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A goal without a plan is doomed to fail. My goal for graduate school is to acquire new writing skills and to refine those I already possess. I want to be the best writer I can be and my plan is to utilize graduate-level education to me my goal of being a better writer. Northern Arizona University’s Master of Arts (MA) in English (Professional Writing emphasis) is the best way for me to do just that. As a foundation for my studies I have a vast amount of experience and formal military training in the field of professional writing.
Professional writing has been the cornerstone of my nearly 15-year career in the U.S. Army. I have completed hundreds of hours of formal training on writing numerous types of reports and educational documents. As an intelligence analyst, I have written well-over 3,000 intelligence reports. Similarly as a member of large-unit staff my primary duty was publishing operational orders for subordinate units distributed throughout several countries. In that capacity I would draft those orders or I was the quality control point of contact ensuring they were error-free and executable. My current position as an instructor of entry-level analysts has given me the chance to delve …show more content…

Staff duty is a form of continuity of operations regarding a military unit’s operations during off-duty hours. That SOP is what I chose to upload as my writing sample although it does exceed the page count. I selected it because if I possessed to a “highlight reel” of my best products that document would surely be in it. That document was possible only because I had received the proper training. None of my workplace writing would have been possible without the extensive military training the Army, Air Force, and member-agencies of the intelligence community have provided me. I want to expand upon my military training and experience with the education I know NAU’s faculty can give me as a graduate

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