. As we build mission ready Coast Guardsmen, we must provide world class deck plate leadership to our workforce. As we promote a culture of courtesy and respect for all, we will enable everyone to be dynamic and passionate leaders. Being a member of the Coast Guard demands a substantial amount of dedication. The amount of time and effort expected of you, regardless of your rate, whether you are Active Duty or Reservist, or even a family member of someone serving, is tremendous. Leadership’s responsibility
The Coast Guard could be saving hundreds of thousands of dollars a year; so why are they wasting it? There are many ways that the Coast Guard can save money, but one easy fix is to establish a program for Geographic Location. The Coast Guard has over 40,000 members serving on active duty (Today’s Military, 2017). Every year, hundreds of members and their families move either to another state, or across the country to places against their will for reasons of their own. The Coast Guards reason
on a rock surrounded by his family and friends when a tall man came up to him. He casually asked “Can I borrow HIm for a second?” pointing at Gerald. They walked about 30 feet away from the others and then said “I am the head recruiter for the coast guard and I want you to join”. He looks at him weird for a second then answers. “Let me get back to you on that I have to think It over; I have a lot on my plate right now. After the recruiter walked off he went straight to the car and waited for his
Topic: The Bermuda Triangle General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that Bermuda Triangle has some scientific reasons which effects a lot of mysterious incidents. Central idea: Despite it is a dangerous and mysterious place, but Bermuda Triangle has so much of attractive places to visit. INTRODUCTION I. Bermuda Triangle is a part which is situated in the North of Atlantic Oceon. The Bermuda Triangle covers about 500, 000 miles of the sea around the world. The Bermuda
The Return of Phineas Gage: Clues About the Brain from the Skull of a Famous Patient “On 13 September 1848, Phineas P. Gage, a 25-year-old construction foreman for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in New England, became the victim of a bizarre incident.” (Damasio, Grabowski, Frank, Galaburda, & Damasio, 1994). Due to an unfortunate accident while working on the railroad, a tamping iron over 3 and a half feet long blasted through Phineas Gage’s cheek, frontal lobe and out the top of his skull
Work groups are created when individuals come together to collaborate and accomplish a specific goal. The social interactions between group members, their behavior and the processes the group uses to reach their goal are defined as group dynamics. Essentially, effective group dynamics enable a group to form and function well. During the course of a modern-day career, almost everyone will be required to work within a group at some point. Organizations and individuals need to be aware of group dynamics
According to my Leadership Practices Inventory (LPO)/360 feedback, I need to more actively seek out challenging opportunities that test my skills and abilities. First and foremost, I will personally implement the Coast Guard’s Individual Development Plan and reevaluate my goals. This will highlight completed goals, realign my sight if it veered from previous incomplete objectives and illuminate changes to my goals, allowing me to refocus my efforts on new and more
The Coast Guard The Coast Guard is unique in that it combines military, law enforcement, humanitarian, and regulatory functions under a single organization that serves under the Department of Homeland Security. Despite reporting to the Department of Homeland Security, Title 14 stipulates that the Coast Guard is a military service and Coast Guard ships are US warships. It is the only armed service that draws its authority from Title 14 of the US Code rather than Title 10 and is the only service exempt
help federal agencies administer immigrations laws by detecting legal foreign nationals who have overstayed or violated the agreement of their terms of admission (Kephart, 2013). According to the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Coast Guard has begun using a mobile biometric system that is used to identify past criminal activity, immigration violations, as well as people on the terrorist watch lists (Department of Homeland Security, 2015). This private sector system is becoming more
I believe that there should be a homeland security majors in colleges. Although I think it should be more of a major that requires many different classes to receive. I believe it should be a mix of criminal justice classes, and classes that are focused on topics in homeland security. Such as terrorism, natural hazards, and domestic terrorism classes should be required for the major. That way students are learning more than just the normal criminal justice classes, they have classes that focus on
Homeland security is well known for its ability to defend the United States from attacks, either foreign or domestic, on its own soil. However, no one really thinks about how the DHS gets the intelligence needed to adequately protect the country and its citizens. This intelligence is gathered a variety of ways from different sources, including local law enforcement as well as national agencies. The degree that information is received from these different sources and analyzed is directly correlated
e mission of the department of homeland security is “to secure the nation from the many threats we face. This requires the dedication of more than 240,000 employees in jobs that range from aviation and border security to emergency response, from cybersecurity analyst to chemical facility inspector. Their duties are wide-ranging, and our goal is clear - keeping America safe” the secr Thetary oversees the third largest department of the cabinet keeping america safe from terrorists.He runs this organization
Introduction The Joint Terrorism Task Forces and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fusion Centers are two crucial intelligence-gathering programs in the United States. Both programs play a big role in preventing terrorist attacks and other criminal activities, such as drug and weapon smuggling. These agencies are responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence information to identify potential terrorist threats and prevent attacks. Understanding the history and impact on the United States
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lacks sufficient interoperable information sharing capabilities amongst operational components due to technological and procedural stovepipes. This lack of capability to provide transparent and continuous interagency awareness and interaction at the operational level often results in overlapping, conflicting, or misaligned single-agency policy and technical solutions that must be resolved at the tactical layer to achieve interoperability. DHS components
Purpose Statement: In 2010, Secretary Janet Napolitano addressed the U.S. Senate Committee and highlighted the “main ways in which the terrorist threat to our country is changing - ways that increasingly challenge law enforcement and the intelligence community.” She continued to address the ways that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was moving to address these issue in the ever evolving threat of homegrown terrorism. Since the tragic events of 9/11, which led to the creation of the DHS
Introduction The Department of Homeland Security which was formed in 2002 through Homeland Security Act is a cabinet level agency which comprises of 22 components agencies and with about 240,000 employees (Johnson, 2015). Creation of DHS was the largest restructuring of the federal government after President Harry Truman and Congress created the CIA, Defense Department, and National Security Council in the 1940s. The missions the agency include counterterrorism; border security; aviation security;
The Mission of DHS The mission of the Department of Homeland Security has had to evolve. On February 15, 2005, Secretary Michael Chertoff and initiated a Second Stage Review of the Department. Secretary Chertoff broadcasted a six-point agenda in July 2005. The six-point plan was to increase overall preparedness, create better transportation security systems, strengthen border security, information sharing, improve DHS financial management, and realign the DHS organization (DHS, 2015). Next, The
Homeland Security TOPIC 1: Homeland security has been a very important entity for the United States of America. Homeland Security protects the country from terrorist organization from doing attacks from within the United States and possible drug cartels terrorist related. Like anything else in the world there are elements that give capabilities and limitations to the homeland security. One of the biggest capability that homeland security has is information sharing. Some of the limitations is
We live in a modern era: one that allows us to learn about and accept personal disabilities and limitations that were previously hidden from the public or even institutionalized. In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a fifteen-year old boy named Christopher shares his life with autism. The book leads the reader to believe the main themes revolve around a murder mystery, but as Christopher begins to investigate, he starts to uncover more than he bargained for. Although
FEMA 2012), In the wake of a fiasco, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assumes a basic part in addressing the needs of influenced populaces in the United States. Consider Tropical Storm Irene, a noteworthy catastrophe that hit the East Coast in September 2011. (“The Role of FEMA in Disasters”