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We are living in the time that three-year old boys play tablets, seventy-year old women use laptops, teenagers and adults cannot keep their hands off mobile phones. The sad truth is, technologies were and are being used widely, and along with it, the internet became an important part in our daily lives. Too much of anything is bad. Too much of utilizing the internet is not good, too. Having recognized this issue, Nicholas Carr wrote an article “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” to forewarn the…

Being a War Veteran Participation in war changes a person, but participation in two wars extremely changes a person that only a few will fully understand. People who have never been there ask me what it was like. Did you get shot at or shoot anyone? Others will share stories about a sibling, cousin, friend, or someone they knew who went to fight in a war. Even though they know someone who fought in a war, they themselves don’t fully understand what I went through on a daily basis. Only your…

(A)-Graphics Card A graphics card is the hardware for a computer that produces the images that we see on the computer monitor. The Cards main job is to decide on how the pixels on the screen will be used to create the image then information that is creates is sent to the monitor through a cable. The graphics card has four main parts that it uses to complete the tasks. These are the motherboard where the power and data is connected through a connector, the processor this tells it how to use each…

Improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Iraq produced up to 80% of U.S. casualties. Mine resistant and ambush protected vehicles (MRAPs), fielded to route clearance units prior to the war, were designed to protect occupants from IEDs. However, a protracted conflict between the requirements based Defense Acquisition System and the politically charged “moral imperative” to reduce causalities, delayed further MRAP fielding for nearly 3-years. This delay resulted in 1,600 preventable U.S.…

My first major mission, a young 18 year old, the lead gunner behind a M240B as the first line of defense for our platoon; would soon be a situation that left an imprint in my life and has forever changed how I now lead as an NCO. This mission took place in 2007 near the city of Ad Dawr, Iraq. The mission was complex but my orders were simple, protect the convoy and provide security. The main objective was to expose and detain (if possible) a cell leader to include destroying his know cache point…

country’s major headline events just hit too close to home. Peace-keepers often face life-threatening dangers, which have shaped me into a more caring person who cherishes the gift of life. The personal fear that I have experienced almost losing my dad and brother through tragic events ignited by hatred demand my personal maturity and compassion. 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, and the on-going…

The Oklahoma City Bombing happened on April 19, 1995. This terrorist attack was the worst terrorist attack to happen before 9/11. The truck was packed with 4,800-pounds of explosives which consisted of diesel-fuel and fertilizer (ammonium nitrate). The bomb was detonated on April 19, 1995 just outside Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City shortly after 9am (Nacos, 2016). This catastrophic blast killed one hundred sixty-eight people and injured hundreds more (Nacos,…

expecting to join soon, and were expecting a bombing soon. The main function of the EOD is to analyze and defeat any explosive device. The score needed to receive on the ASVAB to join the EOD must be 110 on Skilled Technical. Police officers in the EOD are trained by the military to perform civilian functions. Training is usually held at U.S. Army-F.B.I. Hazardous Device School at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Every Bomb Squad has two canine teams ready to assist them as the canine’s smell is 50…

on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, improvised explosive devices can be traced all over the operational area. Terrorist were becoming more unique with their attacks. Devices were buried along the main supply routes of military forces, vehicle borne explosive devices placed by checkpoints, and other clever strategies to try and hinder our mission. Mortar rounds being placed on the side of the road, wired to be activated by a cellular device. DTRA expanded its mission to address the rise of the…

during sunset in that unfortunate country. It helped to ease the frustrations that came from the days of sadness, brutal heat, and fatigue that shook the proverbial hand living with the catastrophic reality of the dreaded IED (improvised explosive device). My platoon lived in a small, burnt-out schoolhouse south side of the village that we did patrols in and around our little piece of the pie. Although we encountered the almost daily harassment of small arms fire, the peppering of bullets…