the U.S. Marine Corps Noncommissioned Officer 1958-Present Noncommissioned Officers are the backbone of the Marine Corps. Each leader is vastly different from the other. Some Marines enjoy being a corporal only because of the increase in rank and pay. A few become the tactless leaders junior Marines try to avoid. Fortunately‚ many others mature into Marines who strive to become the leader that other Marines wish to emulate. They know what it means to be a good leader. Those Marines have the
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Book Review by: Frank Lopez "Tip of the Spear‚ US Marine Light Armor in the Gulf War"‚ by Greg J. Michaels Hardbound. 280 pages. 14 photographs.7 maps. Notes. ISBN: 1-55750-599-3. "Tip of the Spear" is Greg J. Michaels’ experience as a Marine Non Commissioned Officer` in a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) company in the 1991 Gulf war. Not the fiction of a technology thriller‚ it is the first book written on present day US wheeled armored vehicles in combat‚ and the men who fought in them. It looks
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Scramble the letters in the acronym “NFL” (National Football League)‚ and what do you get? – “FNL‚” otherwise known as Friday Night Lights‚ the television drama series about high school football that first aired it fall 2006. The series is based on a book and film bearing the same name. The show explores family‚ friends‚ and football‚ and the effects this high school sport has on the fictional small town of Dillon‚ Texas‚ where high school football is the focal point of just about everything in
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between the British Royal Marines and the 1927 4th Marine Regiment combat swim team would soon be the start of the United States Marine Corps’ most revered tradition. Marines today continue to feast with brothers-in-arms around a table‚ so that the Marines may celebrate victories‚ pay respects to the fallen‚ and toast to the success of the Corps; somewhere‚ in some unit‚ mess nights still occur‚ only not at Helicopter Marine Light Attack Squadron (HMLA-367). By practicing the Marine Corps’ rare formal
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Defence. My primary role is providing immediate medical support to troops on the frontline during war and in barracks during peacetime; I run clinics at the med centre especially for soldiers. For ease of management medical support staff come under the Royal Army Medical Corp which comprises all medical expertise needed by the Army to maintain the fighting strength . We are spread across Army locations as little independent units called Medical Reception Stations known as MRS and in overseas stations
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The Royal Selangor Pewter: STP Strategy and Marketing Mix. (Written by: Wong Eu Jun of DIA201204.) Founded by a man named Yong Koon in 1885‚ Royal Selangor Pewter is a Malaysian pewter manufacturer-retailer which has since become the largest global brand leader in the line of pewter objects manufacturing and a prominent one in the metal craft industry. It is also recognized as a very highly celebrated Malaysian brand icon because of the success that it has gained throughout more than a century of
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3.4 Observation Method 14 3.5 Survey Research 15 4.0 Data Analysis 16 5.0 Conclusion 18 6.0 Appendix 19 7.0 References 20 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background Royal Selangor was founded in Malaysia in 1885 by Yong Koon; the Royal Selangor pewter factory is based in Setapak‚ Kuala Lumpur with a workforce of more than 300 skilled craftspeople. During Yong Koon’s time‚ items made were mainly for ceremonial used“such as joss sticks holders‚
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Battle Royal The native Africans ’ heritage and way of life were forever altered by the white slave drivers who took them into captivity in the 18th century. Along with their freedom‚ slaves were also robbed of their culture and consequently their identities. They became property instead of people‚ leaving them at the hands of merciless slave owners. Their quest to reclaim their stolen identities was a long and difficult struggle‚ especially in the years following the Civil War and the subsequent
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The excerpt Battle Royal is from the book Invisible Man‚ by Ralph Ellison. The subject matter of the entire book is pretty evident from the first chapter. This excerpt just so happens to be the first chapter. When reading this excerpt‚ you can instantly tell what time period the book takes place. To show how degrading society was during these times‚ Ellison employs the use of narrative voice and characterization in Battle Royal. When Ellison is telling this story‚ he uses the pronoun “I” so he
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Palais Royal The Palais Royal was originally called the Palais Cardinal when it was built. This was built to be the personal residence of the Cardinal Richelieu. He had it built at its location because he wished to be near the Louvre. Construction of the building began in 1633 and finished in 1639. It became the property of King Louis XIII in 1642 when Cardinal Richelieu died. At this time the name changed from Palais Cardinal to Palais Royal to signify the change. The following year
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