training to become a United States Marine began when the bus reached Marine Corps Recruit Depot‚ Parris Island‚ South Carolina. I was awakened from a sound sleep by a screaming man telling everybody to get off the bus‚ and get outside on the yellow foot prints. This was my first encounter with a Marine Drill Instructor. He had my undivided attention‚ and I followed his order without hesitation. Right before my eyes the building blocks to how to be a leader of Marines was being revealed to me. At the
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Marine Biome (salt water) Did you know that the ocean is the largest biome in the world? In this paper I will tell you all about the Marine Biome‚ I will tell you about the weather‚ major landforms‚ sea creatures and more. This biome is all connected. The ocean is surrounding all of your coastal states in your country. I selected this biome because I enjoy all of the coral reefs and the creatures that make it their home. In the next paragraph I will tell you about the weather of this biome
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MARINE POLLUTION Between 1976 and 1996 a total of 4647 incidents resulted in the spill of approximately 2‚369‚470 barrels of oil into the environment. In addition‚ between 1997 and 2001‚ Nigeria also recorded a total number of 2‚097 oil spill incidents. Nigeria’s largest spill was an offshore well-blow out in January 1980 when an estimated 200‚000 barrels of oil (8.4million US gallons) spilled into the Atlantic Ocean from an oil industry facility and that damaged 340 hectares of mangrove (Nwilo
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How Being a Marine’s Significant Other Affects your Life Out of all the men in the world some girls choose the craziest option and that is to be a marine’s significant other. I’ve been dating my boyfriend who is a marine for about 8 months now and it has been a crazy road of ups and downs‚ happiness and tears‚ and also such a major change that was brought into my life. It is never easy for us women and can have many major affects on our lives both negative and positive. Some major affects are
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"Battle Royal" is the story I chose to write about and it is written by Ralph Ellison. The reason that I chose this story is because the way the author uses symbolism. The author tries to show through symbolism that there is a different meaning than what the story says. In the beginning‚ the story seems to be about one black boy’s struggle to get ahead in a white society. He tries’ to accomplish this goal by living to his grandfathers dying words. His grand father told him to "live with your head
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some poor decisions in his young life. As he went to open the door he walked up he remembered a famous quote that he had read about in history class‚ which read‚ “some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem” President Ronald Reagan. That quote was one of the reasons why he wanted to make a change in his life to give back to others instead of always taking everything for granted. The minute that he signed the papers and stepped
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Context: The 11 principles given from the Marine Corps are composed to demonstrate through practice the values and traits needed in a leader. They allow a marine or person adhering to them‚ to administer self-examination leading to the ability to improve weak areas and identify strengths. Analysis: The overall 11 principles are core values that create a culture of leaders. Civilian Leadership should embody many of the 11-core value as they translate into effective leadership skills in any area
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Battle for Iwo Jima "The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat. By their victory‚ the 3rd‚ 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the
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Joshua Dailey ENG 122 Essay #3: Justifying an Evaluation Burning Question: Is the Marines a good option after graduation? I-Search Source Evaluation: I looked through many sources for this assignment; talked to a recruiter‚ discussed what my cousins went through in their own paths‚ studied the Marine Corp. website and etc. The source that I found most drawn to was the website; it answered all my questions whenever they popped into my head and answered questions I didn’t even have. The convenience
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in certain times in the war. Inside this book‚ you will find many accounts of humor‚ bravery‚ courage and for the most part hardships. It will also help you understand that the Marines and Navy were not the only two branches of the Armed forces to be honored for helping out in the South Pacific. It was true that the Marines were first in‚ but the Army stayed for the long haul and helped finish the job. During that time it was even more impressive that the army stayed because the conditions that they
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