During his last year of service with the Marines, Christopher Lee Boyd was sent to Iraq. Boyd was a driver in the fourth combat engineer battalion. In Iraq, Boyd’s unit swept for land mines and escorted convoys. When
Instead, he put himself in harms way in order to not only accomplish the mission, but to ensure that the few Marines he still had fighting would not be over run. Non Commissioned Officers are called on daily to put the needs of the Marines under their charge above their own. As we move on to more recent examples of exemplary NCOs, one would be remiss to not remember Cpl Jason Dunham. Cpl Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Iraq in 2004. Again, no better justice can be done than to read his citation. "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, First Marine Division (Reinforced), on 14 April 2004. Corporal Dunham's squad was conducting a reconnaissance mission in the town of Karabilah, Iraq, when they heard rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire erupt approximately two kilometers to the west. Corporal Dunham led his Combined Anti-Armor Team towards the engagement to provide
Colonel (Col) Michael Steele’s resolute beliefs regarding how to prepare his unit for combat and his bravado demeanor commanded respect from other bemused military officers. While serving as Commanding Officer (CO), 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Col Steele aggressively cultivated a command climate focused on three core principles: personal protection, precision, and lethality. Although these three core principles narrowly aligned with the Army's "Soldier's Creed", Col Steele’s principles did not reinforce the Army’s individual and organizational core values. 3rd Brigade’s disassociated ethical subculture fostered a toxic environment which compromised both subordinate commanders' and individual soldiers' moral standards to various extents. Col Steele’s vague guidance concerning proper ethical behavior during the execution of high stress Counter-Insurgency (COIN) missions resulted in subordinates failing to conduct kinetic operations in accordance with established Army ethical standards. The military establishment shall remember May 09, 2006 as the day the revered "Rakkasans" failed to personify the unit's motto of "Ne Desit Virtus," meaning "Let Valor Not Fail". For on this day, four soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, known to the “Rakkasans” as the "Kill Company", murdered eight unarmed Iraqi citizens during Operation Iron Triangle. These four soldiers failed to understand the nature and consequences of their iniquities as they could no longer distinguish
Angel dust, PeaCe pills, super grass, and zoom are all street names for Phencyclidine, or PCP for short. If PCP is mixed with marijuana, it is known as dust blunt, happy sticks, or dippers. If PCP is mixed with ecstasy, or also known as MDMA, then it is called elephant flipping or Pikachu. Only the history of PCP can tell us where some of these exotic names for this drug came from. PCP was originally developed as an anesthetic for human in the 1950’s and eventually made its way to become a tranquilizer in veterinarian medicine (Rudgley, 1998. Karch, 1998). Eventually in 1965, the legal use of this drug was ended due to severe side effects to the user. Despite the fact that PCP became illegal, Clandestine laboratories manufactured and sold this drug in a pill form, which gave way to one of its strange name known as the PeaCe Pill (Karch, 1998). A clandestine laboratory is an illegally run operation usually by gangs to manufacture illegal drugs. By 1978 the drug became widely popular due to these illegal laboratories and
So we start of with x^2-4x+y^2+8y=-4 you would then take 1/2 of -4 and square it, then take 1/2 of 8 and square it. You would then get x^2-4x+4-4+(y^2+8y+16-16=-4. After all of these steps you would factor the square, x-2^2-4+y+42-16=-4, x-2^2+y+4^2-20=-4. Then you would add 20 to both sides, x-)^2+y+4^2=16
Find the number that 5 times itself is the same as 3 times that number plus 2.
Joivita Bradford is a second year associate in the 2014 Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) with the Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS), CDC. Ms. Bradford is currently assigned to San Joaquin County Public Health Services in the Health Promotions and Chronic Disease Prevention Department. She provides support with community engagement, education, data analysis, program evaluation, and strategic planning.
Many people are inclined to believe that square one is the beginning and must be defined as such to truly understand what square one is. The Big bang, the start of our universe, a black hole, nothingness, a blank slate, etc, but I must disagree. Literally speaking we, and everything else in this universe, are just statistical variables that are on a quest for a conclusion. This conclusion may or may not include unlimited entropy theorized as the Big Freeze, or an infinitely intense energy state theorized as the Big Crunch. Based on this information, I would have to refute the earlier premiss. No, square one should simply be the line of best fit for all the variables that make up our universe, or the simple line. This “line” would be the average of the literal universe and everything inside of it, neither imperfection nor perfection, just an average. Because our universe finds actuality in anarchy, this
Since 50 minutes equals 25+25, you'll use 25 part of the equation. Which is dividing 360 by 60 minutes (1 hour).
3 x 2 + -2 x 4 + 3 x 8 + -2 x 1= 6 -8 +24 -2= 20
HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) Level II codes are updated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. HCPCS Level II codes are revised annually with implementation in Jaunary of each year. This means that coders have to stay up to date on all changes. Some of the ways coders can stay up to date include: getting updates from the CMS website; consulting with the ASCA website; network with other coders; and consulting local coverage determinations. There are also monthly newsletters published by the AMA called HCPCS Assistant that are considered an official coding resource by the CMS. The medical management software must be kept up to date to ensure the proper codes are being used. A coder should never use an older
According to Wikipedia, Peter C. Lemon while he was in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Lemon, Company E, was an assistant machine gunner at the defense of Fire Support Base Illingworth. When the base came under heavy enemy attack, Sgt. Lemon shot at an enemy with machine gun and rifle f from his defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. He then used grenades to fend off the brutal enemy attack launched in his direction. After eliminating all but 1 of the enemy soldiers, he pursued and disposed of the remaining soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Despite wounds from an exploding grenade, Sgt. Lemon returned to his machine gun, carried a more seriously wounded ally to an aid station, and, as he returned,
The cool, calm and collective Gunna who creates loud and phenomenal music. The in differ name, Gunna comes from his cousin who felt that the name Gunna is more suitable for his aptitude and lifestyle, so his previous stage name, Snypa was dismissed. Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Gunna took on a lot of knowledge from the streets that kept him focused on a career path in Hip Hop. Growing up listening to Jay- Z and Lil Wayne, he knew that he was capable of making great music. Being a part of the evolution of Hip Hop, his sound of music is different than the artists that he listens too. He is motivated by the love he have for music. He is passionate about his lyrics that limericks, gives energy and represents the realness in life.
One million dollar is not a small amount of money; you can buy a lot of staffs, travel around the world and buy a nice house. One million is also not a big amount of money; compared with many big investments, the rate of return can be very low. So if I have one million today I will start my own business.
Rabbits were discovered first in Asia, a long time ago and since the discovery of rabbits, they spread vastly to so many countries. Gomphos Elkema is the first and oldest rabbit to be discovered. Rabbits bread rapidly, in the 1700’s and this increased greatly, the life span for a rabbit is usually between 6-9 years depending on the breed. Rabbits belongs to the mammals called logomprphia. There are about 40 species of rabbits, presently there are over 60 breeds of rabbits. In this project we focused on the mini lop breed, the mini-lop is a medium sized breed, the mini lop was first discovered in Europe and it was the first breed to have been discovered with fluffy ears. Bob Herschbach discovered the mini lop in the United States in 1970 , he originally was living in Germany and when he decided to move to the united states, he took 3 trio ( 1 male and two females) German rabbits and he brought it down to California with the intention to develop a dwarf kind of lop in different colors.