Stewardship of the Army Profession and Civilian-Military Relations There are five core characteristics that compose the Army profession; trust, honorable service, military expertise, stewardship, and esprit de corps (Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 1, The Army Profession, 2015, p. 6-1). While all are critical to maintaining a healthy Army, stewardship, as described in ADRP 1 chapter 6, is the central tenant I believe keeps the other four alive. Stewardship is the act of taking care…
Non-commercial events include charitable events, community events and not for profit community events. Although there is a financial gain in charitable events, the surplus is intended for charitable purposes. Community events are not for private or corporate gain, but for the benefits and interest of the local community or for raising funds for local community facilities. Not for profit community events are events where a minimal participation fee is charged to cover the costs of the event and…
Over the last few decades, Non- governmental organizations (NGOs) have become one of the most important factors of international development. However, the term NGO is still vague and unconventional concept for majority of people. NGOs are organizations that are independent from government and usually run by donations and voluntary service. Variety groups such as corporate-funded think tanks, community groups, grassroot activist groups, development and research organizations and advocacy groups…
The History and Importance of the Army’s Non Commissioned Officer. It is no small wonder for the Non-Commissioned Officer to be known as the backbone of the United States Army, a phrase 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,…
basis of investigation. One particular investigation is a very important research. It provides the status of the financing difficulties of the authoritative statistics for a lot of scholars to study the NGO financing dilemma -- Johns University of Non-profit Sector Comparison Project. This study divides NGOs financing mode into three types: government or public sector support, income charges and charitable donations. And statistics were collected according to these three types of financing…
As discussed above, Ethiopia’s SOEs are under the administration of various organs. The State Owned Enterprises Supervising Agency and other regulatory bodies such as the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Defense administer state enterprises. The aim of the paper is not giving a detailed look in to or providing a prototype of SOE management, which is a distinct study. Rather it reflects on the experience of similarly situated countries in preventing and addressing conflict of interest. The…
A. Ability to raise short-term capital. At the current moment Timberlake has no ability to liquidate assets or increase cash on hand in any meaningful way. Their budget offers little room for flexibility and their existing contingency regarding short-term capital falls on the current member’s generosity. This is an obvious limitation in their current business structure and needs to be addressed promptly in order to adequately deal with potential disaster. If an event occurs where Timberlake…
I have given my career possibilities a lot of thought over these past couple of months. I went from having no clue to having somewhat more of a clear path of what I would like to be doing. The career I would like to be working in, in five years, is a pilot in the air force. I have thought really hard about this and I think that this career would best fit my personality type. It’s also something I would enjoy and I find very interesting. I’ve been thinking about this career choice for awhile now…
a. The Army meets the requirements of a profession because of the five essential characteristics the Army has. Those characteristics are trust, military expertise, honorable service, esprit de corps, and stewardship. b. The first essential and bedrock characteristic of the Army Profession is trust. Trust is the bedrock characteristic because of our relationship with society. American society trusts the Army to serve the nation ethically, effectively, and efficiently. This trust can be easily…
Throughout human existence it is evident that the items we possess somehow symbolize and represent who we really are. Every item we possess, no matter how big or small, has some sort of correlation to a person's character within. As shown in the short story The Things They Carried the author Tim O’Brien heavily emphasizes the items every soldier carried to instill the belief that each item represents a part of someone's human nature or disposition. These items may be seen as something of little…