Over the past few weeks I have honed in on my journey to and throughout foundations of moral reasoning. I thought back to the very first team I was a part of, my family, and how I developed my principles. I lost my mother at a very young age and was sent to live with my grandparents in New York. I was reluctant at first and became angry at the situation I was in. I could not comprehend why this had happened to me, often wanting to be alone and growing distant. Over time I realized that everything was going to be fine and I became very close with my new family, beginning to develop my own way of thinking, for the right reasons: I wanted to stand up for what I believed in and be a part of something bigger than myself. Oblivious to me at …show more content…
Mr. Hundert was an educator, mentor, and affected his students in ways that go far beyond his job description. He even returned to teaching after retiring, I believe, because it was his calling and he felt he still had something to contribute. In contrast, Sedgewick Bell evolved into a man who lacked morals and substance, although he make more money or become a public figure, he will not touch people the way that Mr. Hundert did. Throughout the course I have posed a question to myself: how will I be remembered and what path do I want to venture down next? The military lifestyle is a huge sacrifice and essentially a burden on the family. I truly believe that I can enhance any team’s functionality, open-mindedness, and meliorate goal accomplishment. However, is it worth sacrificing a stable lifestyle for? It is not ideal to pick up and move the family every two years, and when the time comes it will not be an easy decision due to spiritual investments I have already made. Even the force that I am currently a part of has undergone a massive overhaul. As the endeavors in Iraq and Afghanistan have reduced typical military deployments, a new type of partner nation relationship development has begun. NEOD is less often “large and in charge” and more frequently conducting advise and assist missions supporting partner nation capacity building (Highly valued partner nations like Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and the Philippines). Teams and members have had to adjust their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP’s). Just like members of this cohort, we have discovered each other in a new role. We as individuals have taken these dimensions and created our own team. A team we will continue to interact with, in a united fashion over the next three years to facilitate excellence around