leading risk factor. In the age group of 20–39 years‚ approximately 25 percent of the total deaths are alcohol attributable. The drinking age in America is 21‚ it can be argued by some that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. Reasonably thinking the drinking age should stay the same because of the following epidemics that already occur in today’s society with the drinking age being as it is: alcohol related deaths‚ lowering the age would be unsafe‚ and violent or destructive behavior is
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Army Leadership are skills that every soldier should have regardless of rank. Leaders can have different philosophies. All leader’s philosophies should have a positive outcome on their soldiers and leadership. My Army Leadership Philosophy focuses on leading by example‚ confidence and knowledge. I will discuss how I lead by example. I was an instructor for Pre-Air Assault School at 2-17 CAV AV BN. I would give inspiring talks to the students on the value of completing the course and
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Being a member of the United States Army is a job that must be upheld by the men and woman who chose to answer the call of duty. All that you have learned in Basic Training‚ Advanced Individual Training‚ and Permint Party serves a roll in your every day duty. No matter if its shooting expert on the M16‚ learning dill movements in basic‚ brushing up on your boot shining skills in AIT‚ or trust in your fellow solders in permint party. Lots of thing helps make a solder from learning the heritage and
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The Lord’s Resistance Army‚ or LRA‚ is a rebel group run in central Africa by Joseph Kony. The LRA originated in Northern Uganda in 1980 as a religious movement called the Holy Spirit Movement‚ which was led by Alice Lakwena‚ who claimed that God had told her to overthrow the Ugandan government. (www.warchild.org.uk/issues/the-lords-resistance-army) The Ugandan government had been‚ at the time of the order‚ treating the Acholi people of the North unfairly. The movement quickly drew large amounts
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The drinking age be lowered to 18 "Alcohol is the drug of choice among America’s adolescents‚ used by more young people than tobacco or illicit drugs... [T]here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States... 39% of current 8th graders‚ 58% of 10th graders‚ 72% of 12th graders‚ and 85% of college students have tried alcohol.” -The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled "Underage Drinking" on report.nih.gov. Apparently keeping the drinking age at 21 is not
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2. Inherited Army Alexander is renowned as both a warrior and a military commander‚ and the early actions of his campaign demonstrated Macedonian military superiority over the Persians. At the battles of Granicus (334) and Issus (333) Alexander faced sequentially larger Persian armies before eventually routing them at the battle of Gaugamela (330)‚ forcing Darius to flee his empire‚ abdicating the throne by default. At Gaugamela‚ Alexander was greatly outnumbered‚ with Arrian—who provides the most
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that one day I too would find myself in the United States military. Today‚ I am a member of the Army enlisted corps. I serve with honorable junior enlisted and Non-Commissioned Officers who deserve great respect. I am ready to take what I have learned from the enlisted corps and move forward in my efforts to expand my knowledge and abilities by becoming a commissioned officer in the United States Army. I am highly believe that my professional experience in leadership‚ management‚ organization
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PRO Lowering Drinking Age 1. 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ get married‚ sign contracts‚ be prosecuted as adults‚ and join the military - which includes risking one’s life. [5] [6] 2. Allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to drink alcohol in regulated environments with supervision would
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Army Values Values are something everyone has not only heard of but discussed. You are taught as a child the values that your parents hold and as you grow you develop your own. Your values are often used to determine your worth as person‚ the Army has pinpointed specific values that all soldiers are expected to carry with them: loyalty‚ duty‚ respect‚ selfless service‚ honor‚ integrity and personal courage. Loyalty by definition is the state or quality of being faithful to commitments. The Army
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Chain Of Command Chain of Command in the Army is “the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a Military unit.” The building blocks of all any organizations the individual solider. Elements of the Army’s organizational structure become larger unit‚ they contain more subordinate elements from combat arms‚ combat support and combat service support units. The main reasons when discussing the Chain Of Command is managing how it all works. Orders are usually passed
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