Whether you’re an officer or enlisted, married or single, black or white, male or female; all service members at some point in their careers must endure the growing pains that come with having a roommate. A roommate you didn’t choose, but were placed with you because your last name’s initial begins with the same letter, or because they wear the same boot size, or because that is how Chesty Puller himself wanted it to be. The protocol in which The Roommate God pairs service members together is still unknown to me. But, when you’ve had a few wretched roommates, you become salty to the idea of a new one. One Thanksgiving, before I went on leave to my home in Upstate NY, my current roommate who was good for having a variety of vile visitors and …show more content…
She was the first person I wanted to tell my good news to. We called each other “roomie,” and for a while that stuck. We established relationships with each other’s families and friends back home and started to plan out future adventures we wanted to go on together, like Canada. Medina taught me things like salsa dancing and lessons like there is no such thing as a winged eyeliner too big. I taught her that you can’t leave the gas pump in your car and proceed to shop for candy in the convenience store, and you should only have one boyfriend at a time. We shared a love for Chipotle and bad romantic …show more content…
I had just finished running a few miles with my rambunctious black lab when I received an unexpected call from an old friend in the Corps, Sgt. Jessica Rambo. Jess and I haven’t spoke much since I got out of the military about a year ago. She was working for the USMC Combat Camera unit located in the Pentagon. Jess and I caught up for a few moments. She asked me about how college life was after the Marines and I asked her how she is preparing for her transition out of the military. It was a pleasant conversation until she got straight to the point. Jess’ voice got hoarse and quiet when she asked, “so, I’ve got some news. I’m not really supposed to know or be sharing it, but I figured you want to
military members who share harsh, traumatic, or even funny events obviously become closer through the bond of a mutual experience. This is particularly true for Marine infantry; many Marine are brought up in different areas of the US, with different values, ages, religious and political beliefs. However different we all might look on the outside, the fact that we’ve all been through good times and bad with each other makes us closer than any civilian could understand. After being a Marine, I find that I’m close to, and always will be, than my civilian friends who I’ve known for years. Along with this, Pressfield talks about how, under all the glory and allure of fighting for one’s country exists the real reason that warriors fight; for our brothers in arms. Political beliefs, government stances, and flags go out the window, only to be replaced by concern for the safety and well-being of the men to our left and right. All of these things are reasons why it is difficult for civilians to understand what it’s like to be a warrior. This is perhaps embodied best in our motto, Semper Fidelis; Always Faithful, to our brothers and those who depend on
Imagine you just had a baby and you are taking him/her home today. It comes to bed time; would you have your child sleep with you in the bed or in a crib? Co-sleeping is an important decision when it comes to parenting. Co-sleeping is when a baby, from birth to age two, sleeps with their parents in the same bed. It is also a big discussion if co-sleeping is a good idea or not. Many people have different opinions. I have a couple of sources that look at both sides of the issue. Three of the sources are blogs. Two out of the three shows advantages of co-sleeping and the other is against co-sleeping. My mother, who is another source, is against co-sleeping due to some experience with me when I was a baby. One study that is very interesting looks
My interviewee went through a lot during World War II and sharing her amazing story left me evaluating her words for a long time, rethinking and still not willing to imagine the pain. She was one of the 150,000 American woman served in the Women’s Army Corps during the war years. They were one of the first ones to serve in the ranks of the United States Army. She recalls being teased a lot about being a young woman in a uniform but was very proud of it. Women finally were given the opportunity to make a major contribution to the national affair, especially a world war. It started with a meeting in1941 of Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers and General George Marshall, who was the Army’s Chief of Staff. Rogers asked General to introduce a bill to establish an Army women’s corps, where my interviewee, Elizabeth Plancher, was really hoping to get the benefits after the World War II along with other women. ( Since after World War I women came back from war and were not entitled to protection or any medical benefits. )
This famous playwright Shakespeare once said, “By your entrances and exits shall ye be known.” General Amos became the Marine Corps’ 35th Commandant in 2010, taking the helm as fiscal storm clouds darkened the horizon. His leadership, always attentive to the welfare of the Corps and his Marines, focused keenly on the future: budget cuts, force structure reductions, the balance of operational and family readiness in the shadow of intense operational tempo, and the pending drawdown from the wartime footing of a service more than a decade at war. General Amos faced an additional challenge: one not previously addressed on the scale required to be useful as a historical reference. The challenge is that of sexual assault: a challenge that threatens to tear at the very soul of the Marine Corps. “Sexual assault is an ugly mark on our proud reputation; it goes against everything we claim to be as United States Marines… It is a crime… and we will eradicate it from the Corps.” The key to success lies in effective messaging and the “buy in” of the young Marines.
Ever since the United States had gained its independence from Britain in 1776, we have prided ourselves upon the courageous military personnel that have devoted their lives to guaranteeing freedom and protection to citizens of this country. However, what happens when our sole protectors and guardians experience severe mental anguish and are the ones that need help to simply go about their daily lives? Little by little there has been one woman who has provided that comfort and assistance to the military men and women, and who has realized the severity of the effects that combat has on the mental states of these men and women and their loved ones. Barbara Van Dahlen has become a prominent and notable leader through her consistent effort of aiding those who fought or are fighting in wars and supporting the families and communities impacted by the military troops.
When I joined the United States Marine Corps, I knew it would change my life, but I never realized how great those changes would be. I was trained in public affairs as a print and broadcast journalist, and immediately stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Drastic life changes can take a toll both physically and emotionally over time, and it is always important to have a great personal support system to thrive through those times. My senior advisor at the time, Master Gunnery Sgt. (Master Guns) Charles Albrecht, turned out to be one of the best supporters I could ever ask for.
My personal reaction is I praise these women interviewees for participating in the study to discover new information and data of what transpires of sexual assault among women in the military that has been going for decades. It shows how the justice system concerning with sexual assault is broken and needs to hold the perpetrators more accountable that performs these hideous sexual criminal acts. I do acknowledge my United States New York senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, for proposing Military Justice Improvement Act to support the survivors of sexual assault and receiving the justice they deserved. I do hope the US servicewomen confront the obstacles they face against military sexual assault without fear and bring justice in full force.
...t goes to show how in just seven years how drastic things have changed. Now we are in the drawdown phase of the war on terror. The Warrior Transition Command has already started to reduce the number of locations for Warrior Transition Units and Community Based Warrior Transition Units Due to the reduced number of soldiers coming to them. They will continue to serve the people they have now but streamline the process for soldiers who do not need extensive care. The time lines now are more like from release by commander to home in around 110 days. What I hope is that we as Americans continue to progress with process improvement to take care of all of America’s fallen providing for them till they can survive on their own.
Throughout the world, for centuries, parents and infants have engage in many different sleeping arrangements. In the Western World solitary sleeping is strongly encouraged by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Solitary sleeping, or sleeping in separate rooms and separate beds, is said to promote the infants independence and reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The AAP has even issued multiple warnings on the dangers of shared sleeping arrangements, citing concerns regarding the safety, wellbeing, and the independence of the child. While the health and safety of an infant is the top priority for all the Western idea of solitary sleeping does not consider the different cultural beliefs of others. Therefore, despite
It was the Monday before Thanksgiving. I was out of work at the time so I got up around nine o’clock. I wasn’t feeling well, like I had eaten something that just was not agreeing with me. So I rolled out of bed and went downstairs. My girlfriend and her mom were at the kitchen table working on decorations for the party they were hosting for the holiday.
As a Wall Street Journal Pentagon correspondent, Thomas E. Ricks is one of America’s elite military journalists. He has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and awarded a Society of Professional Journalists Award for his writings based on the Marines. Thomas E. Ricks lectures to military officers and was a member of Harvard University’s Senior Advisory Council on the project on U.S. Civil-Military Relations. As a Pentagon correspondent, he can access information where no other civilian can step foot—traveling with soldiers abroad, his eyes tell the tale of the life of a Marine.
Overall, they argue that the goals of rent control can be reached if they are
Sociology studies heavily on the interactions between individuals in different settings. For those who go off to college and decide to live on campus, they are presented a new setting of living with another student who could possibly have a similar background or in contrast a very different background. The factors that can contribute to the background differences are endless. Human interaction is very fascinating and is constantly being observed. Therefore plenty of research has been done on roommate interactions. This paper focuses specifically on the University of California Los Angeles population of freshmen. UCLA has a large amount of diversity and is particularly great for the study of people with different backgrounds coming together and interacting. Both qualitative and quantitative research has been done on this topic, but this paper will focus on qualitative data through interviews. All the participants were thorough with their responses and tried their best to answer as honestly as possible. Overall the data presented varied results with each factor creating a different outcome when it came to the interactions and the closeness of the two roommates. Although the participants gave good insight into their backgrounds through the answering of the interview questions, there is the possibility of many other influences in their lives that could allow for either cohesiveness or non-cohesiveness with roommates that just weren’t examined closely enough. This paper will try to answer how differences in ethnicity or race, socioeconomic background, and other background aspects affect college roommate interactions.
My two dominate habitudes are target goals and spontaneous. The advantages from target goals that are most like me are: setting and accomplishing goals, having a sense of well-being and control, and having money for unexpected expenses. The advantages from spontaneous that are most like me are: enjoying an exciting and fun life and being able to respond quickly to opportunities that are given to me.
In an ideal world, we would all be able to go wherever we want for as long as we please at no cost to ourselves. Unfortunately, the world we live in is far from ideal and crossing it almost always proves to be an expensive affair. Thankfully, a number of recent developments have managed to take some of the strain off the bank accounts of aspiring explorers everywhere. While the cost of flights remains as expensive as ever (if not more so), the rise of the internet has made accomodation relatively inexpensive, if not downright affordable. Airbnb, for example, has made it possible for backpackers and business people alike to secure accommodation in the properties of private citizens rather than shelling out hundreds upon thousands of dollars