Admiral

In it Admiral McRaven, a Navy SEAL Commander, says, “Making your bed will reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter. If you can’t do the little things right you’ll never be able to do the big things right, if my chance you have a miserable day you…

"The Wrong Time to Cut Back on Refugees" by Michael G. Mullen tackles the same topic. David Miliband is a British former international secretary and President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Michael G. Mullen is a retired Navy admiral of the United States and also worked on the board of Human Rights First. Although both articles do a good job at conveying their message, Miliband strategies and approaches in "Welcoming Refugees Should Be a Settled Question" are more…

Zheng He was a Chinese Muslim admiral during the Ming Dynasty. In 1405, Zheng He received orders from Emperor Yongle to travel down the coast of China and across the ocean to India to show the power of China. For the next 28 years, Zheng He would lead seven voyages and sailed distances farther than anyone had before. He commanded numerous ships of breath-taking size with thousands of people in his crew and established peaceful relationships with other areas. The voyages of Zheng He should be…

untimely deaths of several of her children, Catherine managed to maintain control of the true power of the French throne in an effort to protect her family and preserve her birthright. Her methods of doing so, including hiring an assassin to kill Admiral Gaspar de Coligny whom she believed threatened her son's rule as King and her own power, earned her the offensive nickname "the Black Queen." This nickname was given to her by the French people who blamed her for all of the ills of France,…

On 7th of July, 1941, Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor, which cause a massive damage towards American navy, and also directly cause over 3000 casualties of American militaries. According to Husband Edward Kimmel, an American Navy Admiral, the bombing of Pearl Harbor is a wonderful military action. Because of its concealedness and its rapidness, it causes a great fear among all the American citizens. It also rises an awareness of crisis, which causes the situation that all the Americans…

For many years people have been creating monuments and memorials around the world. Some symbolize a hero or heroic event and some symbolize a tragedy or the remembrance of someone or something. All are created in a unique way, where the design, the locations, and the structure all have a play in telling the story. The Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial is based upon the exemplary photo taken by Joe Rosenthal. He was at Iwo Jima when the American flag was raised on…

I quickly capitalized on the Navy’s request for Coast Guard support and based on the mission assigned to Coast Guard, I approached the Chief of Navy Intelligence (a two star Admiral) with a plan that addressed a combination of requirements by both Navy and Coast Guard intelligence officers assigned to the battle group. The Chief of Navy Intelligence endorsed my requirements and approved my plan, but getting the funding required…

The war was misrepresented to the home front due to the lack of accuracy in the media, as a result the people on the home front were shocked at the reality of the war. The causes of this fault in the war were initiated by the government, the military and the proprietors of journalists: Thus, these sources prevented journalists and news reporters from informing the people back home the truth on the reality of World War I. From censoring the newspapers and soldiers’ letter to publishing propaganda…

More Unified than Just Looking Unified with Uniforms On What do you think when you hear the word ‘school’ ? I think of school as acronyms that stands for : Six Cruel Hours Of Our Lives. If we change that, we wouldn’t remember school as cruel, but a place that we look forward to and be compassionate about. To do this, we must assemble changes that’ll indulge everyone. First we must know the fine and the not so fine parts and do something about it. Looking at Aiea High-School, the fine parts are…

being their own self. Everybody in this world has different destiny in life and their own struggles, so why be a copy of somebody else. On the hand, it is great to be inspire by a person and use it to push forward in life but not be a copy to the admiral person. Thoreau stated in his story, “To know what we know what we know, and that we don’t know what we know that is true knowledge.” Everyone in this world can be admired person by having knowledge on something, in which it can turn into…