United States military services remains a serious and persist issue. These assaults impair military mission readiness and disrupt unit cohesion – two elements that are key to the success of our military. Recent reforms have improved the situation‚ but additional steps need to be taken now. To end sexual assault in the military a comprehensive and sustained strategy is needed. This paper will consider the background of military sexual assault‚ the genesis of sexual assault in the military‚ and the
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suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder from the ages of eighteen to fifty-four in the United States in a given year. Fourteen percent of those people are military personnel. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ or PTSD‚ is a mental effect on the brain after going through trauma or a life-threatening event. I am familiar with PTSD in military personnel because my dad had this mental effect when I was growing up. PTSD is a serious mental effect that affects a lot of troops who need treatment. Post-traumatic
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Ethics Essay Your Name ETH/316 February 16‚ 2014 John Bevell Ethics Essay Virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics are three of the different approaches to ethics. This paper will go over the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and the deontological principles. It will also include information of the variations in how each concept details ethics‚ morality‚ and will also discuss a personal experience to describe the
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Q; Explain the difference between a Deontological and Teleological approach to Ethics. Deontological ethical theories claim that certain actions are right or wrong in themselves‚ regardless of what the consequence is. For example Natural Law. However Teleological ethical theories look at the consequence and result of an action to see if it is right or if it is wrong. For example Situation ethics. The difference between teleological and Deontological ethics is outcome of act verses the act itself
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Yes I do believe that the military will be excepting of a culture changes. The culture of the military is forever going to be changing. It may not be as great as desegregation‚ woman’s rights‚ or as great as the LGBT movement. The world is changing and if you do not change with it you fall behind. I think the military is more open to change now than it was back in war ll. I do believe the military we able to handle the culture changes that it counters in the present and future. Because of what we’ve
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During my time in the Navy‚ I found that having a foundation of leadership is key. At sea‚ we all work as a collaborative team but are divided into our specialized departments. My department was the Weapon Systems Department‚ a collaborative team comprised of 100 hardworking sailors. Amongst those sailors‚ I was the team lead. One of the hardest deployments I remember and the one I faced the most difficulty with followed the transfer off-ship of two senior enlisted personnel . I was still considered
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I enlisted as a scout of The Great Drasaeniel Kingdom while we are at war with the Wothage Kingdom and my scouting platoon of soldiers is currently deployed in the west field while we watch quietly from a nearby forest. The ground trembles as an army of approximately 70‚000 strides forward. A constant drumming of synchronized steps‚ there’s no need for a scout to state the obvious: there’s reinforcements marching forward from behind. Up close‚ it’s the squeaking of leather and jingling of chainmail
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SUICIDE IN THE MILITARY Why Military Suicides are on the Rise Active duty military men and women are committing suicide more today than they have in years past ( (Mallin‚ 2012). Total deaths from suicide is exceeding U.S. combat deaths in the Afghanistan War. In 2012 the deaths from suicide totaled 154 for the first 6 months of the year which is an increase of 18% from the previous year during this same time period (Burns‚ 2012). “In 2009‚ we lost almost as many active military to suicide as to
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SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN THE MILITARY Same Sex Marriages in the Military Dating back to the 1900s the United States military discharged Soldiers for homosexuality although some branches of service did not have policies in place regarding service by homosexuals. The military’s viewpoint was that homosexuals were unfit for service and that allowing them to serve would negatively affect military readiness. In 1949‚ the Department of Defense (DOD) standardized regulations‚ across the board. The regulation
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perceived sex”. These gender roles sparked a recent controversy on whether women must be allowed to serve in combat on par with men. So‚ should women be allowed to serve in the military as equals to men? No‚ since the dawn of time‚ women fought for equality and justice‚ but usually failed to perceive the harsh reality that women are just biologically weaker than men. Training will be twice as hard for women. Even though a few women are on par with men‚ they deal with other issues such as pregnancies and
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