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After entering his office, we spoke for over an hour about leadership, professionalism, and standards of conduct. In the Army, formal counseling is supposed to happen at set intervals; but, this rarely occurs once you become a Non-Commissioned Officer, or Sergeant. This was the first bit of one on one professional development that I had received in years. It was an important event. Additionally, it set the tone for the unit I was entering and let me know my limits. Furthermore, the counseling…

Warrant Officer Corps is one of the most prestige technical career field in the United States Armed Forces. Warrant officers are highly skilled, military occupational specialty (MOS) officers. The selection into the Warrant Officer Corps is completed through an application process where only the best of the best are chosen. As a Senior Noncommissioned Officer in the United States Army, I (SFC Bivins) felt I was full qualified; therefore, I submitted an application and was accepted based on my…

In the ethnography, The Cocktail Waitress, by James Spradley and Brenda Mann the waitresses conform to many of the gender roles, stereotypes, and stratifications that their wider society puts on them. They rarely challenge these cultural norms and expectations because nobody wants to question tradition, they want to be considered good waitresses, and most of all the men at the bar inforce the social norms put on the women. The first reason why the waitresses conform to many of the gender roles…

As it is shown throughout past events, some people suffer through a type of evilness or loneliness in their life. The struggles that one goes through in these problems affect their daily life and affect how people react near him. In Hemingway’s A Clean, Well-Lighted Place a dark loneliness fills the void of man’s solitary existence, while in O’Brien’s 2006 film Isolation, physical remoteness allows for the entrance of a sinister shadowy evil, each demonstrating, in its own way, nature’s need to…

The purpose of this reflection paper is to illustrate how I will use the principles of mission command in my future positions after graduating from the Sergeants Major Course. Army Doctrine Reference Publication 6-0 defines mission command as the “exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations”. Commander’s use the principles…

Imagine a buzzing crowd of famished customers waiting to be seated on a busy night. They overwhelm the host stand eager to get the best seat in the house. Some customers engulf the entire waiting area. The hostess was dressed in a luminous white collar shirt and in somber black pants. She is nervous and feels quickly overpowered by the persistent demands of the customers. That hostess was me. I was the new host at an Outback Steakhouse. I was still in training and I couldn't keep up with the…

In many restaurants today numerous people can see that there are more waitresses instead of waiters. “In other words, waiting on tables is defined as typical ‘women’s work’ because women perform it and because the work activities are considered ‘feminine’” (Hall, 329). Why? Why is this position considered something that only women should be preforming? I think that waiting on tables and being a server has been considered mainly done by women for a long period of time based on the research that…

Assignment #2 Observational Study Ngu Binh Restaurant is located at the corner of a plaza at 14092 Magnolia Street of Westminster. It is a Vietnamese restaurant in California 's Little Saigon. At the entrance of Ngu Binh, there is a wooden bench to one side for people waiting outside. On one side of the glass doors, there is a clip board with a yellow legal notepad with a list of names waiting to be called and seated. Inside, the table tops are made up of marble. All of the tables have at…

Longhorn Steakhouse a casual dining restaurant founded in 1981 by George McKerrow. This restaurant well known for the western theme. Each location is decorated with paintings and photos to better complementing the western theme. The restaurant is best known for serving various kinds of mouthwatering steaks. There are locations throughout the United States and if you looking for a welcoming environment to eat. The waiters treat you well, the portions of food are generous, and it will leave you…

past and current members of the infantry branch. By conducting these interviews, I have the ability to learn a lot about what is expected of me and where junior officers have failed before. Thus far, I have conducted three formal interviews with two Staff Sergeants and a First Lieutenant, who serve within the infantry branch. For this paper, I have chosen to reflect upon the interviews I conducted with First…