There are very few things that separate us from animals, opposable thumbs are pretty nice, but the true thing that makes us human is our ability to plan for the future and to be retrospective. Stepping out of our own shoes helps us to prepare for the future, and I feel that this assignment has given me the ability to do just that. Both of my interviews gave me some very similar answers on a few of the questions and vastly different on some of the others. What’s interesting to me is I’ve asked similar questions before, between CTLT and various cadet experiences in my career, but I’ve never taken the time to write them down and actually consider the answers to those questions. I hope that through these interviews I’ll be able to bring a little bit more to the table when I finally make it to the operational force and take over my first platoon or join an S shop. The first person that I interviewed was 2nd Lieutenant John Zuzich, he is a scout platoon leader in 6-9 Cav, 3ABCT, 1CD. After exchanging formalities I jumped into the questions. The first question, based off of the assignment, was. What he wished he had known before becoming a platoon leader? Luckily for him his first job was a platoon leader so we were able to get right into the meat of things. He said that, as a West Pointer he had given to the illusion that all soldiers are America’s best and brightest and that they would be experts in their crafts. Which, in his specific situation, wasn’t the case. Initially he
2Lt Fisher was employed as a Platoon Commander (Pl Comd) on the Army Cadet Leader Course during her time at the CTC. At the beginning of the summer, she displayed disinterest and lack of motivation towards her position and associated responsibilities. During her initial interview, she identified two areas she would work on throughout the course of the summer: enhancing her organizational skills and ensuring cadet participation during scheduled periods of instruction.
In the video, the uniqueness of humans by Robert Sapolsky, explains how animals are not that different than humans. Dr. Sapolsky explains even though animals and humans look different, we all have similar genes. Furthermore, when he breaks down what makes humans unique, he correlates animals` behavior with human behavior; in which, involuntarily makes humans and animals have the same behavior. Dr. Sapolsky shows that even though humans and animals have similar behaviors, humans thought process is more advanced than animals.
On another occasion, General Stanley McChrystal flew into a combat outpost to see my platoon with the majority of my chain of command. We sat in a stable around a fire and he asked direct questions about the mission and what he could do to help us accomplish it. I answered his questions respectfully and bluntly. When he asked what questions I had for him, I asked the questions that my subordinates asked of me. After General McChrystal departed, one of my leaders pulled me aside and he told me that my bluntness stunned him. I replied that I doubted that the general flew all that way to receive sugarcoated answers. A few days later, an officer demonstrating new products in the field for General McChrystal visited our outpost and he confirmed my thoughts. He said that while his primary job was demonstrating the technologies and determining what was beneficial in the field, his ulterior job was collecting honest answers for the general because many people were afraid to be honest to his face. Techniques like these helped General McChrystal understand his operating environment.
What makes us human? This question has been asked over and over by many scholars and people alike to try to identify us as one. Many people have sat, stood, even laid down trying to understand what the answer to this question is. I may not know the exact answer but I do have a theory. I think the thing that makes us human is our differences and the understanding that no matter our differences we are all still the same animal.
Joining the military was astonishing in very many aspects in my life and it truly molded me into who I am today. I will genuinely say that the most important people in my life are my mother and father. I am not a parent myself but I have had years to only imagine how tough parenting can be; especially when raising three stubborn boys. My mother and father are very open minded and kind hearted to everyone regardless of who they are. I will be honest here and say that I may not have been as grateful as I should have been when I was a younger kid, but that’s just life. When you are younger, everything is very simple and do not realize the little things in life. I had no other worries except for, “What’s for dinner?”. The military made me realize how much I appreciated and very much needed my loved ones. Travelling far away to Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, San Diego California and starting my very own journey was one of the toughest decisions at that time to make for myself.
Have an understanding military life, challenges to veterans and respect the customs and traditions that veterans often cling to after transition.
We are all animals. Although we like to believe we are superior and justify many of our actions on this ideology. The truth is quite different. We share countless, undeniable similarities with “animals” and to pretend we are some super being that transcends animals status is foolish.
Ideal- The Marines Embody more of my personal views and ideals then the other branches of the armed services.
Leadership is a personal skill that has to be developed and improved upon daily, just like an athlete works on his craft. We all come from different walks of life and that is often a factor in the way our leadership styles are shaped. Our differences of race, gender, religion, home environment, and lifestyle all have an effect on the way we are led growing up. It is a skill that is mastered over time, while never being perfected. Like anything else in life, leadership skills are often developed from who we are, where we come from and the people in our life who have taught us their knowledge.
Where there is humanity, there is logical thinking and individualism. I believe that this is what separates human beings from animal species. Each
For an example, Lieutenant McDonough had to learn how to deal with enlisted men for the first time. His soldiers were used to a distant, unpresent platoon leader who left all the leadership to the non-commissioned officer, so when he arrived, they treated him like a the clueless officer that they had before him. McDonough had to earn trust with his men and show them that he was willing to go out on patrols with them and reprimand them if they were being insubordinate. He struggled with this balance of trust and authority especially with the new soldiers he was sent after losing some of his originals in battle. He knew he had to utilize his NCO platoon sergeant, Hernandez, but Hernandez felt usurped because, when the previous platoon leader was in charge, he had most of the command of the soldiers in battle, and Lieutenant McDonough seemed to have taken some of that from him. McDonough, although having done his job, had to make repairs to that relationship with his
I would be eligible for this occupation because I love to be active, and I was in cross country. I am able to run long distances without taking a break. My relatives were in the army like my great grandpa who participated in both of the World Wars. My grandpa used to be in the Vietnam War; he talks about it a lot in his spare time. My family has been in the military, but some of my past relatives have.The US Airborne provides excitement, education,opportunity,and competitive wages.
Human beings and other animals are very similar to each other. Visually, most animals look different from one another. However, each animal has attributes that is found in most, if not all, animals. For example, every animal depends on nature and the planet for survival. The same way, nature treats humans just like every other animal on the planet. Humans have no immunity to natural disasters, such as earthquakes and twisters, as well as animal attacks. The action of animals magically being paralyzed if they were going to attack humans is non-existent. Attributes that people have has also been found in other animals. Such examples are building, farming, and memory (Mulcahy). It has even been thought that humans are the only animals in the animal kingdom that have emotions. Of course, this is incorrect as many examples of gratitude, loneliness, embarrassment, or grief can be shown from every animal (Lujin). People have been saying that humans have been separated from animals because of the ability of creation for tools. However, that belief was disbanded when they observed animals such as birds, fish,
There are many job oppurtunitiesin the army. Anyone one can join and be anything he wants. In the army everyone has the chance to travel the world. The army has certain benefits and requirements. All of them will be explained.
Everything created has specie specific qualities. Human beings are closely linked to animals because of the similarities of these specie specific qualities, but these alone do not make humans animals or animals humans. While there are quite a few characteristics that are similar there are enormous differences. One is