What it means to be Marine When did you decide that you wanted a change in your life? When did you want to step up and make a difference? What did it mean to you before you signed the dotted line and raised your right hand to take an oath? Was it worth it? Everyone has their own reason for doing what they do. Everyone has their motives for the decisions they make. Were all different and come from different backgrounds. Some of us from normal lives‚ some from more satisfied lives‚ and some from
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PFC Tate Leading Marines When I read Leading Marines‚ I read about the many foundations of the Marine Corps‚ that you can be a follower to lead your peers‚ the distinction between leader and follower‚ that it takes common sense‚ leadership traits & principles to know exactly what to do and also to understand what it takes to be a Marine . Being a leader would take many forms under numerous conditions. Many ways for someone to lead would be to harness personal traits and what they learned
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contrast to another service‚ the Army‚ which is logistically oriented toward more protracted engagement through location fortification‚ security establishment‚ and sustained fire projection of their forces from that position (Navy 28). Without the Marines‚ the Army would need to provide a specially trained‚ ready force in their stead. This all ties back to the essential and different tasks of the multiples branches of the military. It is important to note the United States naval maritime strategy
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The Marines of Montford point. The book I chose to do my book report on is the marines of montford point. This is a true story of the marines of montford point‚ North Carolina. The first African American segment of the United States marine corps. In this book we find out the struggles they went threw because of the racial barrier as well as the political implications that were going on at the time. This was a very inspiring book and it reminds people of the cost of freedom. Nothing was easy
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go straight into the workforce while a small amount will join military forces. One of these military forces the Marines will be discussed in this essay. It will inform others on what it takes to be a Marine how to prepare‚ and how being in the Marines may be able to help further your education. This will also inform about what your options in the Marines are. The purpose of the Marines is to develop quality citizens as leaders. It also teaches people how to fight for the nation by land‚ air and
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The conviction of a Royal Marine for murdering an injured Afghan insurgent should not "besmirch" the organisation‚ Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking to marines at Downing Street‚ Mr Cameron said the "appalling" case in no way represented the spirit and proud history of the Royal Marines. The sergeant‚ identified only as Marine A‚ was convicted over the shooting of the unknown man in 2011 on Friday.The conviction of a Royal Marine for murdering an injured Afghan insurgent should
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Success is never an accident. It is always a result of confidence aim and hard work Man has been in this world for millions of years his journey from an ape to Neanderthal to homosappiens to man he is now is a process called evolution .in between all these years man has never been stagnant ‚he was and is still doing progress in all the fields .the desire to go ahead had always been there which never let him stagnant. Hard work was also there‚ but the most important thing he had which played a major
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As Marines we have many traditions that we continue to pass on through the ranks. They define who we are as an organization and they set us apart from the other branches. One of the biggest traditions we have trouble continuing is formally counseling our Marines’ on the negative or positive things that they do even though there is a Marine Corps Order (MCO) that tells us how and when to conduct counseling’s. I feel that this is one of the traditions that should be practiced more within my unit. To
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Leadership In society‚ as well as the Marine Corps. good leaders are not born‚ but made. They are molded and shaped by the challenges and strifes in there life. If a person has the desire and willpower‚ he can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study‚ education‚ training‚ and experience. To inspire Marines and co-workers into higher levels of teamwork‚ there are certain things a leader must be‚ know‚ and‚ do. These do not come naturally‚
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Several factors have contributed to their rate of extinction. These factors include: climate change‚ oil spills‚ unmanaged coastal development‚ illegal trade‚ human consumption‚ and predators. According to the WorldWildlife webpage‚ “Incidental capture by fishing gear is the greatest threat to most sea turtles‚ especially endangered loggerheads‚ greens and leatherbacks. This threat is increasing as fishing activity expands” (wwf.org). Upon my research‚ I found another surprising factor that is
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