Dual Vision

I bet the professor is sitting in his trench coat and fedora reveling in the readings that we are being assigned each week. Just Kidding.

As we dwell deeper into the class the structure and layout of the class is evident. This week we focused on a civil society and where and how it is derived. The main premise behind this weeks readings were to see how different groups of people saw civilization. From their many different perspectives we learn some things about ourselves. Our culture appears to be one of Greco-Roman heritage. The ideas that were presented seemed to agree with our way of life. I did my posting on civilians leading the military. We in the military see this quite often now. With the demands and financial constraints of the military, the military is outsourcing shore duty jobs to civilians because overall it is cheaper. The leaders of the military are civilians and are appointed by the president.

We are affected by the way they lead. They are not held to the same laws and standards that military personnel are held to. This was the one topic that affected me the most because it hits home. The presidential election this year will provide us with a new civilian in charge. A Senator who was a prisoner of war and a freshman Senator who is a lawyer by trade. I respect both of their records but they are not intune with the demands of todays military. We have Sailors, Soldiers, Airman and Marines fighting side-by-side on the ground because our military is stretched thin and we want to help our fellow servicemembers get the job done.

This class is put into succession so you can see how the society was created and how the laws and common western values fall in line. The sequencing is superb and should be required in all institutions of higher learning. The context makes you think and provides the opportunity to see things from other perspectives.