82nd Airborne Division

In preparation for fractions number talk what I observed was very beneficial for students at the carpet it allowed students to discuss and share with one another. I liked the fact that after a student share students had to give a particular cue saying if they agreed with peer. I thought that was awesome. I also like how she went over what to expect during learning at table and how students will share. So some type of feedback was to be expected even if student did not still quite understand. As…

Transportation in the decisive action and the uncoiling of a heavy division has not be reviewed in depth since 2003. Our Army has marginalized the importance of this critical task for the better part of 15 years. However, Major General Wayne Grigsby, Commanding General of the First Infantry Division, identified the need in understanding how critical the uncoiling process is in the decisive action. 1st ID in preparation for Warfighter Exercise (WFX 16-04), conducted a series of Command Post…

The current 39-day pre-mobilization training model is a construct dating back to 1916 when “The Efficiency in the Militia Act of 1903” was amended to increase training periods (half-days) from 24 to 48 and annual training days from 5 to 15 days. To stay proficient in the myriad of tasks and missions, the RC members attend 48 scheduled drills or training periods, equivalent to 4-hour per period for a total of 24 full training days each fiscal year, given that a full day is an 8-hour work day.…

The battle of Arnhem was part of one of the most audacious operations in all of World War II. It consisted of the largest airborne drop conducted to date as well as an armored ground movement in what was codenamed “Market-Garden.” The operation failed with the bridge in Arnhem. There were several factors that lead to this failure, specifically not having all the characteristics of the offense. The plan had both surprise and audacity, however it failed to have the tempo and concentration…

The students are already somewhat familiar with the relationship between addition and subtraction, so creating a connection another set of math operations, multiplication and division, will be useful in their success with division. The unit prior to the division unit is multiplication, so the students will be very comfortable with multiplication, and creating connections between math concepts is vital for these students, as it is something that will continue in their…

to this deployment. 25 July 2011, I signed into Ft Riley, Kansas. HHC Company, Combat Aviation Brigade, First Infantry Division. I was in the S2 shop as the Terrain NCOIC. I was enjoying my time there in my position and getting to know my Soldiers and section. Then I get a call from the Division HQ. MSG Snyder, he told me that he got me pulled from the CAB to go work at division as the Terrain NCOIC in the Intelligence and Sustainment Company, G2, GEOINT cell. My initial thought was “man I…

Archetypes are common themes, situations, characters, or symbols found in books, movies, or other types of media that are recognizable cross-culturally. The 2009 movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron, exhibits multiple archetypes that propel the plot through two separate subplots. Avatar is set in a distant planet known as Pandora. It is inhabited by the Native people (Na’vi), as well as humans who are after a rare and valuable metal only found on this planet. The humans develop Avatars, which…

James Cameron’s Avatar is a very well-crafted film that exemplifies one of the darkest aspects of human nature; greed. The basic plot of the movie is that an ex-marine is sent to a far off world to work for a corporation mining a rare and valuable resource called unobtainium. However, the planet is inhabited by a primitive alien species that happens to live right on top of the largest deposit of unobtainium in the entire planet, and despite numerous attempts at negotiation, they refuse to…

The Three Idiots (2009) is the best film I ever watched in my life. Not only the film that interesting done, but also its contents which interpret many society problems through the story. This essay is written about what messages I have received from this film. Including how those messages related to the development. First of all, the pressure from society and family. There are many scenes which talking and showing the audience about how serious the characters are suffer with their education…

Avatar takes place in 2154. A crippled young veteran Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) replaces his twin brother who was one of the scientists to begun exploring the Pandora planet with avatar. Pandora is a place which has expensive minerals called “unobtanium”; which is believed to solve earth’s problem by bringing money to humans. In Pandora where living aliens called the Na’vi. They have their own god, language and a different way of living and different appearance. The Na’vi people worship Eywa.…