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Growing up in life I have realized that school may not be the thing for me. I have always struggled to be a consistent student and was honestly surprised when I made it to college. Since my freshman year I have always thought that the Military might be the path for me. One thing that I know about myself is that I need structure to succeed, where has more structure than our armed forces? One thing I knew about myself is that if I joined the Military I wouldn’t want to be just another soldier on…

When we think of a Military Veteran, often times our minds jump right to Vietnam or World War I and II. Many have served and sacrificed since the beginning of time. Some have been drafted, some chose the Military as a way of serving their country, while some chose to join for a guaranteed means to support them and their family. Not once did a Veteran think while they were Active Duty that eventually they would or could become unemployed. Unable to support themselves, or their family. Not…

Everyone in the world faces adversities. These can be small or large challenges; they can be brought upon by others or from life itself. Anyone that is faced with adversities must overcome them in order to progress as a person. There are many that have overcome their adversities and progressed in their lives; a famous few are: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Yoshiko Uchida, and Caitlyn Jenner. Adversity can be found anywhere affecting anyone; adversity can be found in the white house affecting the…

the Spanish-American War. The war was between the United States and Spain for territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war ended Spanish colonial rule in Cuba, which gained independence from Spain and the U.S acquired control of Guam and Puerto Rico. Then in 1903 the U.S. Congress passed the Platt Amendment, which defined…

It was December 7th 1941. Americans were going about their daily lives and not realizing the traumatic event that would later shake the nation. The tension between the United States of America and the Japanese empire had been building with disagreements about expanding territory and relations with China. The attack on the naval base of Pearl Harbor was a pre-planned attack by the Japanese meant to disable the United States to keep them out of the West Indies, an attack for Japan’s own selfish…

Firemen Raising the Flag at Ground Zero is another comparable photograph that was taken by Thomas E. Franklin on September 11, 2001 in New York City. Similarly to the photograph by Joseph Rosenthal, this photograph contains three American firefighters raising an American flag at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center after the horrible terrorist attacks that occurred on this day. This photograph was issued all over the world appearing on the covers of newspapers, on news stations, on posters, and…

Virgin Islands, territory of Guam, and Puerto Rico), Mexico, and Canada. The New York Stock Exchange is where Home Depot’s stocks are traded and included are Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes, and the Dow Jones industrial average. In the whole world the company has more than 120 million…

Congressional Gold and Silver medals to the Navajo Code Talkers. Unfortunately, the recognition came a little too late as many of the Navajo Code Talkers had already passed. Additionally, those who died on the beaches of Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Saipan, Guam, Bougainville, and more that was never documented and essentially erased from the history pages. The Navajo language, once forbidden, saved the lives of many and preserved America, Home of the Brave. My initial response to give a presentation…

The year 1898 can be seen as a turning point in American History. 1898 is the year that the United States became an imperial power in the world. The transition of America into an imperial power also meant that it was done with expansionism and moved into imperialism. The 1800 can be characterized by the Americans’ desire for Manifest Destiny, or the expansion of the US into the western part of the US. Imperialism on the other hand, idealizes moral improvement and also saw more movement in…

An Introduction to the Topic According to the Atlanta Public Schools website, in 2018 62% of new jobs will require some post-secondary education (Why the Common Core? Section, para. 3). This means that more than half of the jobs available in the next few years will require something that a lot of people are unable to obtain. For some they may not feel that they are not “smart” enough to attend college after graduating high school because of the grades they received in high school. If…