Petty Officer First Class Essays

  • 9/11 Personal Narrative

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    start drinking after that. I used his death as an excuse to drink exactly the way I wanted to: uncontrollably. The Navy didn't cause my alcohol abuse. I brought it with me. No Sailor initiated my alcohol abuse, no overbearing chief or leading petty officer, no long deployments or crazy working hours. Sometimes I could drink a couple of beers, play video games, and go to sleep. Other times I would unpredictably black out at the most inopportune times, and the people around me identified this behavior

  • Coast Guard Aviation Education

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    Center (ATTC) does not have the resources required to properly prepare members for work in the field. Consequently, aviation Class A school graduates are reporting to their next units without the basic skills needed to be an asset to an aviation engineering department. The Coast Guard needs an enlisted aviation indoctrination program that will give new aviation petty officers essential basic skills. 2. Coast Guard aviation is a demanding field that requires well trained and experienced members in

  • Military Rape Victims Re-victimized

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    chain-of-command of command, and eventually forced out of the military because they reporting being raped. My former shipmate Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Rebecca Blumer chose to report her rape and suffered the consequences. After reporting a rape, female service members are often ostracized by the individuals in their chain of command. This happened to Petty Officer (PO) Blumer even before her attack became public knowledge. She was drugged and raped after going out for drinks in 2010 (Erdely)

  • Petty Officer Bell Essay

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    Petty Officer Bell is a leader with boundless ability to adapt to various platforms and operational needs. He directly leads from the front with his Sailors and delivers mission success to NCTS Far East. At the same time, he provided much needed mentoring and training to Sailors further enhancing mission readiness and capability to Forwarded Deployed Naval Forces. - As the Leading Petty Officer for the two largest departments at NCTS Far East during Fiscal Year 2015, he was overall responsible

  • Implementing DAPPS: A Roadmap to Achieving Goals

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    professional goals. My plan was to attain the rank of Petty Officer First Class, get selected as Sailor of the Year, and complete my Bachelors in Information Technology. By implementing DAPPS and its Sub-Goals in I will be able to narrow my focus and more specifically the steps needed to reach my goal. DAPPS GOALS AND SUB-GOALS GOAL 1: Reaching Petty Officer First Class May 15, 2016 is my target date for promotion toward Petty Officer First Class as it is also the date the advancement examination results

  • Chief Petty Officer Academy: United States Coast Guard

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    Chief Petty Officer Academy offered me the opportunity to reflect on my career in the United States Coast Guard. It afforded me time to recount the years I spent serving with other leaders. The information I have gathered from the academy has helped me to make a conscious decision on what type of leadership style I think will suit me best. The Coast Guard is an unparalleled organization that prides itself on being the most well managed group of members serving this country. As a Chief Petty Officer

  • Cpo Pinning Ceremony

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    next pay grade is a great achievement. This paper will cover the background of a CPO pinning ceremony and the impact having a ceremony has on the Sailor and their families. Background CPO 365 Phase I is a mandatory requirement for all First Class Petty Officers (FCPO), whether they are eligible based on time-in-rate

  • Defining Leadership: Perspectives from the Coast Guard

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    I was recently advanced to a Master Chief, but I still have keen memories of those First Class Petty Officers, Chiefs, Senior Chiefs, Master Chiefs who played an important role in my life. With their mentorship, I did some important decisions in my career, such as starting to prepare for taking the Service-Wide, re-enlistment, being an aspiring

  • Police Corruption In The 1920's

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    International, corruption is defined as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” The different types of corruption are: grand, petty and political. Grand corruption is made up of acts that are committed at a high level of government and that twist policies or the central functioning of the state, allowing leaders to benefit at the expense of the public good. Petty corruption is the everyday abuse to citizens by low and mid-level public officials who often try to access basic goods or services

  • Rethinking Minimum Sentencing: The War on Drugs' Impact

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    For police officers who want to solve more violent, severed cases, it is practically impossible for them to make as much as the officers making arrests for petty, nonviolent drug crimes. More often than not, law enforcement officers are paid based on the amount of arrests they pay. Why would an officer pursue more rape, murder, and burglary cases when they could simple make a few easy drug arrests and get

  • Bourgeoisie And Marx In The Communist Manifesto, By Marx And Engels

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    production. What Marx and Engels are trying to convey in the first passage is that industrialization has created a much larger prison for the working class. Before the proletariat’s, there were serfs who worked for the aristocrats in a more small and controlled space. After the end of feudalism, the bourgeoisie and proletariat were created. The proletariat’s now worked under capitalism. However, there wasn’t just an upper and lower class, there were people in the middle, as he mentions “As privates

  • Leadership Philosophy

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    ranks from junior enlisted to senior officer. A couple of my influences succeeded through their career while a couple experienced tribulations along the way, but always recovered. The leaders that had the most influence were those that had a good balance between positional and personal power. My leadership influences were introduced to me during my first and nineteenth year in the Coast Guard. 2. The first influential leader that I was introduced to was my first unit after basic training. Coast

  • The United States Coast Guard and National Defense

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    formed United States. It is the nation’s oldest continuing sea going service. These ships would be used to “cut off” smuggling in and out of the U.S. The term “cutter” is still used today to describe any Coast Guard vessel 65’ or longer. The RCS was first pressed into service during the undeclared Quasi War with France in 1798-99. In 17... ... middle of paper ... ...less and when it is called upon to fight it will transform from a law enforcement and humanitarian service to a fighting force to be

  • Personal Leadership Philosophy

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    Good morning Master Chief Marlatt and Senior Enlisted Leadership Class 66. My leadership philosophy has been heavily influenced by my career as a Surfman and some of the people I have served with. First, what is a good leader? Many of my peers would say a person who is a good lifeboat driver. Does that person have the guys to cross a rough bar at night? Those are things that I think a lot of Surfmen would say a good leader is. I would differ with that. Those are characteristics of a leader

  • Personal Leadership Philosophy Examples

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    Throughout my career I have had many different levels of leadership from junior people that would lend a helping hand to senior leaders that always had my back and the answers to tough questions. The most influential person in my career was a First Class Petty Officer when I was fresh out of school and new to the ship. I had never been to sea and was excited to learn. The next three years were some of the best years of my career. Each day we would do nearly everything together when it came to our equipment

  • Marcus Luttrell Research Paper

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    Shelton. Billy trained them every day after school until he felt they were prepared for the military. Before going into the Armed Forces, Luttrell got a degree at Sam Houston State University in their ROTC program, making him an officer in the Navy. This was Luttrell’s first step into becoming a Navy SEAL. Luttrell enlisted in the Navy

  • Describe what led to your initial interest in the naval service and how the Naval Academy will help you achieve your long range goals, and describ...

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    the military, and more importantly, the United States Navy. Its reputation for instilling high moral character was encouragement for me to develop into a more mature, responsible, and independent young citizen. There are certain qualities that an officer must possess such as: honor, courage, commitment, and attention to duty, responsiveness to orders, cooperation, loyalty, leadership, integrity, and discipline. Throughout my high school career, I showcased these qualities while an active member of

  • A Comparison of Official Crime Statistics and the Actual Crime Rate

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    because it is obvious that not all crime is reported to the police. Many people do not report crime that they feel is too petty and where they cannot gain anything from reporting it (e.g. people may report a stolen car to claim from their insurance.) I th... ... middle of paper ... ...d not get their chance to express their opinion. If I had interviewed a police officer my conclusion on their involvement in the difference between the actual crime rate and the official statistics might have

  • Personal Narrative: My Involvement In High School Activities

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    There is only one that has stuck out to me and to this day I still love it, its softball. I have played softball since my seventh grade year in school. It wasn’t fun at first I ended up with a broken thumb and plenty of concussions. Over the years though I kept practicing and practicing and I kept getting better. I spent hours in my yard practicing. When I was struggling in high school I stayed after to ask my coach what

  • Personal Narrative: Diversity In The Military

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    Ohio State University. My dad joined the Navy way before I was born in 1988. In 1997, as an enlisted second class petty officer he left the military. My dad felt