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holidays or to visit family, I had never until about two years ago ever visited the area that is known as Croyde Bay. Situated on the road out of Braunton (which is its nearest largest village hub with lots of shops and other services), it is on the coast that faces the Atlantic Ocean. How to get here For most people who are travelling from anywhere in the country apart from Cornwall, then access to Croyde is generally through Barnstaple - the main North Devon Link Road leads from Junction 27…

The U.S. Customs & Border Protection is responsible for maintaining border security. Their primary duty is keeping terrorists and their weapons away from the U.S. homeland. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services only responsibility is overseeing lawful immigration into the United States. The issuance of visa’s and passport is not part of their duty, but remains a responsibility of the U.S. Department of State. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also known as ICE is responsible for…

knowledge of becoming a leader and building courage for the long haul of my college academic years. During my junior year of college, I was chosen to become an Engineer Command Mentor at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. While at the Academy I was trained by some of the top officers of the Coast Guard on Leadership and learning yourself. It was there that I learned that Leaders must know there own potential before discovering others potential. I went on to complete 44.7 hours…

his wise words. It pleases me to say that peering back on my past I can discern the effect my father 's words had on shaping me into the person that I am today. A girl who overcame obstacles and persevered. My father has served in the United States Coast Guard for twenty years, which makes me a military child. I, like many military children didn 't get to choose this lifestyle. We were merely born into a world of separation…

leaving the United States. They are at all our borders regardless if it’s land or sea. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services provides immigrants that would like to live in the US the opportunity to become Citizens and go through the process. U.S. Coast Guard are on the sea front patrolling our water boarders. They provide search and rescue missions and are there when a natural disaster hits that involves water. Federal Emergency Management Agency known as FEMA response during disastrous…

Red Snapper Industry of Pensacola Critical to understanding the eventual development of the fishing industry in Pensacola is recognizing the city’s geographical location and land features. In Hawkshaw: Prehistory and History in an Urban Neighborhood in Pensacola, Florida, the environmental setting is laid bare. A major land shaping force in the area is the Gulf of Mexico. During the Pleistocene Era, the sea level was 300 feet lower than it is today due to “glacial episodes.” Due to the low sea…

Border Patrol (USBP), Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Custom Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The lead agencies tasked with patrolling the 8,000 miles of land borders and coastal waterways are the USBP and USCG. Between them, there are 21,000 agents in the USBP and 49,000 personnel in the USCG, which together equal a little…

Homeland Security and the Critical Infrastructures it Protects Homeland security in itself is an over encompassing concept that includes many agencies that "prevent terrorist attacks, defend our borders, enforce immigration laws, secure cyberspace, and ensure resilience to disasters" (United States Department of Homeland Security [U.S. DHS], 2010). The missions of the DHS are critical and vast. I’m going to explain some of the basics of this organization in terms of internal and external…

concern as they do terrorist events. When it comes to natural disasters, many people including officials believe prior to a catastrophic event that it will not happen here, or it will not happen to me (Kunreuther, 2006). I reside on the New Jersey coast line and even though the risk of hurricanes is possible, the threat is not as high as in other areas such as Florida. People in my area do not prepare accordingly or believe the hurricane threat is a risk to consider…

Introduction and Program Description This project is based upon the knowledge of undergrad college students living in Eagle Hall at Florida Gulf Coast University. The purpose of our project is to make the college students aware of the Zika virus and give them ways to prevent contracting Zika. Mainly Zika is a vector (mosquitoes) spread virus and it is becoming a prevalent virus in Florida, so it is important to inform fellow students. Our goal is to educate these students on how to prevent the…