Christmas was celebrated for the second time away from home. On Saturday prior to Christmas, we had a PCV Christmas dinner with friends from nearby aimags and soums. We finally ate the turkey Peace Corps gives us every year. I was fortuitously not in charge of the bird. I still remember...
While the Peace Corps has provided me with a large number offirsts, this is not the first time I’m playing the role of teacher, and if I’m to be perfectly honest, I had my “ah ha” moment a long time ago. I’ve worked as a camp counselor, a horseback riding instructor, a ...
Wow. Talk about impact. I was idealistic enough to think he was actually giving me a clarion call. But there was no Peace Corps because I couldn’t be vaccinated, so no overseas travel at the time. There was no military because my vision was so bad. There were no offices to hold, b...
Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook peace operations Acronyms A broad term that encompasses peacekeeping operations and peace enforcement operations conducted in support of diplomatic efforts to establish and maintain peace. Also called PO. See also peace building; peace enforcement; peacekeeping; ...
my travels, my way. currently exploring eswatini and the rest of southern africa as a peace corps volunteer
While the Peace Corps has provided me with a large number offirsts, this is not the first time I’m playing the role of teacher, and if I’m to be perfectly honest, I had my “ah ha” moment a long time ago. I’ve worked as a camp counselor, a horseback riding instructor, a ...
aL'Eau d'Issey - Lait Hydratant pour le Corps L'Eau d'Issey - Lait Hydratant 倒 le 军团[translate] aprefer……to 更喜欢...[translate] a所以我还会说一点点的韩语 Therefore I also can speak the little Korean[translate] aThey raced greyhound, 他们赛跑了灵狮,[translate] a我帮...
At the top of the military command structure are the chiefs of staff for the Army and Air Force, the chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of The Marine Corps. They also serve as the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the committee gives advice on military matters to the President, the Secre...
I once promised myself I would never work for money, that I would join the Peace Corps, and that 1 would live in beautiful, inspirational places. Instead, I had been in Detroit for ten years, at the same workplace, using the same bank, visiting the same barber. I was thirty-seven,...
Israel Tal, doyen of the armoured corps and ‘father’ of the Merkava MBT. ‘But I am totally opposed to the process the IDF has been undergoing in the past few years, and especially now. Not only are the elite units, with all their excellent commanders and soldiers, not a sufficient ...