United States military enlisted ranks

Task Force 420 It was like any other normal day for Task Force 420. The task force would get a call and bust parties with drugs and drug dealings. It was 2:30 and a call came in from an intel that there was an abandoned house being used to grow pot on West Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming.Team task force 420 gathered in the meeting room. There stood Bill, the team captain;Jethro, the team leader Kelly, the team medic, and Jasper, the team weaponry and arsonal and explosive expert. It was time to…

Monday: Being a part of a military family means being a part of a community and network of people across the United States and world. Being a member of this group of people creates a special bond that outsiders may not fully understand. It can be difficult for civilians to understand that military members of service would choose to fight in a war that no one truly knows anything about. With modern technology, we can see that violence is a large part of war, but the battles our members of service…

We all know that an All Volunteer Force (AVF) has been the norm since President Richard Nixon inaugurated it in 1973. The AVF definitely proved to be the right decision and to this day we have the best military in the world. Our military will continue to get better, more professional, and more educated as the years pass by. What is incomprehensible is how we as Americans take the AVF for granted and do not educate or influence our youth to serve proudly in our country. While conscription is…

literature study female military personnel and veterans, despite the fact that men and women in the military have been shown to experience MST almost equally (Suris & Lind, 2008). As discussed above, differences have been shown in physical and mental health outcomes, but more research is needed to have a broader picture of these differences. The nature of the military institution has unique features that have been shown to influence the effects of sexual assault. Survivors in the military may…

Professor Ortiz, I am currently an E-6 staff sergeant, E-6 is the pay grade and staff sergeant is the Rank. I am going to be promoted to E-7 sergeant first class with in the next few months. Becoming an E-8 Master Sergeant is a goal I set early in my career. As an E-8, you can be in many different positions such as a first sergeant. There are many rewarding benefits, such as More Money, More Responsibility, and fewer people giving you orders. What I truly find rewarding is that as an E-8…

Strategic Sealift Officer Career Management Strategic Sealift Officers (SSO) are commissioned officers in the U.S Navy Reserve serving to maintain the U.S. Navy Reserve organization of Merchant Marine officers, composed of actively sailing members who operate merchant ships, and a shore side members assigned to maintain Naval strategic sealift readiness. Fulfilling requirements and program expectations is one’s own responsibility, not the Program Office. The program office is fundamentally the…

The concluding recommendations for Milcom is to start with the formation of a special committee tasks with establishing short and long term plans to address leadership, culture, communication, collaboration and employee morale. This plan should include, but is not limit in the following: training leadership in the adaptation in utilizing both transactional and transformational modalities; a hybrid skill set or identifying those who are sensitive to the climate of the organization to help…

Disobedience to Authority “A Few Good Men”, directed by Rob Reiner, is about Lt. Daniel Kaffee, a navy lawyer, who is placed as the head council for P.F.C Downey and Lance Cpl Harold Dawson. Downey and Dawson are on trial for the murder of P.F.C William Santiago. Kaffee, a known plea bargainer, was forced to defend the marines in court after they refused a plea deal. Kaffee realized that he needed to try to win the case after they refused his deal. Richard Nisbett and Lee Ross write about how…

Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reports have a direct and significant impact on the NCO’s promotion selection process. These reports are more than likely the most important document in the NCO’s file when they are considered for advanced schools and promotions. The new Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reporting system has caused a significant change to a decades old evaluation system. This evaluation reporting system has been in use since 1987. The old NCOER form became more problematic…

He got up from his corner and helped patch up the troops. For most of them, there was nothing he could do. The only person that could help them was the Recovery Unit. “Okay, everybody.” Howard commanded, “Get on the truck, we can treat you there and hurry home.”. Ash started helping the injured troops onto the trucks and let the Recovery unit do their thing. Once everyone was on board, he hopped on and the truck started moving. He sat down near the front and looked back at the wounded soldiers.…