Army National Guard

Missile Defense of Our Nation’s Capital Throughout our nation’s history, and even before, America’s militia has answered the call to guard and defend America’s citizens and way of life. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the activation of the Reserves of each military branch as well as the Army and Air National Guard. Initially, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld designated more than 35,000 reserve component men and women the task of…

two, veterans of the year as Cleo Thompson and Hal Fulton were recognized for their service and contributions at the annual Veterans Day ceremony Friday at the Wayne County fairgrounds. Jason Winkleman, who introduced both honorees, said Thompson, an Army veteran, “served a country that wasn’t quite ready for integration at the time.” The African-American overcame biases and racism to serve in the military and be active among the veteran community in Wooster for the past 50 years through…

Carviness joined the army in May of 1996 and has been on four tours, he was deployed to Afghanistan in a combat outpost called Honker Miracle, which is surrounded my mountains, “to the left of us was Pakistan and everyday was a fight for survival. You didn't know when it was…

families; however, questions remain regarding the impact of the course of veteran PTSD and other potential moderating factors on family adaptation to military deployment. The Family Foundations Study builds upon an established longitudinal cohort of Army soldiers (i.e., the Neurocognition Deployment Health Study) to help address remaining knowledge gaps A growing literature indicates that family members…

Question 1. B In my military National Guard unit we only meet two weekends a month and two weeks or more out of the year for military training. There is only a couple of military members that work in our unit full time. They work during the week as well as the weekend we have training. One person comes to mind when I think of someone that has the most power and influence in my unit where I work. Master Sergeant Alves is one of the full time military members in my unit. In most military units…

having to leave his or her family for months at a time. Just earlier this month, over a thousand National Guard members were deployed to Kuwait and nobody knows about that, but they do know how Kylie Jenner bought her best friend a car for her birthday. Personally I don 't think we pay as much importance as we should to our military and it shouldn 't be that way. From the outside, the Army National Guard recruiters office doesn 't look too intimidating, it looks like a normal building, brick…

Urinalysis program. However, in 1976 until the early 1980s, drug urinalysis testing was discontinued (Obrien et al., 2012). The challenges were not over for the drug testing processes within the military service. In 1983, a commission reviewed the Army and Air Force drug testing procedures and found that the processes in place at that time had discharged over 10,000 service members for use of illegal drugs and did not meet the forensic standards that were in place at that time. The…

Combat Leadership Women currently make up more than 14% of the 1.4 million active military personnel but were not allowed to serve in over 230,000 combat positions; despite that they have increasingly served at the front lines (Goudreau, 2013). In 2013, the U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta decided to allow women to serve in military combat roles, reversing a 1994 policy that excluded women from serving in combat units. This ensures that the best person is in a leadership position regardless…

Counterdrug Also located in the JFHQ is the National Guard Counterdrug (CD) Program. Since 1989, the National Guard, works with their state Governor in conjunction with interagency organizations to perform interdiction and anti-drug activities in a fight against illicit drugs. The type of military support provided by the National Guard can range reconnaissance, technical assistance, general support, civil operations, and counterdrug training. "Interagency partners include state, local, and…

of “I write this letter” and in the following paragraphs with different continuations behind it wills the reader to keep reading, to keep understanding the point the author is trying to make. “I write this letter on behalf” and “I did not join the Army”, are both the usages of repetition to keep the reader to the…