has been my privilege and honor to serve our country,” but why? To understand why military veterans reflect on their service in such a positive way, it is necessary to understand who they are and what made them this way. Greg Terpstra, an Iraqi war veteran, started as a private, became a green beret physician, switched to the officer side, got promoted to a Colonel, and later retired. To understand why he appreciates his service, it is important to know why he wanted to enlist in the military, what
“English” and “Tagalog” my entire life not counting another major Filipino dialect “Visaya”. And now, I would share some of my experiences using those languages on different communities which I belong to. For example, how did I manage switching or moving between language used in my job and language used with my family? How did it affect me, how it taught me and how it molded my identity into who I am today? Currently, I belong to a couple of communities, one is the military community that speaks
prepacked. As Psalm 139:16 says “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be”. Even before coming into this world, God has already looked at my entire life, determined what my life’s assignment is going to be, and gave me the tools to be able to accomplish the job which I am supposed to do. I was packed on purpose for a purpose. My humble beginning dates back to 1979 when I was born to my parents who work as private school employees
I have yet to experience most of my life, but I can say my last years at American Military Academy have been some of the most memorable. My years in high school have shaped me in different ways. Looking back to three years ago, when I was a freshman, I feel I have changed and matured in different aspects. My perspectives and attitudes have definitely evolved the most through these years. As I approach my last days at American Military Academy, I’ve reflected on the ways that this school has helped
administrative support for the social work department because I enjoy watching others learn and grow. I am an organized/task oriented person, I can utilize my recruiting experience and I want to become more involved with the social work community in at NC State. Through my five years of experience coaching young adults, I have been able to develop my own character and help influence others. When I first started coaching I was solely focused on how I could help others grow and develop, not only for the
narratives were, for the majority, written detached from the reader and devoid of emotion, with a primary purpose to just state strategic war principles. Despite their brilliance, the average reader could not really understand them without having a military background. By writing The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane introduced the first modern war novel with a changed style of writing that portrayed war in a way in which the common reader could easily relate; he tries to render the lives of soldiers
include communication, knowledge transfer, development and growth of knowledge management systems, and lessons learned. Part four descries the role of knowledge management in enhancing team and organization functionality. This source will be important to my project as Leidner & Becerra-Fernandez provide a view of knowledge management with emphasis on the technological aspects of implementation of a knowledge management system. This source also explores the integration of social media into a knowledge
I have deeply pondered upon the course which I should take which would fulfil my penultimate goal of becoming a technological entrepreneur, thereby augmenting the present day soldiers. It isn’t until pretty recently that I discovered computer science and I truly feel it’s the perfect match for my combined interests. I found that computers and information technology are closely related and computer software and hardware technologies are constantly evolving at a rapid rate of creative innovation.
and food pantry services. My initial experiences working at the food pantry would be almost like any job at this point of my life, but I think that is just various life experiences that you would build over time and learn to
know the pain they go through or what they experience in battle. “Expectations versus reality” is the theme that connects all of these texts together. These songs are Hero of War by Rise Against, Wrong side of Heaven by Five Finger Death Punch, Rambo First Blood by Sylvester Stallone, Ted Kotcheff and Peter MacDonald and lastly Like Toy Soldiers by Eminem. In the song Hero of War, soldiers make many assumptions about what it’s like serving in the military, but then realize the reality of war. At the