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In the United States there has been a push to provide justice for crimes in a manner in which rehabilitation is a major focus. Because of this there has been a rapid number of specialty courts popping up throughout the nation. Specialty courts are specialized court sessions which target individuals with underlying medical, mental health, substance use and other issues that contribute to these individuals coming before the court with greater frequency. Specialty court sessions promote improved…

In 2010, then Secretary of Veterans Affairs (SECVA) Eric Shinseki recognized the need to transform the department and set out to modernize and improve Veteran Services by focusing on the in the areas of people, processes and technology. The department established as one of its priority goals to “Improve Veteran access to VA benefits and services.” In response to this goal, the department began a major transformation initiative. As part of this initiative, the Veterans Benefits Administration…

being one of the largest and effective research organizations in the United States. The growth of the Department of Veteran Affairs, according to Korb, is attributed to support from voluntary public organizations and fellow veterans, like the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Affairs etc.., as they have had a lot…

would change as Rome grew older. What made Rome’s military one of the most feared during this time period was their ability to conquer anyone that stood in their way. They achieved this by having well made weapons, A unique type of infantry called “legions”, and tactics/formations that would be used on the battlefield.…

The eagle The eagle,or acquila, was mounted on the top of the Roman Legions’ standard. Above the eagle, A gold bar bore the message SPQR (Senatus Populus Romanus), “The Senate and People of Rome” While the primary function of the eagle was symbolic (representing not only the legion, but the Roman empire as well). It served as a beacon for troops in battle, helping to orient them. In the chaos of battle, troops would often look for the standard to orient their actions, often following…

During the age of Roman time, the Romans were famous for gladiators, rough housing and even total domination across the lands. Going into detail about the Romans the shield, one of the main pieces of their beautiful arsenal allow them to have a very fortified defense to their enemies. In the Roman culture, the Romans have three types of shields, a circular shield, an oval shield, and a rectangular shield. Firstly, the circular shield or called in Latin term the “Parma,” is a shield utilized…

Veterans and Benefits From the end of the Civil War into the 1880s, Congress debated soldiers’ pensions. After the civil war, the Union army veterans, allied with the Republican Party and jolted the government to provide the northern soldiers and their widows with pensions. The North had already spent two million to fight the Civil War, and the veteran’s pensions had cost them eight billion dollars, it was one of the largest welfare commitments the federal government had ever made. However…

Power is defined as the capacity or potential to influence (Northouse, 2016). According to French and Raven (1965) there are six common and important bases of power (referent, expert, legitimate, reward, coercive, and information power) which an individual may use to increase their capacity to influence others. An individual's source of power is not set in stone, it can be fluid and change as a function of the situation (Sager, 2008). Dr. Hassan demonstrates to utilize four sources of power as a…

There are many factors that affected the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); from political, industrial, legal and economics together these external environment factors affected the way that veterans received their services. I will begin to describe how the VA was formed and illustrate how all the factors make what it is called today the Department of Veterans Affairs. The United States has the greatest complete system of assistance for Veterans in the world, this system goes back to…

Concerns about veterans’ health Veterans potentially have psychological damages that are barely noticed by people in general, but it is indeed making those service people suffer. According to USDVA(United States Department of Veterans Affair), several factors affect veterans while they are serving, seriously from physically to mentally, terminologically called “stressors”, which Eli Saslow (2011) describes in how Doug’s wife Krissy, after reading the article about PTSD, is worried about her…