinds was an effective way to bring about political change. The Black Hand even went as far as killing a Serbian king who was regarded as being too close to Austria-Hungary. Dragutin Dimitrijevic‚ chief of the Serbian Military Intelligence was a conspirator in the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚
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How does a World War I love story relate to facebook? A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is the story of Henry‚ an American ambulance driver in the Italian army‚ and Catherine‚ a British nurse‚ who fall in love during World War I. Rather than facing their struggles head on‚ Catherine and Henry use their love as a shield from the real world. This is dangerous because when they are not together or thinking about each other‚ reality comes flowing back into their lives. Today‚ many people use
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the same goal of becoming a soldier in the military and they usually do reside in the same dwelling place‚ the exact definition of Webster’s. Many people have different viewpoints of what a family is. "What Family?" by Pauline Irit Erera analyzes the way a family has changed over many of the years. Erera also states that the family is something that cannot ever be defined due to how fast it is changing. During many of the militaries basic military training (BMT) there is a brotherhood that
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Why it is Important to maintain Accountability of Government Property Keeping accountability of your sensitive items is extremely important. Losing any piece of military equipment is a sever mistake that should never be made. Some things are a lot more important than others and need to be kept secure at all times. Losing a sensitive item can cause problems for a lot of people; the soldier who lost it‚ that soldiers team leader‚ squad leader‚ and the unit in as whole. It also puts the security
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Deviance and the Military Deviance 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.” In the 1960’s‚ Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment at Yale University regarding the relationship between obedience and authority where local residents‚ were asked
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