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A Senior NCO orchestrated a prostitution ring utilizing lower enlisted females and glamorized a quick source of income. Sergeant First Class McQueen struggled with his finances. If his peers observed his financial issues, addressed it prior to a quick money scheme, a prostitution ring would not have been formed.…

It’s 1775, the Revolutionary War is emerging and all eligible males have joined together to fight for their independence and for this country's freedom. Little do most people know, their wives followed them to war assisting in anyway possible. Only with the permission of the commanding officers, these brave and committed women were cooks, laundresses, and nurses. Later down the road during World War I, 33,000 women sacrificed their lives helping our great nation's military branches. Over 400 of…

Emperor of the French One of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most brilliant opponents once said, “never has a brain so disciplined and under such control been seen” (Durant 240). There is no doubt that the brain of Napoleon did not go unused. Napoleon went from an undistinguished foreigner, to ruler of the extensive French Empire. Although, Napoleon eventually lost the title of emperor, nobody would forget the name of the man who conquered most of Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power by overcoming…

From rank-and-file soldiers, racist attitudes remain a permanent part of the military, as in the rest of society. “"Most of the white guys are like that, but they hide it," said a 26-year-old private from the 82d Airborne who would let only his first name…

Without money, an empire cannot manage its colonies. Following the French and Indian War, the British faced high amounts of national debt. As a means to fix its financial debacle, Britain emplaced a mercantile system upon the American Colonists, which forced them to only conduct trade with the British Empire. With the goal to increase its revenue, Britain additionally placed multiple taxes on the colonies. Therefore, to unshackle themselves from the unjust taxation and parliamentary acts of the…

make people in congress to stop fighting about slavery. He didn't do much other major things in his presidency but he died of cholera morbus, on July 9, 1850 at 65 years old. Career in military Before he became president Zachary Taylor enlisted in the army and was commissioned as a first lieutenant of the Seventieth Infantry Regiment on May 3, 1808. During the war of 1812 he defended…

The American Civil War marked a period in United States history, in which Americans endured exceedingly onerous ethical and political issues. During the presidential election of 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln declared his opposition to the expansion of slavery. Lincoln’s policies threatened southern ideology; slavery was the catalyst for economic prosperity in the south. Even before Lincoln’s official inauguration into presidency on March 4, 1861, Southern states began to succeed from the…

coined by Rudyard Kipling. As we know the Non-Commissioned Army in todays military is but a mere remnant of what the NCO original was. The Non-Commissioned Officer existed during the European Hundred Years’ War, who at the time, were almost all upper ranks of European society, surprisingly. At the time, though, there was almost no interaction between soldiers and officers, so the Non-Commissioned Officer served as the link between the two, but to also maintain discipline in a garrison setting.…

My journey to finally realizing of becoming a student in this Executive RN Program has been a long journey filled with excitement and disappointing periods. I 've started this quest in the Summer of 2015 and here I am, two years later, starting my first class in the program, Nursing 301. My quest of becoming a Registered Nurse (RN) actually began in the year 2000 while I was an Emergency Medical Technician in the military. My wife 's and my military colleagues ' encourage me to go back to…

are invaluable skills to be passed on to junior members at any unit. If our senior MEs are lacking in the knowledge and experience, then they are at an extreme disadvantage in leading the rate or affecting changes in Coast Guard policy. MEs of all ranks possessing the tactical operator competency are leveraged to pass on their knowledge and experience at Special Missions Training Center and the Special Missions Training Detachment East and West to instruct courses ranging from Basic Tactical…