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continue to serve and not fall victim to a slow bureaucratic process. Immigrants have built this country, and these patriots represent the best of our nation.” Although the contracts alone do not shield recruits from deportation, it may provides the Department of Homeland Security a reason to defer removal action if a recruit falls out of status.“The law is a promising sign and provides a temporary reprieve. At the same time, the recruits still face many obstacles,” said Mariel Stock a retired…

any and all angles. Sadly, soldiers as well as civilians are forced to adapt to their surroundings and may grow accustomed to the lack of sleep as well as paranoia. Take into example a soldier whose life may be in danger if they sleep in a relaxed state for extended periods of time as if they were in their bed at home. Without a doubt, such a laid-back approach to resting and being unprepared to fight back could consequentially lead to lower chances of survival. At the very same time, the…

According to the textbook, the Homeland Security Advisory System or HSAS was created to help inform United States, (U.S.) citizens from prospective terrorists attacks (Gaines & Kappeler, 2012, p. 17). The HSAS have five, color coded, divergent levels of risks for terrorist attacks against the United States. These colors consist of red, which stands for a severe risk; orange, which stands for a high risk; yellow, which stands for a significant risk; blue, which stands a general risk; and finally…

Gilberto recently returned from the war and was not feeling like his normal self. Each night, he has been tormented by nightmares of gunfire and bombs and has not been getting much sleep. He frequently feels guilty and jumps at the smallest unexpected movement. In an effort to reconnect with his friends, Gilberto attended a party hosted by one of them on July 4th. However, things quickly took a turn for the worse when someone let off fireworks and Gilberto had an extreme negative reaction to it.…

In the military, most jobs require availability twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. In order to make friends and prevent loneliness, relationships have to form. The military encourages officer to officer relationships along with enlisted to enlisted but no officer to enlisted. Many people both inside and outside the military feel officer relationships simply will not allow a unit to function properly. Two adults in the military cannot date because it, “will cause problems in a unit --…

limitations of homeland securities intelligence community. The intelligence community (IC) consist of local law enforcement, federal organizations, and other organizations that strive to investigate and monitor activities that pose a threat towards the United States and their own communities. Local law enforcement or Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is “a new dimension of community policing, building on tactics and methodologies during years of community policing experimentation." (USDOJ, 2014)…

over 400 combat missions for which he was awarded the Combat Infantryman badge. He decided to reenlist to further his service, however, he suffered a serious traumatic event in his life that led to his actions and resulted in a UOTHC discharge. He states that when these events occurred he turned to his chain of command and they did not properly address his issues, instead they just wanted to process his discharge as outlined in Captain Thoman’s memorandum. He contends that there were…

and nationwide international security heightening. America also changed how it dealt with extremist, after the devastating 9/11 incident, no one wanted to live through that again. The United States started advancing on counterterrorism and focused on “disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al-Qaeda” The United States airport security and construction of future airplanes changed tremendously. Following the 9/11 attacks U.S congress federalized airport security through the Aviation and…

PhD 2005 234). This was not an isolated trend, and the fiscal crises at the state level also caused cutbacks in the Medicaid program, which led to severe cutbacks in mainstream substance abuse (SA) services (Richard Tessler. PhD 2005 234). Discerning the general population impact of the declining capacity of the VHA to treat substance…

Thousands of Americans struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder, especially veterans returning from oversea warfare. With a rising number of veterans afflicted with this disorder, recreational therapy has stepped in to help pave the way for alternative treatment. Recreational therapy strives to reduce symptoms of PTSD while improving the emotional and social well-being of the patient (Colman, 2015, p.14). Gaining popularity among military veteran programs, recreational therapy has turned the…