Admiral

My School Experience My school experience has helped me prepare for the new world outside of high school. It has helped me retain many facts that have helped me outside of school. I have kept my ability to read, have better political insight, keep my morals, be social, and to really appreciate school. I have never had to have class in a janitor’s closet or have had religion influence my morals. School has helped me develop into a well-rounded person through teaching me facts that will help me…

The life of Gregor von Rezzori is the story of a boy, and later a man, who is torn apart by his contradicting feelings towards Jews. The title of the article reflects that this story is not a snapshot of a certain period but rather it encompasses the first half of Von Rezzori’s life, from his childhood in the early 20th century to his eventual emigration to the United States after World War 2. The topics that appear in this article abstain from dwelling on Jewish stereotypes or fervent…

MEMORANDUM As per reference (a) I am hereby designated as a leader in the Coast Guard. I will familiarize myself with my responsibilities as outlined by the Coast Guard Office of Leadership (CG-12C). If it was only that easy, attend a leadership course, finish some practical factors and receive a memo designating you as a leader in the United States Coast Guard. Being in the Army had a great influence on my leadership style. I saw the very best and the worst leaders all before 09:00 AM. But…

A New World Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America, once said: “By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, once may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” This quote may seem ironic because Columbus never truly reached his intended destination, the Indies. Instead, what Columbus believed to be the Indies was actually America. On October 12, 1492, the day Columbus reached the New World, everything changed for Columbus, and he never even knew it. Columbus was born…

happen until a hundred years later when the United States Navy Department was established in 1789. Although the Navy Nurse Corps was not founded until 1908, women served as nurses away on Navy ships and hospitals. The Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear Admiral Rixey was a strong supporter of the founding of the Navy Nurse Corps. He appealed to the congress for an establishment of a female Navy Nurse Corp due to his belief that women of the Navy hospitals would better aid them than male nurses…

The battles of Trafalgar, Borodino, and Waterloo spanned the course of decade, but each of them were both significant and related to one another in some way. The most notable similarity between each of these battles was the involvement of Napoleon Bonaparte, the notorious French political and military leader who wreaked havoc across Europe during the beginning of the 19th century, but the most important aspect was the role each of these battles played in the ultimate demise of Napoleon’s…

Throughout Europe during the sixteenth-century tensions over religion were rising to the boiling point. The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre is easily the premiere example of how the two sides of the religious reformation collided. The recanting of the thoroughly chronicled massacre and the events prior and after it, are retold in highly different manners from the opposing sides. The collection of primary sources by Barbara B. Diefendorf not only gives a detailed record of events surrounding the…

The book When Culture Collide by Richard Lewis generally divides some nations (and regions, more specifically) into 3 cultural types: “the linear-actives” (Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg” “the multi-actives” (Latin countries) and “the reactive” (mainly the Asia) . And it is quite popular among a great number of people:“it has been in the third edition (by the ending of the cited essay) and sold over 1,000,000 copies” being deemed a “Bible” (may someone get angry due to such a stupid…

An identity is something everyone possess no matter the background. When you think of the word identity, a driver's license or another legal document probably comes to mind. However, there is so much more to your identification than the basic information on a small plastic card. One’s identity encompasses the entirety of a person's personality, culture, values and hereditary background. An identity will always have a history, made from experiences felt only by the person. Even a name can have a…

that “Queen Isabella was able to see the potential of Columbus, and the New World” (Reporter). His letters had such a great degree of impact that not only did he continued to be sponsored but also his letters earned him recognition and the title of Admiral. Columbus’s letters were dispersed throughout Europe and multiple copies were distributed in different parts. In addition, because of the impact that was made by his letters he was granted “titles, revenues, powers, and privileges to him and…