Adaptive Challenges

After people get accepted into the Navy SEALs, they have to deal with the everyday life of being a SEAL. Every day in the life of a SEAL is different. Every day of every year is based on the mission the team is training and preparing for. SEALs answer many questions before preparation. The questions include, ”Is it water insert/extraction, or will the team

Our textbook lists the four major reasons for resistance to change as inertia, misunderstandings, group norms and balance of power. Misunderstandings, while difficult to recognize and overcome, can be handled through training, by clearly stating the changes made and the expectations of the department, and by establishing a clear line of communication between officers and superiors. The department can handle group norms resistance by allowing officers to participate in the planning and implementation of the approaching changes. The balance of power is a struggle faced by many departments, and it can create significant resistance to change. Anytime a department is attempting to make a change to an officer autonomy or power there will be resistance, however, by factoring in this resistance and clearly establishing roles and role expectation,

The Marine Corps. Demand alertness at all times. Building the Marine’s confidence and teaching them the attitudes of group loyalty and

In 2012, General Dempsey states “Mission Command is fundamentally a learned behavior to be imprinted into the DNA of a profession of arms.” The way Mission Command has evolved through the past years is indicative to the US Military adjusting to a new threat. The concept of Mission Command is not new, what is important is how General Dempsey states “Education in the fundamental principles of mission command must begin at the start of service and be progressively more challenging..” The General emphasizes the need for education at the start of the individual’s service. Additionally, this highlights the United States Army’s doctrinal adjustment to the new threat. During the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US faced an enemy whose creativity and adaptability are two of its greatest assets. The fast-paced situation changes in both of those AOs required tactical level leadership maintain the autonomy to “exercise disciplined initiative.” This type of initiative historically leads to mission success, specifically in fast-paced situations where a key to success is forcing the enemy to react.

The struggle we face as a corps is to find multi-generational balance. This imbalance is caused by cultural and language differences. However, we are finding success and receptiveness in our corps

11). While there is no collusion within the organization to actively exclude individuals, the constraints of widely spaced flights and completely different functionalities seem engineered to create a barrier to diversity. A barrier analysis of this hardship in getting people to all come together for diversity training and events revealed that this was based on a difficulty in aligning schedules and an agreeable location. In turn, this was a result of the 8 different locations the unit occupies around base that are separated by an average of 3 miles. The reason for this separation was determined to be the variety of jobs that are held by personnel within the organization and their need to collocate near other units to enable mission success for the unit they support. Finally, the reason that so many Defenders are holding so many different jobs is the wide support mission of the unit with many intricate components. Thus, the root cause of the barrier to diversity is the complexity of the organization and structure of the unit (BCEE, 2014b, p.

To be on SEAL Team Six, or United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), it takes a great deal of courage and fight for your country because you are laying your life on the line for your country. In Mark Owen’s autobiography, No Easy Days, he describes, in first person, all of his experiences from the missions where they were looking for a wanted man, Osama Bin Laden. This exhilarating, intensified book about SEAL Team Six is a must-read for action-seeking readers.

In the book SEAL Team Six By Howard Wasdin, there are many different themes that the author develops. Two of the most prevalent he uses are brotherhood and morality. Brotherhood is developed because the SEAL team members learn to trust each other like family. Navy SEALS must also recognize morality because it can easily be lost on some of the most traumatic ops. Wasdin develops the themes of brotherhood and morality throughout the book.

While being a SEAL, a strong bond between teammates can create a strong brotherhood. During Basic Underwater Demolition training (BUD/s), trainees will come to know one another and respect one another. While in the program Wasdin would “risk trouble with the instructors to sneak food” for a man named Rodney. Rodney gained Wasdin’s respect because of his commitment to the program and so Wasdin and other friends would bring him food. Once Wasdin graduated BUD/S and was assigned to his team, he became familiar with them, and they he. While home with his family, Wasdin’s comrades became acquainted with his

The Center for Adaptive Solutions (CAS) serves children ages 3-21 diagnosed with conditions which qualify them for services as per the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) . These conditions include, but are not limited to, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), specific learning disability (SLD), Intellectual Disability, emotional disturbance, and speech and language impairments. CAS serves children from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, and therefore aims to display utmost cultural sensitivity when working with clients of varying backgrounds. Staff strive to consult parents and guardians when developing treatment plans, to ensure cultural values are considered and respected during the implementation of treatments.

Mark Twain was quoted saying, “Courage is the resistance to fear-mastery of fear-not an absence of fear.” Although SEALs actually stand for sea, air, and land, a real SEAL stand for courage, honor, and a commitment to your unit and country against all enemies foreign or domestic. They train harder and in the toughest environment known to man. They are simply a small elite maritime force to conduct beach front surveillance, unconventional warfare, and low visibility operations. SEALs provide the type of power, that a ship, submarine, or even jets and tanks would provide, but when circumstances prevent any of these options. SEALs are a cohesive unit whose best weapon is the element of surprise! The SEALs were thought to come about in World War II and since that time have suffered many losses and sacrifices such as Grenada and Vietnam. They have also been held up high as heroes with their work in both Gulf Wars and the capture of the World’s most wanted war criminal in this modern day, Osama Bin Laden. “They may be few, but they are mighty!”

The U.S. Special Operations Teams are some of the toughest men in the entire world and are trained to endure the most extreme conditions in order to be properly prepared to serve and defend our country, The United States of America. There are three different branches of protection in The United States: the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force. Accordingly, each of these has its own tribute to the Special Operations Forces. The Navy contributes the Navy SEALs, the Air Force provides Air Force SOCOM, and the Army provides the Green Berets, Delta Force, and the Rangers. Each of these sectors is very selective and secretive. The SEALs are likely the most highly trained forces out of all of the Special Operations Units. SEAL stands for Sea, Air, and Land team. The SEALs must know how to do many different things. The SEALs are commandos, which is a soldier who is in the United States Special Operations who specializes in water landings, parachuting, and repelling down mountains. These commandos must also know how to take down enemies while in various places including underwater, in speedboats, helicopters, while parachuting, or by land espionage (Stanley). Their job is complicated because they must know how to do what the Air Force Units do such as parachuting, how to deal with explosives and hands on combat similar to that of the Army Units, along with the “Navy” part of the job which encompasses underwater missions and training. When the SEALs carry out underwater missions, they

As stewards of our profession, commanders ensure that military expertise continues to develop and be passed on to aspiring professionals through operational development. It is during this developmental phase that Professional Soldiers put their knowledge and skills to the test. Operational Army units certify and recertify their Professional Soldiers through repetitive and realistic training events including the Combat Life Saver Course, platoon live fires, and exercises at the National Training Center. In the course of these challenging and realistic experiences, the Army’s operational units develop Soldiers and leaders prepared to maintain high standards, discipline, and operational readiness. Operational development and adaptability will continue to drive changes in Army doctrine, organization, leadership, and education as we enter the post-war era. Without this kind of development, the Army could not maintain a well-disciplined professional fighting force.

A trainee must take both physical and mental tests and make graphs while submerged underwater. In addition, the trainees must be competitive and willing to work for their fellow soldiers and their country. While the training is very challenging and very dangerous, brave men continue to serve in this line of work to protect our amazing country in any way they can because they believe in this country and they believe in freedom and liberty. Navy SEALs are some of the world’s strongest and bravest soldiers and to become one, a man must brave the cold, the heat, physical exhaustion, mental strain, and many other things but they do it for us, the citizens that call this fine country home and they do it so that we can sleep at night without worrying about what warlord might storm our house and kill our family. They do it so that we can be

Within the Defense Support Program, key program cultures are ingrained. Both, the Air Force and DeTech, share the “common imperative for mission success” (Milosevic, Patanakul, & Srivannaboon, 2010, para. 8). The Air Force