Retained Personnel

There is a great amount of injustices are happening all around us as we speak and we are aware of maybe half of them. For example, In America you have to have been charged with a crime to be in prison. Tariq Ba Odah has been imprisoned since 2002 without charge. Many changes have occurred since his arrest, police injustice towards him, and attempts to close Guantanamo. Tariq Ba Odah may die in Guantanamo if he soon isn’t released. He has been on a hunger strike for eight years now and is in a very unhealthy condition. Tariq Ba Odah’s life before the arrest was as normal as anyone else’s. Ba Odah was born in 1978 in the Shabwah district of Yemen where he lived until the age of one. He spent his early life as a child in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in a beautiful home surrounded by his parents and his many brothers and sisters. Ba Odah says that growing up, he lived a very peaceful and happy life with a wonderful family. Now, with him in prison he lives on just the memories from his childhood. He is always saying that the worst part about being in prison for him is that he is so far away from his family and never gets to see them. In 2002, Ba Odah was arrested by the Pakistan police and was (still is) very confused why, he says he wasn’t doing anything that would even get him a slight of a chance to get arrested. Ba Odah reports that, to this, he still does not know the true justification for his initial arrest. He was accused of having gone to the region to fight with the Taliban…

ledger ( T accounts) for the specified amount this includes all cash, equipment, supplies, purchases, revenue earned, etc. and calculate the balance of each. Fourth one would calculate and record the balance of each of the account ledgers (T accounts) and prepare the unadjusted trial balance. Fifth one would enter the unadjusted trial balance on to a worksheet, this is just again recording the balance with the appropriate account. The sixth step is to determine, journalize and record the…

Congress is raising the pay of active duty military personnel by 2.9 percent for their basic substances like food, rent,and anything that has to deal with school (Gina). To add to that veterans get paid on the 15th of the month so that they don 't have to go all month without pay (Gina). The VA (which is a government program that assist veterans) assist veterans with college funds so they can get jobs when they return from war (Aid for Military families). They also help with home loans, life…

killed, they know that. Yet they still go out and fight. Without the soldiers, nobody would really have a hero because we wouldn't have the freedoms to do anything with anyone together. As the paragraph on http://www.debate.org states “Any citizen willing to harm himself in a way no other person is willing to, for any country in the world that joins part of an army, should get paid more than any athlete, all athletes do is throw footballs, kick soccer balls, dribble balls, and yet they…

Afghanistan and Iraq and they are not getting the help they need. America launched Operation Enduring Freedom a month after the September 11th terrorist attack to overthrow the Taliban regime and destroy terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan. For about two years only about 15,000–20,000 military personnel remained in Afghanistan, but recently the number of soldiers in Afghanistan has increased. In May 2009 former President Barack Obama declared he will be increasing American troops in…

A common misconception is what a typical veteran looks like. Many people assume a typical veteran is an older male individual, but that is simply not the case! In fact, the idea of there being a “typical” veteran is absurd. Veterans have different backgrounds and come from a variety of places. This is important to remember when dealing with veterans in the VA health system. An example would be WWII veterans tend to be more reserved in their health care and simply want the doctor to prescribe…

approximately 2.3 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The benefits to the local economies from the government are subject to change at the federal and state levels and can be based on several current events. The draw down of Military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, federal budget cuts, base realignments and closures have left an uncertainty in the futures of military installations. These actions by the government have been the driving force behind the decisions of many states to…

As American troops continue to risk their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, and return home to join the ranks of America’s almost 24 million veterans, the Veterans Day holiday has had a certain immediacy in recent years. Or at least it should. Holidays so easily succumb to linen sales and classic TV marathons, but this is one whose the true meaning of which we really should nevernot forget. Throughout our history, many brave Americans have given their lives in defense of freedom, and many more…

It is easy to find out who won a war, and it is easy to find statistics on casualties and fatalities. What is less accessible however, is the intangible component that is mental survival. We know that many of those who survive wars develop some level or form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but we pay less attention to the mental state that exists for these soldiers during the war. During the most widespread war in history, WWII, countless individuals abandoned their lives of normality…

Tom Leyton, a Vietnam veteran, was once "so full of hope"- but the war changed him. Experiencing a terrible mental illness, he trapped himself in his own world for decades. Gun shots all around you. Soldiers falling one by one. An agonising image no one can get rid of. As Australian soldiers return home nothing would seem the same to them. Brave men and women who served the country have to continue with a personal battle, a battle with the world of chaos known as post-traumatic stress…