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    PFC Ashe‚ Thomas Charlie 447 Signal Battalion Fort Gordon‚ GA February 1st‚ 2014 Importance Of Following Orders In order to be successful in any career one must be able to listen and take to heart the importance of what they are learning and doing throughout their lives; this has significance in both the military and civilian life. In order to do that you must follow whatever your superiors say‚ like when you are at your civilian job and your boss tells you to clean the

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    Importance of Following Orders The importance of following orders is that if one person breaks off and does whatever they want it can leave others weak and vulnerable. Being in that state‚ others can be subject to extreme conditions and injury. There are reasons why regulations and protocols have been put in the places they have‚ to prevent chaos. There is usually a good reason that an order is given to a subordinate of lower grade. Although there can be times where an order can be unlawful

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    Importance Of Following Orders I am writing this essay on the importance of following order because I recently disobeyed a few General orders. Our commanders put out orders and make them very clear to us for multiple reasons. One of the main reasons is that these orders are there to protect us as Soldiers and not only our images but the images of our fellow Soldiers and the Army itself. The Army and our commanding officers have our best interests at hand and they put in place the orders they do for

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    The Importance of Following Orders. Why is it important to follow orders and instructions? From a military standpoint the difference can mean life or death for a soldier. On the civilian side it can mean the loss of your job‚ loss of position‚ or loss of pay. There are many factors that play into each individual scenario. No two events are ever the same and the outcome can range from a verbal reprimand to the death of the individual. Orders are meant to be obeyed both explicitly and implicitly

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    Animal Experimentation: Unethical According to Utilitarianism Introduction: One of the most debated ethical issues is Animal Rights. Animals are so much a part of our lives and world that it is impossible to ignore the ethical issues we are faced with pertaining to the treatment of animals. What is difficult about these issues is that although animals have many similar attributes as humans they lack the developed brain function that humans have. Although many animals can feel pain‚ experience

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    The Importance of Orders. What would the military be without rules and regulations to follow? A brief answer would be that every man and woman in the service would be considered just another civilian but with guns doing whatever they wanted and going to war with whoever they wanted without any consequences. Our military services are highly honored for the obedience they set in stone throughout all the service men and women. Obedience goes beyond listening to the commanding officer‚ it also involves

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    Dog Tags Dog tags are required components of the military uniform. Dog tags are used to show a service member’s name‚ social security number‚ blood type‚ and religious preference in case the service member becomes a casualty. Army Regulation 670-1 states that every service member must wear I.D tags at all times when traveling or overseas‚ even in civilian clothing‚ and that every service member in uniform must wear them in their everyday duty uniform. The importance and purpose of dog tags can be

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    In regards to the historic importance of following orders it in the Army‚ without the soldiers following the orders then there would be no structure and no control. Tasks that superiors and officers can’t‚ won’t‚ or don’t have time to complete will not get completed. Throughout history of this nation each unit has given orders with the thought they would get accomplished‚ without the following through of these orders many of the Army’s greatest victories could have and probably would have been defeats

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    A 500 word essaying on following orders. What is the purpose of following orders or more relevantly why does a solider follow orders. Besides the obvious reasons of: avoiding getting yelled at‚ smoked or counseled. A solider follows orders to get the task at hand done. This ultimately leads to increased mission effectiveness and/or mission success. If a solider fails to accomplish an order‚ fails to follow an order or even out right refuses to listen to the order‚ any and all missions or

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    Utilitarianism is the philosophical idea of doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people. It removes human values and emotions from the decision making process. It is more or less a numbers game. If a friend were to tell you of a crime they committed an innocent man was accused of the crime; using utilitarianism I would turn in my friend because if I didn’t then I would have a guilty conscious and an innocent man would go to jail. You relieve the innocent man of his crime

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