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    Taking care of Soldiers Your key challenge in a leadership position is taking care of the Soldiers entrusted to your care. Soldiers are our nation’s most important military asset. The Leader who sends the message that Soldiers don’t really matter will generally not be as successful in the long-run as the Leader who is genuinely serious about taking care of his/her Soldiers. Soldiers want to know they will be taken care of. The Army Values and attributes of LDRSHIP are taught by Drill Sergeants

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    World War II is considered “the good war” because it was fought to end injustice and spread democracy and freedom. After the war‚ America held promises to its people. Two of them have been more important than most: protecting the personal freedoms and civil rights for the people of America and ensuring equality for all Americans. Has America kept these promises for the past seven decades? The Great War‚ The Good War; however it is referred to‚ World War II was fought to end injustice and fight

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    “I surrender‚” a quote that has two different meaning for both the viewers and Jamie. Jamie has gone through many difficulties on his journey during the China and Japan War. He had to learn new skills to help him survive through this. He has made new friends‚ enemies‚ seen things he shouldn’t‚ and most importantly learn a new side of himself. The starting part of the film showed Jamie as an arrogant‚ spoiled‚ eleven-year-old kid. He had almost everything wanted and wouldn’t listen to anyone‚ but

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    James Rachels argues against theories of selfishness that the psychological egoists maintain. He challenges the view that everyone always does what he or she wants by showing that we often dounpleasant tasks for the future pleasures or from obligation. Altruism is recognized as not acting in self interest. He also clears up the confusions that selfishness and self interest share the same meaning. *Psychological egoists argue that we always do what we want to do. Rachel says that is questionable and

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    James Marcia is a Canadian developmental psychologist who expanded on Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development. His research and writings have largely focused on adolescent development. His work was to identify and classify processes that adolescents go through when they experience identity crises. The four processes that Marcia defined are: A pre-teenager is asked about her political affiliation - whether she is a Republican‚ Democrat‚ or some third party. After thinking about it for a moment

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    War is often times inevitable‚ a conflict between two or more countries may arise and they battle with armed weapons until there is one side which achieves victory. World War One was battled by the Allied Power and the Central Powers; it was a conflict that occurred worldwide. It is often times acknowledged as the First World War‚ and eventuated from 1914 to 1919. No subsequent or former conflict had ever restricted as many soldiers or involved as many in any battle. As the war terminated‚ it

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    Why and how children are use for war? For hundreds of years‚ children have suffered many hardships during armed conflicts‚ and they have been especially vulnerable to being recruited‚ abducted or forced into joining armed groups for the sake of child soldiering. Around the world‚ there are more than 250‚000 child soldiers deployed in active combat today. Six million child soldiers have become disabled or displaced‚ and two million have been killed. Armed conflict imposes huge hardship on young people

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    James Rachels

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    The philosopher James Rachels has an argument that shows that the distinction between acts and omissions is not as helpful as it looks. Consider these two cases: •Smith will inherit a fortune if his 6 year old cousin dies. •One evening Smith sneaks into the bathroom where the child is having his bath and drowns the boy. •Smith then arranges the evidence so that it looks like an accident. •Jones will inherit a fortune if his 6 year old cousin dies. •One evening Jones sneaks into the bathroom where

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    Source C shows a group of German soldiers positioned in a trench in northern France. The soldiers in the trench are holding a heavy machine gun and have an advanced gas mask over their faces. This tells me that they are prepared for a gas attack. This photo was taken three years into the war which tells me that gas attacks became more frequent and therefore they felt the need to improve the gas masks to be more prepared. The source is German‚ and on one hand it is good because it shows us the features

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    For many years now‚ children have been fighting in wars. Scared‚ hurt‚ alone‚ and in hope of survival‚ these kids fearlessly fight. Imagine a 13-year-old boy in war. He has just been ripped out of his home and taken to battle the rebels. He is mistreated and has no way to escape this horror. After throwing a bomb‚ which killed many‚ he is taken to court‚ where they are asking if he should be given amnesty. If it was your decision‚ would you give this boy a second chance at living freely? Or would

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