Airman

"Yeats' poetry is driven by a tension between the real world in which he lives and an ideal world world that he imagines." - Respond to the studied poetry in light of this statement. W.B Yeats is a poet famous for his romantic, and often ironic, portrayals of the world and us, its inhabitants. His struggle to reconcile the reality of human life with the model world he writes of, and so desperately yearns for, resonates through his poetry and lends a profound depth to his work. Yeats' enchantment

The emotional impacts of war are experienced differently and can generate a negative outlook on fighting for your country. War can either make you or break you. Emotionally it can be very complicated, many soldiers end disabled, diseased and die. As we have read in the previous units, there will always emotional attachment that can not be measured. The emotional impact that war has causes a positive and negative outcome. Society would wonder why one would want to devote themselves to battle their

“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” Most Airman in today’s Air Force can immediately give you an example of failed leadership within their unit. Not because poor leaders are rampant in the service but because bad leaders leave a lasting impression on our troops. The challenges for today’s military

Leadership is fundamental to every successful process known to mankind. There must always be someone who is willing to initiate the first step, and by example, others are given inspiration or purpose to follow suit. Though many definitions exist, Josh Kuehler captures the essence of leadership in business by noting "Leadership is the ability to inspire motivation in others to move toward a desirable vision. While management is focused on tasks, leadership is focused on the person. All in all, the

Imagine it is December 7th, 1941 and you are brushing your teeth to go to church, and then you hear the Japanese has bombed Pearl Harbor. Later imagine your family and friends who were Japanese American and religious leaders, local business owners and people who went to school in Japan being taken to internment camps. At this point they labeled all Japanese American citizens as enemy aliens and unable to serve in the United States Military. This all changed in 1943 and as soon as Daniel K. Inouye

sure each airman is guided down the right path to success. This is why I believe in Transformational Leadership as the key to developing exceptional airmen. A CMSgt once told me “If you want to be a senior leader, then you have to show how you make those beneath you better”. I’ve thought about that ever since, but didn’t really know how to attack the issue until now.

Iran Hostage Crisis The Iran Hostage Crisis lasted for 444 days and went from 4 November 1979 to 20 January 1981. This crisis happened only after a long time friend and ally, the Shah of Iran, was ousted from power and left Iran in January 1979. A revolutionary leader named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in Iran when he returned in February 1979. Khomeini started rhetoric against the United States as the "Great Satan" that provided young Iranian students a reason to storm the U.S

master certified Mercedes-Benz mechanic. Upon return from an eight-month deployment I was contacted by a fellow airman I had never met. His vehicle had been disabled for almost three months. He could not afford to have it fixed. My supervisor gave him my name, and I was able to help. I completed about 30 hours of labor and needed only about $700 in parts. I was able to save this airman around $3000 and did not charge him anything for my time. I was able to return this family of five a vehicle for

When I think about a good leader, I think about someone who is well balanced. A leader who is responsible, accountable, and reliable. An individual that exemplifies all the traits we expect in a leader. I have encountered many great leaders during my 10 years I have been in the Air Force. Many have left lasting impressions, and I often find myself wanting to emulate the type of person they have been in the past. What traits make up a good leader though? I will take this opportunity to tell

of planes being flown during the war and which types are most dreaded and feared. Louie and his team end up flying in a B-24, which many men would call a “Flying Coffin”. Louie and his team named their plane the “Superman”. During this time every airman was fearful because the amount of planes lost and never to be found was extremely high. Louie and his friends knew many people who had gone missing and been pronounced dead while serving. During this section we learn that Louie is still his troublemaker