Suicide, a Human Tragedy
September 27th, 2010
Warning Signs Poster
The knife shakes in his hand. He moves the small three inch blade slowly down his arm. He’s rehearsing this. The cold steel of the blade slowly scrapes back up his arm as his tears fall onto his pale forearm.
With his mind running wild and his eyes filled with tears and hate, he grits his teeth. He knows that it is coming soon. He’s planned this all day, almost looking forward to it in class. It is supposed to take all of the pain, the suffering, the frustration and hate.
Thoughts of his mother ring through his head. He remembers being a small child with his mom. He remembers holding her hand in the parking lot, and the love that he felt with that. He would look at her and smile. Love fills his heart.
Insanity instantly comes and rips out the love. He remembers her, his now ex-girlfriend. He remembers the pain that he’s caused her, and how she has now turned his entire family against him. My family no longer even wants me on this planet, he thinks to himself.
He removes the cell phone from his pocket and (Read the rest of the article…)
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Navy Bootcamp
September 15th, 2010
The boots pound the pavement. Cadence is called from a female whose strained voice echoes across the wide open campus. The division’s feet are finally in step after going through two months of continuous training. This is everything they’ve trained for. This is everything they’ve studied crammed into one building placed strategically in the center of the base. This is their final test. This is BATTLE STATIONS.
Eight weeks earlier, the bus pulls into Chicago’s O’Hare airport’s terminal near the baggage claim. Countless numbers of new recruits, including myself, are waiting in civilian clothes. There isn’t any yelling yet, but I know there will be soon. I am ready. We are herded onto the bus in several lines, and we all take one last look around the airport.
The majority of the bus ride is in silence, except for the video and the answering of questions by the petty officer assigned to give us our first brief on what we are about to go about to go through. Through most of my research, I knew all of the information about the subject, but I am willing to learn more.
Amidst the rules and regulations, I immediately notice a sign as the bus ride ends. It is a sign located on a small brick wall located directly underneath the American Flag, which waves proudly in the wind. “Welcome to the US Navy.”
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Navy SRB Guidance as of 08SEP2010
September 9th, 2010
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance that was released September 8, 2010 via NAVADMIN 300/10. (Read the rest of the article…)
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Enlistment Bonuses for SELRES
September 1st, 2010
Effective October 1, 2010, bonuses will be available to prior service personnel who affiliate in the Navy Reserve in the ratings, and for the period of times, listed below, and also for new enlistees who enter the New Accession Training Program (as listed in the NAVADMIN below) for a minimum of 6 years.
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