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8 life lessons I learned from my military dad

Regardless of how I gleaned them, I wanted to share the small bits of wisdom I learned from my military dad in honor of Father's Day.

By Sarah Sicard | Published Jun 17, 2016 8:00 AM EDT

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The first 18 years of my life were spent under military rule: primarily my father’s, who recently retired after 23 years as an officer and CH-46 pilot in the U.S. Navy. And while sometimes it was incredibly trying, I have to credit my upbringing for making me the person I am. Generally speaking, being a military brat has a really profound impact on who you become later in life.

I have my mom to thank for being my best friend and a constant pillar of support in my everyday life. But my dad so often taught me the harder, harsher lessons in life — whether he explicitly told them to me, or showed me by simply being himself.

Regardless of how I gleaned them, I wanted to share the small bits of wisdom I learned from my military dad in honor of Father’s Day.

1. You can’t cry over everything.

There’s no use crying over spilled milk or anything else really. Growing up, a lot of what I learned from my dad was that being upset, apart from being somewhat intolerable, was a huge waste of time. His attitude helped me realize that instead of crying, you should change what you don’t like, and just let go of things that you can’t fix.

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2. Never stop working hard.

Whether it was at school, or in a job, one of the best pieces of advice I ever got from my dad was that you have to work hard consistently for things. He was the first in his family to go to college through ROTC, and he reminded me often that any time you stop trying to be better, you start settling. You may be the most powerful person in a room, but that doesn’t mean you get to stop working hard. In fact, the takeaway as I understood it was that the more you have, the harder you have to work to maintain it.

3. Life is never fair. Deal with it.

This was a bit I learned, albeit cruelly, after my sister was born. Not everything in life is even, just, or fair. Sometimes the scales tip in your direction, sometimes they favor other people. My dad was never one to pander to the whims of an outraged preschooler, so I learned the lesson of unfairness very early on. But I appreciate this lesson most of all, because it taught me not to be bitter when things don’t roll my way.

4. Sometimes you have to act older than you are.

It wasn’t explicit. But I learned, each time my dad deployed, that I had to be older than my age. Being the oldest of three, I couldn’t be so dependent on my mom. Sometimes she needed me too. By the time I was seven, I could braid my own hair, make my own lunch, read chapter books, and countless other things. Sometimes I feel like parts of my childhood were missed, but mostly I am grateful for how independent I was allowed to become.

5.You have to be smart with money.

When my dad retired, I was 19. Watching him struggle with the idea of leaving the military for a civilian life, a civilian job, and civilian wages was hard to do. The fear about supporting three kids in college, a mortgage, and still being able to enjoy life rocked our entire family. In it all, the lesson was clear: you damn well better be smart with your money, because you never know how life’s going to turn out.

6. Take advantage of every opportunity afforded to you.

The caveat here is that the independent streak created by growing up as a military brat contradicted the notion that asking for help is okay. I never wanted anything to be handed to me, I needed to feel like I earned it. More recently, he suggest that if you are presented an opportunity or someone offers help, you should take it. There’s nothing wrong with accepting a little boost every now and again. It’s dumb to let pride prevent you from getting ahead.

7. People suck.

This may seem pretty pessimistic, but my dad taught me that sometimes, the biggest source of misery in your life will be other people. Sometimes they’re mean, sometimes they’re boring, and sometimes they break your heart. Even the best people sometimes suck. And on that note, I felt sometimes that he sucked too — though this thought occurred to me mostly when I was 16 and hated him, as teenage girls are wont to do.

8. Only do what makes you happy.

Having been a career officer, the one thing my dad said when he got out was not to waste time doing things that don’t make you happy. And I think this advice may have come from his regrets in worrying about our house, cars, vacations, school, and financial concerns. There were so many times where he sacrificed his happiness for all the material things you get caught up in when you raise a family. As a result, he’s encouraged us to only seek out endeavors that mean something, that will lead to fulfillment and happiness.

Feature image: Capt. David Sasek, chief staff officer for Naval Base Ventura County, helps his daughter through the obstacle course during the Mud Run at Port Hueneme, California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Karalie Moore)

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Life Lessons Learned in the Military: 5 Money Tips From My Army Dad

Growing up, my family never had much money — or so I thought. We were a military family, and my dad always told us to never join the military if we wanted a lucrative career.

But even with my dad being in the U.S. Army for 20-plus years, he was still able to retire early, as well as purchase and manage a home. More importantly, he taught his kids — myself included — financial lessons that I will never forget.

1. Live Well Below Your Means

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My dad grew up in a poor household and was raised by a single mom until he left home at age 13. He bounced from place to place until he joined the military at 16, and for the first time in his life, he made money.

To this day, my dad believes that necessities are the only things you need in life.

My dad always tried to live on half of his income . Sometimes that meant living in a small apartment with four to six people crammed in. Other times it meant eating beans and rice for a few days because our food budget was almost used up. It wasn’t always fun, but we almost always had everything we needed. And now my dad can live comfortably because he budgeted his income so well over the years.

These lessons aren’t just inherent to my dad. They’re echoed by other military service members and their families.

“The foremost lesson I got from my parents was understanding how to live within your means, and the value of putting money away consistently,” says Brian Wagner, a U.S. Army officer, whose father also served in the Army.

2. Live a Minimalist Lifestyle

Along with living below our means, my dad also wanted to live with less stuff. I consider my dad a true hipster — he’s been practicing minimalism since before it was cool. Since my family moved often (sometimes every year), we couldn’t afford to have a ton of random stuff.

To make sure that we could pack the entire home in less than a day, we kept as few belongings as possible. Instead of several pots and pans, we had one of each. Each person had only two washcloths and one towel, and we kept toys and games to a minimum.

This may all sound harsh and boring, but it never was. We were always encouraged to go outside, check out local places like our library , and just be happy with what we had. In fact, it taught us to use our imaginations and create our own fun — something I see many of my peers struggling with today.

“While my dad was gone on deployment, my family saved a significant amount of that extra cash,” says Meghan Davis, whose father was in the Army for 33 years. “I was always taught to be frugal with my money, even when there was ‘extra’ money coming in.”

“I learned valuable life and finance lessons that have empowered me to be prepared for anything, especially now that I have my own family,” Davis continues.

I’ve carried on my dad’s teachings into my adult life, and I’m grateful that I learned to live this way.

I’ve managed to avoid consumer debt, and I live in a much smaller home that allows me the freedom to pay all my bills on time and in full.

3. Always Prepare for the Worst

Even though my dad’s job in the Army was fairly secure, he always talked about preparing for the worst. Whether that meant deployments (which happened), being discharged, or having to retire earlier than expected, my dad wanted to prepare for every scenario. In addition to saving 50 percent of his income, he also made sure to keep full-coverage car insurance and a decent emergency fund .

After his retirement, it was difficult to find a suitable new job, but he was prepared for it. As such, he could live comfortably for an entire year before he secured his preferred position as a police officer.

“Because the military’s retirement system forces you to look 10 or 20 years down the road, it makes it easier to get into that mindset for saving early,” Wagner says.

4. Travel Often, But Travel Cheap

If there’s one thing that my dad didn’t mind spending money on, it was traveling. He always tried to  take us on vacation at least once a year.

But some of these trips — even overseas ones — came in under $1,000 for the entire family.

He made sure to scour for deals, apply for sweepstakes (he even won a few), and travel during the off-season. He would even barter a bit of work for a meal or an extra night  in a hostel .

5. Invest When You Can

He made sure to teach us what he knew about investing. He started off simply, investing only in his Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account that he had through the Army. As his confidence grew, he branched out into other investments, including picking his own stocks .

Over the course of 20 years of cautious investing, he has been able to grow his net worth exponentially. And keep in mind that he never made more than $75,000 a year.

While my dad doesn’t push investing on others, he believes that anyone can save at least a few dollars  per paycheck. Because of him, I’ve put away at least $10 a week into my retirement plan since I turned 18. Even if I can’t invest that much, I still try to put in a few dollars. Because of my dad, I have plans to retire by 50 — maybe even sooner.

Life Lessons Learned in the Military: A Final Thought

All of these life and money lessons come thanks to our dad, who not only served our country and made us proud, but also made us aware that it’s possible to live well and be happy on a small budget.

Additional reporting by Connor Beckett McInerney .

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Essay on my hero, my dad who went to the army

acharrell 2 / 3   Mar 5, 2013   #1 Ann Caroline Harrell Mrs. Blair Honors English 1 5 March 2013 My Hero My dad is not only a hero, but a father figure as well. He is my hero for many reasons, some of which no one will understand but me. My dad has taught me not only kindness and devotion, but loyalty as well. My dad did one thing that changed my life for a year, something I did not wish for him to do, but something he felt compelled to do. He withdrew from his life in West Point to take on the role of being a soldier for the National Guard. He knew that it would trouble us, but he always said "do not cry over spilled milk," and that a year would move by fast. My dad never forgot his true role to be a father, he never once failed to remember that we were still in his life or to forget the pain we were suffering from for his soon to be absence. He tried to make his little time with us as valuable as he could by throwing the ball or watching movies as a family. The day he left brought many tears to the eyes of the ones he loved, including me. We knew that it would be a long and hard year but we also knew we could get through it. We had to have devotion through this struggle, to still be a family and stick together. We would get letters and small gifts in the mail and videos of him talking about his adventure so far. Loyalty to stay in contact was hard, but we managed to do it. We would Skype every other day and sometimes get a phone call from him. I never quite knew what he did during the days because he could not tell us, I knew that he could not because it was one of the rules in the military, but I also knew he did not want to trouble us. While my dad was gone my family and I went through hard times. Many days we thought we could not handle this anymore or that we would not make it without our dad. But he would remind us just a few more months. My friends and relatives were very nice toward us while he was away, especially Sydney. She was very supportive and would always get my mind off of things. One day I was tired of people asking me about my dad and I got upset and yelled at one of my best friends, I realized later on that I upset her. I apologized to her because my dad taught me to be kind, not mean, and I did not want to loose my best friend too. Although my dad was gone, we managed to get through the year. Everything my dad taught me I used in everyday situations with my friends and family. My dad is a hero not only for being a soldier, but for being the best dad I could ask for. tell me if anything needs to be corrected

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Lessons From a Father: Soldier uses his father’s life lessons as a guide to success

By Staff Sgt. ShaTyra Reed-Cox November 9, 2023

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A father can be the most important influence in a boy’s life. He is the first example of what it means to be a man, and the lessons he passes on can stick with his son for life.

The lessons Spc. Armando Estrada learned from his father, Armando Estrada Sr., helped shape the man he grew up to be and prepared him for his future profession: a Soldier in the United States Army.

“I didn’t need to be taught how to take care of fellow Soldiers because my dad taught me how to treat others,” said Estrada, a utilities equipment repairer with Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army South. “He taught me that there is always a way to help people.”

Estrada learned key lessons from his father. Armando Sr. was an immigrant from Mexico and hardworking, single father of three boys. He taught them to never give up because you never know just how much you can change someone’s life.

His teachings centered around respect and helping others who are less fortunate. That assistance doesn’t always hold monetary value, sometimes it comes in the value of a helping hand.

“My father gave more than he took. He didn’t have much, but he always gave what he could,” Estrada explained. “If he didn’t have money or food to give away, he provided his labor.”

After joining the Army, Estrada said he quickly realized many of the values he learned growing up in a Mexican household were the same values expected of Soldiers, such as working as a team, doing your fair share of work, and having each other's backs.

“I’ve been taught by my father that if something needs to be done, do it because it’s the right thing to do,” Estrada said. “His teachings stick with me every day as a Soldier.

His father's teachings of family values are an important part of Estrada’s heritage and life. That extends to the Family he’s gained while living on Fort Sam Houston.

“They’ve opened my eyes to new experiences,” Estrada said, smiling from ear to ear. “Here it’s a second Family.”

It’s been 10 years since Estrada’s father passed. Despite the years, the memory of him and the life lessons he shared have never faded.

“It brings me joy that I am doing something that he would be proud of,” said Estrada.

Estrada continues to honor his father every year during Dia De Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

This Mexican holiday is a festivity to honor death, the afterlife, and life itself. It’s one of the most meaningful and foundational national symbols of Mexican identity. Each year, Mexican families welcome back the souls of their departed family members to meet again.

Armando Sr. loved spicy food. Estrada makes it his mission every year to prepare his father’s favorite dishes and match his tolerance level of spiciness.

“The reason why I love the holiday is because we all come to celebrate them even though they aren’t around anymore,” Estrada said. “We get to do the things they loved to do but can’t do anymore.”

Estrada, humble and heartfelt, described his father without hesitation as selfless and the family provider. His strong work ethic, an uncompromising dedication to the family was his daily gift to his kid.

“Motivation was never lacking. He inspired me to work hard because he made it easier on us,” Estrada said. “I want to show him that his life wasn’t in vain.”

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Military dads’ strengths and obstacles

Your skills as a Service Member can work in your favor as a parent, but they sometimes can make fatherhood challenging as well. When fathers are involved in their kids’ lives, children do better in school and they’re good at problem-solving. They’re more socially and emotionally steady too.

Your military training and experiences likely impact your role as a father in ways that strengthen your family and yourself. However, there are potential vulnerabilities you’ll have to actively work to overcome—just like other parents.

Separation during deployments

Strength.  Deployments are a chance for Service Members to exercise their tactical skills, protect, and serve. Missions can be grueling and satisfying as you perform well and build cohesion with your teammates. Your kids can benefit during deployments too. They can become more independent and responsible at home, and they learn to adapt to new things.

Vulnerability.  You might feel a sense of loss or sadness because of missed chances to bond with your children. You also might wonder if your kids get used to life without you, they won’t need you as much when you return. Thinking this way could end up changing the way you interact with them. Still, they’re excited to see you, and your attention is important. So, take the time you need to effectively transition back home and spend time with them.

Structure and discipline

Strength.  Military culture has likely conditioned you to value structure. Your self-discipline keeps you focused, and it drives your success and efficiency. Children tend to copy their dads, so teach them why the military values these traits.

Vulnerability.  Kids are spontaneous and unpredictable by nature. They’re still learning to control their bodies and minds, so it’s natural for them to be impulsive and push limits too. And they won’t always abide by the structure and discipline that’s ingrained in you. So, strive to be patient with them. Understand their limitations and remember they need age-appropriate discipline .

Emotions boost connections

Strength.  The nature of the military might require you to adjust how you display your emotions. You might dampen some emotions (such as fear and worry) and display others in abundance (such as determination and anger). You also might focus on emotions that efficiently fuel your mission and build cohesion with your unit. This can serve you well as a Warfighter.

Vulnerability.  What helps you connect with your military buddies isn’t likely to work with your children. For example, little ones might struggle to understand sarcasm, and they can be sensitive to loud voices and teasing. So, teach them how to manage their emotions . Switch off your “emotion-autopilot” to show a full range of feelings and connect with your kids.

Mental-health challenges

Strength.  Take on any opportunity to display resilience to your kids. Set a good example and take care of yourself by practicing “good” coping skills or seeking mental health treatment. It’s a chance to teach your children how to ask for help when needed.

Vulnerability.  The harder your deployment, the more you're likely to experience “parenting stress” at home. This can lead to negative outcomes (such as yelling) with your kids. If you struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it might impact the quality of your interactions and your relationship with them. So, focus on getting the help you need to be a better Service Member and a loving father.

As a Service Member, you’re armed with strengths that can benefit your relationship with your children. And you might have to overcome some obstacles as you adapt yourself to meet your kids’ needs. Your children will benefit from having a father who serves his country and his family.

Published on : June 12, 2017

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A War Hero’s Life: A Tribute to My Father

On January 25, 1945, the Battle of the Bulge ended. But not until a decade after my father’s death did I uncover the fact that he fought in what one historian has deemed the greatest battle in history. Cpl. Joseph D. Klugewicz won a Bronze Star for his actions against the Nazis that winter. But I am still left today to wonder: What exactly did he do in the Ardennes Forest?

Joseph D. Klugewicz, 10th from left, in the back row, receiving his Combat Infantry Badge (March 1945)

Like most war veterans, my father did not like to talk about his combat experiences. But as a father, he gave in to his young son’s repeated urging to “tell me about the war, Daddy.” The only sign that he had been a soldier in World War II—a paratrooper in the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division—was evidenced by a framed set of military badges and medals that hung in his room at our house. These included, most significantly, Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals. The former award was part of the only combat story he would ever tell me; the significance of the latter citation was not understood by me until more than ten years after his death.

Cpl. Joseph D. Klugewicz

I came into this world when my Dad, Joseph Daniel Klugewicz, was forty-two-years-old. Born in 1924 in Staten Island, New York, the son of a Polish immigrant father who had fled his homeland to escape Russian occupation, his wartime experiences were well behind him by the time I came into the world in 1967. At that time he was retired both from the army and from the New York City police force, which he left due to a near-fatal motorcycle accident caused by a civilian driver that left him with steel plates in his leg. Dad had moved the family—which at that time consisted of Mom and my sister—in 1962 to suburban Washington, D.C., to Bowie, Maryland, the first “Levittown” built outside the New York City area. The lure was a job as an accident investigator with Maryland-based Geico Insurance Company. Developer William Levitt offered houses that were affordable and well-built to the rising American middle class. My parents put $500 down on a $20,000, colonial-style house and took on a thirty-year mortgage. There the Klugewicz family settled down into an idyllic middle-class existence. Bowie was a town in which there were no extremes of wealth; no one was poor, and no one was rich. Everyone seemed to have everything they needed and much of what they wanted. Many fathers worked for the ever-growing federal government on the nearby banks of the Potomac, and most moms stayed at home, raising children, serving on the local PTA, volunteering at the election precincts, and perhaps joining the women’s sodality at the local parish.

By the time I was born, Dad had changed jobs and worked for the government of the District of Columbia as a welfare investigator. He went to work each day in a suit and tie, and I often greeted him upon his return—as always, he went through the chain-link gate of the fence encompassing our back yard—with a thrown football. My father, who was no athlete, cheerfully did his best, still in suit and tie, to throw several passes, always trying to get one perfectly the way I wanted it: over-my-shoulder, on the run, with my catching that winning touchdown pass and beating an imagined defender by a step. In this daily ritual Dad was practicing the only hobby he ever had as an adult: loving his children.

Dad was a modest man, strong but mild, and far from the caricature of the tough war veteran. He was not muscular (though he had moonlighted as a furniture mover during his police career), he never cursed, he rarely drank (perhaps one beer a week, usually after mowing the lawn in the spring and summer), and he absolutely never bragged about his wartime experience.

Yet there was that little boy asking him probably several times a month to “tell me about the war, Daddy.” By the time I was an adult, I knew the story well, though I heard Dad tell it in full and in detail only once in his life, in a private setting among friends. It is something out of a Spielberg movie.

Hitting the ground, Dad realized that his squad had landed far from the planned drop zone. He guardedly raised his head and yelled to his comrades, who were lying in the grass, seemingly cowering from the German gunfire. They needed to get out of the open and under some cover! But no one moved. Dad scurried over to a couple of the men—boys really, mostly close to his age—and found that they were dead. The shock hit him that all the others were dead too. Seeing a tree-line nearby, he ran for the cover of the woods. As he did so, he looked up and saw a German soldier perched in a barn window, taking aim with his rifle on this lone American survivor of the jump. Suddenly, Dad felt what he described as “a shovel hitting my chest,” and he was knocked to the ground. By the grace of God, the force of the bullet tearing into his chest threw him into a ditch, out of the line of fire of the man who had shot him.

The medic treated Dad and promised to come back to retrieve him. When he left, however, Dad thought to himself, “He’s never coming back. I’m going to die here.”

But return the medic did, and my father would be brought off the field, clinging to life. At a nearby field hospital a Catholic priest administered last rites to him. After recovering in a hospital in France, Dad rejoined his unit and eventually found himself in August 1945 alongside hundreds of other American soldiers on a personnel carrier that was taking reinforcements to the war with Japan. Midway on the voyage across the Pacific, the announcement came that Japan had surrendered in the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The carrier did a U-turn in the middle of the ocean: “I never saw such a happy group of men in all my life,” Dad recalled.

And thus his first and only jump as a paratrooper was the only combat my father ever saw in World War II. Or was it? I was perhaps a mere five years old when I once asked him, “Daddy, did you ever kill anyone in the war.” To this day I remember Dad’s reaction. He turned away from me, saying softly, “Son, I don’t want to talk about it.” I never asked him that question again, and I put the whole thing out of my mind for many years. After all, the story of the March 1945 jump did not allow for Dad having the opportunity to fire his M1A1 paratrooper carbine or his 1911 pistol at anyone. It was all too quick: jumping, hitting the ground, running, taking a bullet through his chest.

On his headstone at Arlington National Cemetery are listed Dad’s most important commendations: the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. Of course, I assumed, they were both awarded for the March 1945 jump. Then, more than ten years after Dad’s passing in 2003, I happened to re-read his obituary, which I of course had read several times before: “Bronze Star, 1944; Purple Heart, 1945.” Wait, what? 1944 for the Bronze Star? Next I searched online for the history of the 17th Airborne Division in World War II. The unit had served in hard combat as infantry in December 1944 in the Ardennes Forest. In fact, Dad’s 513th Parachute Infantry regiment was chosen as the lead unit in the American counteroffensive against the Nazi’s surprise attack, in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge. The 17th Airborne was selected for the March 1945 jump precisely because it had had this combat experience, unlike some of the “green” units that were also available.

I next searched online for the requirements for a soldier’s receiving the Bronze Star. Established in 1944, the award is given to a soldier fighting in ground combat who distinguished himself “from his comrades by brave or praiseworthy achievement or service.”

And thus a stunning mystery about my father that existed in my mind for only minutes was quickly and paradoxically both explained and deepened. What had Dad done to receive this commendation, the fourth-highest military award bestowed by the United States? My mother did not know the answer to this question.

Further research revealed that Dad received the Bronze Star after the war, when it was awarded to those who had received a Combat Infantry Badge. I had known about the Badge—Dad told my brother that it was the award of which he was most proud—but somehow had never drawn the obvious conclusion that Dad had been involved in ground combat in some action besides Varsity.

Obviously, the Combat Infantry Badge was given to Dad for the hard fighting in the Ardennes in 1944, the only other combat experienced by the 17th Airborne during my Dad’s military service. The question I had asked so many years before as a child came back to me: “Daddy, did you ever kill anyone in the war?” And Dad’s reply echoed, “Son, I don’t want to talk about it.” But I know from accounts of survivors of his regiment and division that the Americans were taking few prisoners at this point, largely in retaliation for the Nazis’ murdering of captured U.S. servicemen, especially during the Malmedy Massacre of December 17, 1944. In particular, members of the Waffen-SS, the perpetrators of countless war crimes, were summarily shot after being captured.

I can only piece together what Dad went through from the recorded memories—written and videotaped—of survivors of his regiment and division. One of the most remarkable deeds that Dad participated in was a bayonet charge on a winter night in the Ardennes. His company and two others had run out of ammunition, but in an attempt to drive the Germans from high ground that would allow them to shell the Americans all night, the company’s commanding officers had given the order, “Fix bayonets!”  And the charge against Nazis wielding their 8mm Mauser rifles was made.

But Dad had never even hinted that he was in the Ardennes in 1944.

Dad’s quiet heroism did not end with the war. He served honorably as a New York City police officer, motorcycle division, in his post-war years and was a model husband and father until his death in 2003. But his heroism took more modest forms than those of the brave, twenty-year-old paratrooper. I recall at the age of five or six being driven home one evening by my uncle to our Bowie house, when I saw my Dad sitting in the back of a friend’s car, his face—illuminated by the vehicle’s interior light—ashen and fearful, his head leaning backward. Mom, who was by the driveway near the car, was obviously concerned as she and the friend discussed taking Dad to the hospital. Something was seriously wrong, I knew, even at my tender age. (I would find out later that Dad was experiencing heart palpitations and chest pain.) I began crying as I stood in the middle of the driveway. Dad saw me, and despite thinking he was having a heart attack, bounded out of the car and strode over to the garage, where he lifted the heavy two-car door as he always did, to let me into the house. He was trying to act like nothing was wrong, to show his little boy that Daddy was OK.

He was that kind of a hero.

This essay first appeared here in June 2014.

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Eloquent and deeply moving. Many thanks indeed!

What a moving story, Steve. Thank you for sharing it.

Thank God for men like your father. A real hero.

Thank you so much for this lovely note. It made my day!

Thank you! This makes my day!

Heroic story. Thanks for telling. I have three boys who went into the Marines (two are serving now) and a daughter who served in the USAF. Proud of their service to our country. We need more like your Father!

Your dad are the kind that make great soldiers. It is not about putting kill notches on your belt, but fiercely loving and defending the vallues of your country, home, and family when they come against a force that threatens their existence. Our country’s future depends on another generation of soldiers who share your dad’s vision.. Our military heroes never take normalcy for granted.

At times, I glance over crowds of people – and I come to the very rich awareness that within walk many heroes whose unsung and untold stories are kept within these individuals. They love their families, work hard, and pick up their lives where they left off. They know who they are, but prefer to keep the stories to themselves. These are the people who make America the great country that it is.

Beautifully said, thank you!

Thank you for this moving reminiscence. My grandfather served as an army doctor in the WWII theaters of North Africa and Italy, including being present at the Battle of Monte Cassino, when the Allies were forced to bomb St. Benedict’s ancient monastery. I imagine he must have seen some heartrending things, perhaps even saved some lives, but he never said a word about any of it to my mother or, even less, to me as a small child. His helmet with the red cross painted on it and a few photos are all that remain. Like your father, he became a hardworking family man, in his case an anesthesiologist serving in a hospital in New Jersey.

Great story. I make a point to read stories like this about those who fought in the war. After Pearl Harbor my Dad and two friends signed up with the intention of being Naval pilots. But, as my Dad put it, since he knew how to sharpen a screw he was given a test of some kind. He was sent to radar school. His two friends didn’t survive pilot training. He lived an additional 75 years. Like you with yours, I’m grateful that he was my Dad and I miss him.

Steve—thank you for sharing that very moving tribute to your Dad. My father was a Naval aviator with many combat missions in Korea; like your father he was proud of his service, deeply loved his country and rarely discussed his combat experience. Those men were quiet heroes.

Lest we think that those types are gone, I saw many similar types in my 25 years in the Marines. God bless our country and the people who keep it free.

Thank you for this lovely note!

I am happy that your father survived the war. My father physically survived but came back with what we now call PTSD and was not mentally stable and my mother ended up divorcing him after he brought out a gun and threatened to kill her, my brother and me.

My adopted son was an Army helicopter pilot serving in Afghanistan. He was shot down and was killed. Believing that war to be unjust, I have been trying to reconcile the loss of this beautiful, kind, caring and loving man with a young son without a father with the recent pullout of Afghanistan, leaving Americans behind and simply cannot do it. What a useless war with so many lives lost or damaged.

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Army Kids Share How They Feel About Having Their Father In The Army & It’s Heartwarming

Fathers are a pillar of support, the guiding hand when you get lost along the way. They might not be great at expressing their love, but we all know that their love is beyond definition. But somewhere, as we grow up, in the midst of dealing with school, college and job, we forget to spend time with our fathers who gave us everything that we ever asked for. Their constant presence has never let us imagine what their absence would feel like. 

But, what about those kids who never got the luxury of an option? These are the kids whose fathers are busy protecting our country – guarding borders, posted miles away from their family, army men survive the most harsh conditions. And often, at the cost of missing out on precious moments that they might never witness again. While leaving all that matters to them behind, they head out to the ends of our country to make sure we stay safe. 

So this Father’s Day, we spoke to some Army kids and asked them how they feel about their dad being in the Army. These are their stories. 

“My father has had a major share of his postings in field areas. This would mean that we would live in separated families’ quarters and not see him for months. And that is exactly how I have spent my past five to six years. I was 15 and I remember puking a hell lot of times all through my way to the MH (Military Hospital). He was in a remote area in the north-east then, and a lot of activities were going on when I suffered from Jaundice. Phones would connect only once or twice in two days and that too, not for long. My father was informed and even though I couldn’t talk, I remember asking Maa to keep it on speaker so that I can hear Paa . He was worried, but firm.That’s how Fauji Fathers are, brilliantly caring but firm. All those 15 days, I wished him to be here, with me but I knew what he was doing there and for whom. So, when I finally got better and my friends from school visited, they asked why my dad couldn’t take me to the doctor every two-three days; why wasn’t he here when I was sick and to help my mother with it. All I could say, thinking of my father in his Olive Green uniform was that, “because he had a mother who needed him more than we did.” 

-Shruti Vyas 

“I am a part of the Street play society of my college and it is extremely demanding, always keeps me on my toes and my parents have always been supportive about it. I mean, I come home late, leave early, they always understand. So, there was this one time where I could actually show our Society’s annual production to amma  and appa . We were performing at NSD. I remember daddy being super eager to see me perform. And he was so excited that he was actually calling everyone up and telling them about it. But just the day before, he was called back to Leh (where he is posted) from Delhi for some important work. He felt so bad about not being able to be there for it. So yeah, that’s how it has been. Army is a profession where you have to side line everything else for the country. It requires great amount of courage to be able to do it and I am proud of my father because he has been able to pull it off so well till now.”

-Padmini Ramesh 

“When I was in 2nd standard, my father was posted at Congo for a UN mission. This was right after he was posted to Kashmir. This meant that I barely got to see him twice or thrice every year. It bothered me because he missed out on a lot of days which etched a special place in my heart. He missed the day I got my first prize for mathematics; he missed my first dance performance, so many of my birthdays and the list goes on. Rather, he saw me for the first time two months after I was born. Never did I realize that it hurt him more than it hurt me but he was out there for something much bigger, something that makes me proud to call myself his daughter. One holiday I was joking with him about how his phone got lost in Congo and we couldn’t reach him, a few months before that. That was the day I discovered that the real reason behind his phone not being reachable was because he had gotten kidnapped that day and he did not tell us about it because he didn’t want us to get worried. It dawned upon me that if his real identity had been revealed, things would have been very different. That’s the day I realized that little did I understand the importance of his job and the risks that come with it. He is not just another man who is dedicated to his nation, but also a loving father who till date ensures that he gets a video tape of every event that he misses.” 

-Mehaq Mehta

“If I think about it my dad wasn’t around for a lot of important events. He wasn’t there the day I became head boy of the school or when I used to go to play golf tournaments. He was never at the PTMs (not even when I wanted him to be). He would often forget which class I was in and all these things made me mad back then. But, now when I look back I don’t mind. He had so much on his plate I’m just happy that he was there for the main things in life.” 

-Nakul Pailwal 

“It was my showjumping competition but Dad was away on an official assignment. However, he hoped to make it to the venue in time. Mum was ready with the camera in her hand; the team and horses were in place, but one thing was missing – dad. As I awaited my turn, I had a few rough moments of being the only girl in the competition. I anxiously scanned the audience for Papa. But sadly, he hadn’t made it in time and soon, it was our turn. Being the daddy’s lil girl that I am, as I entered the arena, it was papa’s words that echoed in my mind – “Remember to enjoy yourself. You’ve both worked and trained hard for this.” And I did just that. It was a good day for me and my horse – we sailed through the jumping course with ease. As soon as I got off my horse, there he was, walking fast and searching for familiar faces. I walked up to him and he said “ Appu ! I haven’t missed it yet, I hope?” I scrunched my nose, “I just got off. We did well, however.” “NO. Oh, no. I’m so sorry but I know my beti would’ve done the best.” Sure, I had a heavy heart about dad missing my best performance in showjumping EVER, but luckily, he was there for the award ceremony. Dad watched me with pride in his eyes and a wide smile on his face as I received the “Best Rider” plaque and the bronze medal. His claps were the loudest. And he being the inspiration and initiative behind my riding, my heart swelled.

-Apoorva Menon 

“It was during the time when I was in 12 grade. In our school there was a tradition in which the principal used to speak about each and every student in front of the parents and it use to be an exciting day for everyone. My father was not there during that time as he was posted outside. That day I really missed him and really wanted him to listen to all that stuff. But not a problem as he was doing his duty and it comes above his family and I respect it.” 

-Dev Choudhary 

“My father, no matter how busy he would be doing his duty, serving the nation, has always found a way to be there for me and my younger brother at every stage in life, if not physically, by any other mean possible to convey his support, love and encouragement to us. One childhood incident, however, has stuck with me, as an example of the emotions, the families of army men go through, while these brave soldiers are out there, away from home, serving the nation, risking their lives. I was in third grade. We were in Darjeeling. My dad was supposed to leave for J&K abruptly and we got very little time to say goodbye. I had one of my final exams the next day and despite being a “mostly average” to “sometimes a scholar” kind of a student, i couldn’t even score the passing marks in that exam, failing to be able to write. This is the kind of effect saying such a goodbye to him had on me. Not to forget, the 103-104 degree fevers i suffered each time my father went back in the field areas.” 

-Radhika Kashid 

“It was my 16th birthday and I wanted it to be, well, ‘perfect’! My dad was posted in Srinagar at the time in the most warfare prone area. A few days ago there was a truck blown to bits outside their unit. It was all over the news. As much as I was aware of the whole situation and the fact that he needed to be there I also wanted papa to be home ’cause it was MY important day. Papa still sent a cake and a bouquet of flowers with a note that read, “I love you. -Dad” for my birthday. He couldn’t make it home but this made me overwhelmed, any small contact would because I only got to meet him once in 6 months.” 

-Shambhavi Kumaria 

“My father has been in the army for 27 years and for most part of my childhood my father was out protecting the nation. While my mother, brother and I were away in some cantt. or the other. This led to him missing many a functions and crucial days of my life one such day was the time I was to give my entrance exam for NIFT. It was my dream college and I worked really hard for it. The day of my exam my mother and I reached the centre and I was awe struck with the number of people that were there. Parents and their kids just kept pouring in and soon I was just one face in the crowd. I felt so tiny, almost invisible. There were kids I was going to compete with. kids who were probably better than me, more experienced than me, kids with both their parents supporting them. I don’t blame my father for not being there but in that moment I wished that he wasn’t in the army and that he was just here to hold my hand and support me and tell me I that it would be alright and that I was and would always be a star in his eyes.”

-Aanchal Rai

“Since I was in 1st grade, I couldn’t understand the magnitude of the whole thing. India and Pakistan were at the brink of war. And for me it was damn cool to know that my father was at the front fighting. It’s like he is your Rambo. But now when I think about it, it gives me quiet the chills, to be honest.” 

-Aayush Kakria 

“Out of many moments, this one’s really close to my heart. So on my 13th birthday, entering the pre-teens which is supposed to be a great deal for a girl at that age. But, I ended up not celebrating, not because I was in no mood. But because my daddy was out there for the UN mission in Sudan. Being really attached to my dad, I ended up not celebrating my birthday. Instead, we skyped with him all the way from Bengaluru and cut my birthday cake like that. We just sat there talking and I precisely remember how he was trying to cheer me up and make me laugh, so that’s how I spent my birthday evening.” 

-Rahesha Sehgal 

“I am a proud Fauji Brat. Though in general my dad has always been around since I was born, there have been times, where my dad had to go for field postings or TDs (temporary duties). On many accounts, he has missed my birthday or hasn’t welcomed the new year with me. I lost my mother in November 2008 and I was an only child. So During the spring of 2009, my dad had to go to Paris and a town in Germany for TD, and he was worried as to what to do with me. I had a housemaid and a Bhaiya, “Sahayak bhaiya” to care of me. But my dad was unsure. We were posted in Secunderabad at that time and my finals (class 6) were on. He didn’t want to leave me alone, but duty calls. I told him not to worry and I would take care of myself. Once he reached he called me everyday and asked about how I was doing. He also missed my birthday during this period but he made sure his course-mates and colleagues made my birthday a success. This was my first birthday without both my parents. But I still had a great time. Daddy called me up that night and apologised for not being there and said he would definitely make it up to me once back. I didn’t feel that bad. I was proud that he was out there helping people out. My dad is my bestest friend and the first and only love of my life.

-Divija Vasudevan 

“When we were in Mhow , dad got field posting and I think I was still in 5th or 6th. So, he used to call whenever he could talk. During that time, I had picked up reading which was the best thing ever so I was all into Harry Potter. But, since mom was always too busy with my sisters 12th exams and stuff, we couldn’t actually go and buy the books. I think my dad got to know about this and what he did was just so cool. Sitting there in J&K, my dad somehow managed to send me the entire Harry Potter series with a note that said, “Happy Reading”. I guess that was the day I missed him the most in the two years he wasn’t there. To see that even though he’s there he still made time and put so effort to make sure a stupid kid in 5th is happy.” 

-Sartaj Singh

A heartfelt happy fathers’ day to all the army men out there. Thank you for guarding our country, and keeping us all safe. 

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My Father Is A U.s. Army Veteran

My father is a U.S. Army veteran who served all over the world and is a veteran among many who are suffering from the VA. The VA’s terrible management caused my dad’s disability and dependent benefits to be ruined. This in turn messed up his retirement pay and now he has to take up a another job to afford a house. Even when he was applying for college the VA almost had him pay for the entire enrollment because they thought he used up the money in his GI bill. Luckily my dad isn’t one to let something like that happen and the VA paid for the school. However, this was a borderline scandal. All across the United States veterans of the military are suffering and dying at the hands of the VA’s irresponsibility. Due to delays at clinics and hospitals everywhere causing massive waiting lists of approximately 7000 , our veterans are waiting around 273-327 days for medical help (Bronstein). Even compensation of modern veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are waiting around 2-3 years with a waiting list of around 550,000 (Brown). These wait times are affecting the mental and physical health of our veterans. This type of treatment is unacceptable and is too similar to the treatment of the veterans of WW1 who came home to no respect and no care-just left to continue to fend for themselves. Being the the son of a veteran and being pro-military I strongly believe our veterans deserve better care. The management of the VA is causing suffering and death among veterans, has

Essay On Veterans Ethics

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Care For Veterans Essay

Dictionary.com’s definition of the Department of Veterans Affairs is, “The second-largest cabinet department, the VA coordinates the distribution of benefits for veterans of the American armed forces and their dependents. The benefits include compensation for disabilities, the management of veterans' hospitals, and various insurance programs.” My sister, Keara Torkelson, is a retired US Army Veteran. Every time she takes a trip to the VA’s office, she only comes out less and less satisfied. However, the VA’s office isn’t the only place Veterans are neglected.

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They claimed Iraq and Afghanistan veteran polls have been taken, it shows that whatever improvements and actions being were taken were not enough. Fifty-nine percent of the people rated the job the government was doing to help was good, while fifty-six percent rated it as them doing poorly. In an article by CNN news nineteen veterans have died because of delays for medical treatments from the Veterans Affair. Those nineteen veterans were only a small proportion of that group. A number of eight-two veterans who have died because of delays for medical treatments like colonoscopies or endoscopies. Some people like my father (Jason McLain), who is a retired veteran, believes that some doctors have their own personal bias toward veterans. Jason McLain stated, “When I go to the VA they do not help me as soon as I need their help. Although when I go to any other civilian doctor’s office they help me right away with any of their help”. A website by the name of Free Grants Community stated that success and failures of the Departments of Veterans Affair are frequently the subjects of political promises and debates. There are many places that can help with benefits or homelessness, simply anything veteran(active/retired) need. A six-year veteran stated that there are places to help but emphasizes that you have to pursue yourself. After you are done with the military to go back to school and to keep getting educated. Besides the fact the regular ordinary citizens complain that veterans are not getting enough help, there have been complaints against all employers for discrimination has blames the economic crisis and ballooning deficits for the inability to provide for more

Persuasive Essay On Veterans

In today's society where opinion matters, people have been extremely vocal about the lack of support the government has provided to our veterans. Many feel as if the government should do more, while others feel as if they are doing enough. Everyone will have a difference of opinion no matter if they have severed in the military or not. No matter how one may feel, is extremely important to take care of our veterans. As they have sacrificed their lives, time, and family to protect our country. Contrary to one's belief, the government provides a substantial amount of programs, which support the veterans. Honestly more could be done. On any given day you could see women and men standing on the corner holding signs implying they are homeless veterans and will work for food. A few programs the government offers our veterans are funding for mental health services, The Wounded Warrior Project and Vocational Rehabilitation and Education, which will be discussed throughout this essay. When you research the programs, they make it sound as if all proceeds are going towards the best treatment and care money could buy.

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Health Care For The Veterans ' Healthcare Administration ( Vha )

In the past few years there has been increasing discussion about how to provide adequate care for the increasing number of veterasn who are eligible for care through the Veterans’ healthcare administration (VHA). There are concerns is that the VHA is not providing the level of access, efficiency, and quality of care that veterans expect. Lee & Begley, (2016) suggest access to care for the veteran population may be resulting in poor health outcomes. In response to these concerns, the Veterans ' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act (VACAA) of 2014, also known as the Veterans Choice Act, was created to improve Veterans’ healthcare. The VACAA proposed to do this by expanding the number of options veterans have for receiving healthcare, by providing access for healthcare at non-VA care centers as well as providing for an increase in staffing at VA facilities (U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016).

The United States Department Of Veterans

One of the most serious problems facing all veterans today is the lack of proper healthcare. Soldiers, sailors and airmen are leaving active duty without having proper healthcare to cover their physical or mental injuries. The department responsible for veteran’s healthcare is the Department of Veterans Affairs. (VA) According to The department of Veterans Affairs website, “The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivors’ benefits, medical benefits and burial benefits. It is administered by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.” The VA, who was formerly called the Veterans Administration, was established 21 July 1930, to consolidate and coordinate government activities affecting war veterans. The VA encompassed the functions of the former U.S. Veterans ' Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. On 25 October 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating a new federal Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs to replace the Veterans Administration effective 15 March 1989 (V.A.)

Improving Veterans Access For Care

The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) has been tasked with providing support and benefits to Veterans after they have completed their service. However, many Veterans are reporting difficulty accessing care due to systematic barriers within the VA’s Veterans Health Administration (Oliver, 2007). Complex eligibility requirements, long wait lists and lack of providers are a few of the issues Veterans are faced with when trying to access health and mental health care. Additionally, studies indicate that veterans, predominantly those from the recent wars in Iran and Iraq, have disproportionately high amounts of mental illness (Shim & Rust, 2013). These same veterans are experiencing difficulty accessing mental health care due to issues around a backlog of healthcare eligibility applications and a shortage of mental health providers through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which operates the Nation’s largest, integrated health care delivery system (APA, 2014). In 2014, at the request of the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the merit of the allegations of mismanagement at the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) and the Health Eligibility Center (HEC).

The Veterans Benefits Administration ( Vba )

Over the past 15 years, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has seen a dramatic increase in the average degree of disability, growth in the number of compensation recipients, a rise in the number of medical issues claimed and an increased level of complexity of claimed issues. To illustrate this point, prior to the September 2011 terrorist attacks, 333,700 Veterans received compensation at the 70-100 percent level; however, these figures rose to over 1.1 million by the end of 2013. Additionally, since 2009, VA’s disability compensation workload rose 132 percent. This is in large part due to an unprecedented demand resulting from over a decade of war, military downsizing, economic issues, increased outreach, the addition of presumptive conditions and an aging Veteran population.

How Should Veteran Suicide Be Prevented?

This is like a bomb waiting to go off: Family of veterans have to live with fear, hoping that their love one would recuperate, be happy, or simply a civilian again. The Veterans Affairs Department (VA) should put a better effort to better assist veterans, and their family with a better plan to reduce this preventable death. Many veterans find it difficult to admit, control, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), let alone reaching for help; when they do so, they are considered just another number at the VA. At any moment, a veteran?s sacrifice for this country should end

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One of the most serious problems facing all veterans today is the lack of proper healthcare. Soldiers, sailors and airmen are leaving active duty without having proper healthcare to cover their physical or mental injuries. The department responsible for veteran’s healthcare is the Department of Veterans Affairs. (VA) According to The department of Veterans Affairs website, “The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational

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Contrary to the perception that our nation’s veterans are well supported in fact many go without the services they require of which they are

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Veterans everyday face problems like these that can be helped and even prevented. These issues are blinded by society and I believe that these courageous Americans should have sufficient living conditions to live healthy and happy lives. I hope we can realize as a nation that our veterans are immensely important to us and the deserve more than what they are receiving. This essay opened my eyes to the many challenges veterans face in their everyday lives, I hope it did the same for

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My Role Model is My Father Essay

The importance of the word ‘Father’ and its general worth towards family is limitless. This word generates honor because of symbol good deeds which every head of the family tries to earn.

My father is the guiding force and leader of our family, bringing our aspirations into reality. He is not just a figurehead, but a role model who foresees the needs of the time and shapes our family through his unwavering responsibility and dedication. I hold immense respect for him due to his extraordinary achievements.

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As my role model, my father accompanies me in all my endeavors, ensuring that I make the right choices. He attentively listens to my problems and imparts valuable lessons to shape my thinking. His primary concern is my future career, and he leverages his maturity, knowledge, and awareness of the modern world to evaluate my interests and decisions, going above and beyond to help me develop and achieve my goals.

Despite his financial limitations, my father fulfills my genuine needs and ensures that I never feel inadequate. He works tirelessly, sweating profusely, to increase his earnings for my sake. He sacrifices his own comfort, willingly eating less, in order to provide for my well-being.

Being educated and possessing a logical vision, my father has evolved into a contemporary and progressive figure. He utilizes his knowledge and embraces modernity to raise me in a manner that equips me to thrive in today’s competitive world. He leaves no gaps in meeting my needs and actively supports my personal growth and career-building process.

As an ideal father, my father spares no effort in fulfilling my necessities. He strives to eliminate any obstacles that could hinder my development and career path, leaving no room for shortcomings.

What sets my role model father apart is his refusal to impose his own career choices on me. He believes that I should pursue a future based on my own passions, suitability, and capabilities. The tradition of following specific family professions is fading away, as doctors no longer insist on their children becoming doctors, professors do not compel their offspring to pursue academia, and army officers do not force their sons into the military. Similarly, my father desires that I have a better future according to my own choices.

My father is a mature and understanding individual who assists me in making important decisions. Like most devoted fathers, he plays a significant role in my life, supporting my career aspirations and helping me overcome daily challenges. When I face difficulties and seek guidance, I instinctively turn to my father. He selflessly puts aside his own priorities to provide the necessary support. He works tirelessly, making countless sacrifices to help me navigate through my problems.

We celebrate Father’s Day every year on 19 June to strengthen the relationship and remind a father of the sacrifices he endured towards his kids when they were in need. Unfortunately, it has become a mere formality for many, lacking genuine emotional connection and appreciation. In today’s times, children often choose to live separately from their fathers, prioritizing their own families and disregarding their responsibilities towards their aging fathers, who cling to hope for support.

It is very important that our fathers should be given deep respect and utmost respect not only because they are fathers, but for their unparalleled fatherhood and incredible sacrifices towards us. We must recognize the value of their presence and the impact they have on our lives. By cherishing our fathers, upholding our duties, and expressing gratitude for their sacrifices, we can truly acknowledge the exceptional role models they are in our lives.

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Essay on My Father Is My Hero

Students are often asked to write an essay on My Father Is My Hero in their schools and colleges. And if you’re also looking for the same, we have created 100-word, 250-word, and 500-word essays on the topic.

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100 Words Essay on My Father Is My Hero

Introduction.

My father is my hero. He is the pillar of strength in our family. His hard work, dedication, and love inspire me every day.

His Dedication

My father wakes up early and works tirelessly. His dedication to his work teaches me the importance of commitment.

His Kindness

My father is always kind to everyone. He helps people in need. His kindness shows me the value of compassion.

My father is wise. He always gives me good advice. His wisdom helps me make good decisions.

My father is my hero. He inspires me to be a better person. I am proud to be his son.

250 Words Essay on My Father Is My Hero

My father, a beacon of strength and wisdom, is my hero. He is the embodiment of resilience, perseverance, and unconditional love. His life and actions offer me a roadmap to navigate the complexities of life.

Personification of Resilience

My father’s resilience is one of his most inspiring qualities. He grew up in a low-income family, with limited access to education and opportunities. However, he never let these adversities define him. Instead, he used them as stepping stones, working relentlessly to rise above his circumstances. His journey from a small village to a successful professional is a testament to his indomitable spirit.

Embodiment of Wisdom

My father’s wisdom, honed through years of experience, serves as my guiding light. He possesses an uncanny ability to simplify complex issues, offering insights that help me make informed decisions. His wisdom extends beyond academics; it encompasses life skills, ethics, and values. His teachings have shaped my perspective, enabling me to approach life with an open and analytical mind.

Unconditional Love and Support

Above all, my father’s unconditional love and support make him my hero. He celebrates my victories and encourages me in my failures, fostering an environment of trust and confidence. His unwavering faith in my abilities motivates me to strive for excellence and to never give up.

In essence, my father is my hero not because he is infallible, but because he personifies resilience, wisdom, and unconditional love. His life is a testament to the power of determination, hard work, and compassion. He inspires me to be better, to do better, and to never lose sight of my dreams.

500 Words Essay on My Father Is My Hero

In the vast panorama of human relationships, the bond between a father and his child holds a special place. It is a bond that transcends the mundane, reaching into the realm of the profound. My father, an embodiment of strength, wisdom, and love, is my hero. His life, a testament to resilience and dedication, has been my guiding light, illuminating my path towards growth and self-discovery.

My Father, the Pillar of Strength

My father’s resilience in the face of adversity is awe-inspiring. He grew up in an impoverished family, where every day was a struggle for survival. Yet, instead of succumbing to despair, he used these challenges as stepping stones towards a better future. His unwavering determination and relentless pursuit of his dreams taught me the importance of resilience. He showed me that life’s adversities are not roadblocks but stepping stones towards success.

My Father, the Beacon of Wisdom

My father’s wisdom, gleaned from years of experience and a ceaseless quest for knowledge, has been my compass in the journey of life. He taught me to question, to seek, and to never settle for the ordinary. His wisdom transcends bookish knowledge, delving into the realm of life’s deeper truths. Through his guidance, I learned to appreciate the beauty of questioning, the thrill of discovery, and the joy of learning.

My Father, the Embodiment of Love

Despite his many roles – a provider, a mentor, a protector – my father’s most significant role has been that of a loving parent. His love is not the ostentatious kind, filled with grand gestures and extravagant gifts. Instead, it is a quiet, steady flame that warms and illuminates. His love is seen in his sacrifices, his patience, and his unwavering faith in my potential. It’s a love that empowers, nurtures, and inspires.

My Father, My Hero

A hero is someone who inspires through their actions, someone who leads by example, and someone who makes a difference. My father, with his strength, wisdom, and love, fits this definition perfectly. He is my hero, not because he is infallible, but because he taught me that it is our imperfections that make us human. He is my hero, not because he never fell, but because he always got back up. He is my hero, not because he achieved great things, but because he showed me that the journey is more important than the destination.

In the grand narrative of my life, my father is the hero who continues to inspire and guide me. His life, a symphony of strength, wisdom, and love, resonates within me, shaping my thoughts, my actions, and my dreams. As I navigate the labyrinth of life, I am grateful for the beacon that is my father, my hero.

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His father never spoke of WWII. His flight logs told the story for him

Historian and author Howard Mansfield had vowed to never write another word about the Second World War. Yet a decade after his work, “ Dwelling in Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter ,” another World War II story fell into his lap — quite literally. And it was one that he could not ignore.

His father, Pincus Mansfield, had served with the 453rd Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force, but, like many veterans, Pincus had never spoken to his sons about his time serving in the flak-filled skies of occupied Europe.

It wasn’t until 65 years on, as Howard and his brother began clearing out their father’s home, did they happen upon a treasure trove of histories past.

“Cleaning up one day, in a small drawer with his cufflinks and tie clips, I found some small, unlined, pocket-sized notebook pages, folded over and tossed aside, sitting as they had for almost sixty-five years,” Mansfield writes in his prologue to “ I Will Tell No War Stories .”

“It was an account of each bomber mission he had flown as he had recorded it when he was nineteen and twenty years old. I had no idea such a record even existed.”

Mansfield seamlessly weaves the tracing of his own father’s story with the broader implications of history and memory.

Combat, as Mansfield’s research reveals, and as his father intimately knew, is an “experience so overwhelming that words diminish it, as if trying to draw a frame around the infinite.”

That didn’t stop Mansfield from trying, as he “began to undo the forgetting as best [he] could.” His latest, “I Will Tell No War Stories” is a testament to that.

Can you tell me about discovering your father’s war ‘twice’?

The first time I was in Wales — they have these great long-distance paths over there, all throughout the countryside. I was on one that runs along the Irish Sea and one night, I’m in this pub — because that’s where you’re going to be in this little village — and I get talking to this guy. I told him my father flew during the war so he said to me, “You’ve got to come upstairs to our meeting and see this film.” He introduces me as this honored guest because my father flew in the Eighth Air Force during the war.

They showed me this film — “Target for Tonight” — that has stayed with me to this day. It was like no war movie I’d ever seen. It was small. It was quiet. There were no special effects. It was only 45 minutes. But you came away with a real understanding of World War II from the British perspective. But what really came across to me was how unrelenting the industrial bombing was. You got up in the morning and if the weather was good, you’d go out. So at that point, I thought, oh my gosh, I bet my dad lived a life much like that of the film.

The second time just happened a few years ago. My dad never talked about the war just like most of the veterans. There were a couple of hints around the house, an old uniform in the basement, that sort of thing. But during the last year of his life we were cleaning up his home to move him to a veteran’s nursing home, and there was this little diary that he had kept during his bombing missions. They were not supposed to do this of course, it was strictly verboten for airmen to keep diaries at all, but a lot of them did.

I was just astounded to see it folded over and left. It had been sitting like that for 65 years.

From that I was able to start putting together the story of how he had served, where he was, and what he had gone through. He received two Purple Hearts, something that he had never mentioned.

Pincus Mansfield (Courtesy of Howard Mansfield)

Can you walk me through what your research process was like — especially with your father’s records destroyed in the 1973 fire?

At first I was like, “oh, I’ll request his military records.” But yes, I learned that after the 1973 St. Louis fire they lost maybe 85 percent of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ records from World War I through the early ‘60s. It’s just a phenomenal loss. So I had to put it together from other sources.

So a couple of key things: One, is I remembered the name of his pilot. I found his son who had the same name. I wrote him a letter, an old-fashioned letter, which he answered and called me back. Miraculously he had his father’s pilot logbook, so I had the missions my father flew and I knew when he had been hit because I had his Purple Heart papers, which I also found in his house.

He was in the 453 BG [bombardment group] and a couple of histories have been written on that, which I was able to use. From the Air Force Historical Research Agency I got miles and miles of microfilm. Once I decoded that sort of military way of categorizing things, I was able to see all the planning for the missions.

It was primarily the miles and miles and microfiche that gave me a feeling for what it was like — it gave me a real feeling for all the losses of the airplanes. In the book there is a place where I list all the planes and how they were lost. I think it’s just chilling.

Pincus Mansfield, bottom left, with his crew. (Courtesy of Howard Mansfield)

As you combed through your own father’s history, ‘undoing the forgetting,’ so to speak, how did your relationship with, or understanding, of him evolve?

By the time I was doing this he had died, but what I came to understand is why he didn’t want to talk about it.

I think there are two things, which was the cause for a lot of his generation. One, is remorse. Remorse about killing.

My father had been dead a year or two and my brother had the last few things in a storage locker. We were going through it and opened up this box that contained these two cassettes. I don’t remember him recording on microfiche and he must’ve just thrown them in a drawer or something. But in it, he talks about, oh my gosh, it was such an incredible thing. He’s home and my brother is 3, 4 years old. They’re watching TV and it’s a dark documentary kind of thing. They’re dropping bombs on cities and my father, who is watching says, “Oh my God.” That always bothered him.

And primarily, Ernie Pyle wrote this so well, and I’ll paraphrase but, “We did this so you don’t have to think about it. Go live in peace. Just go.”

A flight log of Pincus Manfield. (Courtesy of Howard Mansfield)

Military history is not always strategy or battle tactics, but the humanity (or lack thereof). Their silence gave us peace. How do you reconcile that as both a son of this generation, but also as a historian?

Well, as a historian, I wish that people would have told us more. And particularly, actually, particularly now, because there’s two things about what happened in World War II that I think people should never lose track of. One was how vast the destruction was in Europe. And the other thing is that this can’t happen again. Just can’t.

I do wish he had told us more at a certain age you know. All the guys on the block where I grew up had been in the Marines, the Navy, the Army. None of them talked about it. Who knows what they had seen or what they had done.

Your words ‘The commemorations and retellings of World War II became part of our forgetting’ reminded me of Milan Kundera’s book, ‘The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.’ How do you think the collective memory of World War II has diminished or obscured realities?

That’s an immense question. I’d say the films we grew up watching, most of them couldn’t be as fierce as what happened. Every now and then that happens — the recent film “Dunkirk,” the first 20 minutes of “Saving Private Ryan” — but most films have been watered down.

It also becomes kind of this thing that always happens in history where you go from the end, and read back in the beginning, “Oh, of course, we were gonna win.” Which wasn’t the case at all. A lot of things could have broken different ways, so I think it’s very hard to connect with.

I flew in a restored B-17 recently and I got a feel for how incredibly small inside it was. How loud it was to fly in that bomber, but even that was so cleaned up and sanitized. There was no blood. Vomit. Fear. Everything was wonderful. And that’s not the way it was.

You’re up at 20-25,000 feet in the air and then wait, you’re open to the weather? The plane isn’t pressurized?

It was all just physically exhausting. There’s long hours when nothing happens, and then those moments with just everything happens and you can be killed. It’s a very strange mix of tedium and possible death.

You vowed to never write about World War II again after finishing ‘Dwelling in Possibility.’ Do you feel the same sentiment now after?

Yes, I’m tired of having things destroyed. Writing about it was really a very upsetting exercise. You really have to open yourself up to that kind of destruction and suffering and try to portray it honestly.

I’m sure the mental toll of sifting through archives revolving around constant death and destruction, but even then, that in itself gets sanitized.

Yeah, exactly. You mentioned rivet counters — and yes, you gotta have those guys that check things, but sometimes they just get too locked in, lost in the hardware of the whole thing. You miss the point that these were boys flying the hardware.

You have to keep your eye on what was going on.

Claire Barrett is the Strategic Operations Editor for Sightline Media and a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.

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Essay on My Father for Students and Children

500+ words essay on my father.

Essay on My Father: Usually, people talk about a mother’s love and affection, in which a father’s love often gets ignored. A mother’s love is talked about repeatedly everywhere, in movies, in shows and more. Yet, what we fail to acknowledge is the strength of a father which often goes unnoticed. Father’s a blessing which not many people have in their lives. It would also be wrong to say that every father is the ideal hero for their kids because that is not the case. However, I can vouch for my father without any second thoughts when it comes to being an ideal person.

My Father is Different!

As everyone likes to believe that their father is different, so do I. Nonetheless, this conviction is not merely based on the love I have for him, but also because of his personality. My father owns a business and is quite disciplined in all aspects of life. He is the one who taught me to always practice discipline no matter what work I do.

Most importantly, he has a jovial nature and always makes my mother laugh with his silly antics even after 27 years of marriage. I completely adore this silly side of him when he is with his loved ones. He tries his best to fulfill all our wishes but also maintains the strictness when the need arises.

One of the best things I love about my father is that he has always kept a very safe and open home environment. For instance, my siblings and I can talk about anything with him without the fear of being scolded or judged. This has helped us not to lie, which I have often noticed with my friends.

In addition, my father has an undying love for animals which makes him very sympathetic towards them. He practices his religion devotedly and is very charitable too. I have never seen my father misbehave with his elders in my entire life which makes me want to be like him even more.

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My Father is My Source of Inspiration

I can proudly say that it is my father who has been my source of inspiration from day one. In other words, his perspective and personality together have shaped me as a person. Similarly, he has a great impact on the world as well in his own little ways. He devotes his free time in taking care of stray animals which inspires me to do the same.

My father has taught me the meaning of love in the form of a rose he gifts to my mother daily without fail. This consistency and affection encourage all of us to treat them the same way. All my knowledge of sports and cars, I have derived from my father. It is one of the sole reasons why I aspire to be a cricket player in the future.

To sum it up, I believe that my father has it all what it takes to be called a real-life superhero. The way he manages things professionally and personally leaves me mesmerized every time. No matter how tough the times got, I watched my father become tougher. I certainly aspire to become like my father. If I could just inherit ten percent of what he is, I believe my life will be sorted.

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Short Essay on My Father [100, 200, 400 Words] With PDF

Essays on ‘Father’ is a very common English writing comprehension test for many exams. In this lesson today, I will discuss how to write short essays on one of the most important people of our life: Father. 

Short Essay on Father in 100 Words

My father is a kind and caring person. He is my hero. He works hard and takes care of our family. He always motivates me to study well, work hard and chase my dreams. Whenever I am sick, he stays beside me and takes care of me alongside my mother.

My father is a loving husband to my mother and a filial son to his parents. He helps my mother with the household chores and spends a lot of time with my grandparents. He has never differentiated between a son and a daughter and treats me and my sibling equally. On weekends, he takes us out for picnics, movies, and other fun activities. My father is a role model for me. 

Short Essay on Father in 200 Words

My father is an ideal man. He is kind and caring. He works hard and takes care of our family. He is a strong-willed person who doesn’t fear challenges and never gives up. He motivates me to study well and work hard towards my dreams. My father is my best friend. I share all my worries and problems with him and he always comes up with the best solutions. When I am sad, he comforts me and gives me strength. When I am sick, he stays beside me and takes care of me alongside my mother. 

My father is a loving husband and a filial son. He helps my mother with the household work and shares her load. He values her a lot and never fights with her. He also spends a lot of time with my grandparents and takes them to visit their old friends whenever he has time. He also takes us out for family picnics and outings on weekends.

My father has never differentiated between a son and a daughter and treats both me and my sibling equally. He has set an example for us by being an upright, compassionate and genuine human being. He has taught us to be honest, respectful, and kind. My father is my role model and I love him very much. 

Short Essay on Father in 400 Words

My father is the backbone of our family. He is a kind, caring and compassionate person. He is a teacher by profession and is well-respected by his students and colleagues. He works hard and takes care of our family. My father is strong-willed and optimistic. He is not afraid of facing challenges and doesn’t give up no matter how difficult a situation is.

He motivates me to study well and work hard towards my dreams. My father is also my best friend. He listens to whatever I have to say. I can share all my worries and problems with him and he always comes up with the best solutions. When I am not in a good mood, he comforts me. When I am sick, he takes care of me. Even when he returns home tired, he makes sure to sit with us and have a nice talk. 

My father is a generous person. Being a teacher, he has come across many students who want to learn but do not have the financial capacity to support their studies. For them, he has given lessons for free and even helped them financially.

He is very kind to the poor and needy. He helps them and does as much as possible to support them. My father is a helpful person and is always ready to extend a helping hand whenever our neighbours are in some kind of trouble. I am very proud of him. 

My father is an ideal husband and son. He helps my mother with the household chores and shares the load. He values her, listens to her thoughts, ideas and opinions and never fights with her. They always make sure that our home environment is peaceful and harmonious.

My father is also a filial son who spends a lot of time taking care of his parents. He takes my grandparents out to the park and to visit their old friends whenever he has time. On weekends, he takes us out for picnics, movies and other fun activities. When my sibling or I have exams, my father stays up at night to guide us and help us with our studies. 

My father has never differentiated between a son and a daughter and treats both me and my sibling equally. He has taught us to be upright, honest, respectful and kind. He leads by example and has shown us how to be selfless, brave and patient. My father is my role model and I love him dearly. 

Hopefully, from the session above, you have gotten a holistic idea of how you can write short essays on ‘Father’ in a concise form. In this lesson, I have adopted a simplistic approach and easy language to write these essays so that all kinds of students can understand those without any difficulties. If you still have any doubts regarding this session, kindly let me know through some quick comments. 

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My Father Essay

Blessed are those who have the backing of a supportive father. These fantastic men help us discover who we are meant to become. Fathers are like the roots of a tree and make the roots of a strong foundation. They protect us from harm and make us productive members of society. Here are a few sample essays on ‘my father’.

100 Words Essay On My Father

There’s no man like my father. He is the breadwinner of our family and amazes me daily with his dedication to work and love for his family. My father, Mohan Rao, is a businessman. He plays a vital role in shaping my character and significantly influencing my discussions and experiences. My father abides by a few morals like honesty, discipline, respect for everyone, never hurting anyone and seeking happiness in the small pleasures of life. I try to implement them too. My father is a dutiful son to my grandma, a loving husband, a caring father and a responsible family man. I aspire to follow him when I grow up.

200 Words Essay On My Father

It is true when they say the father is a daughter's first love. No one can love a girl as unconditionally as her father. My father gave me purpose and a dream to live a life. I acquired my traits of being unconventional and unique from him. Although non-conventional in his methods, he is a hardworking, passionate, caring, honest and dedicated person. He is a professional chef and cooks the best food in the world. He lights up the place within minutes of his arrival with his jolly nature and fantastic sense of humour.

Best Qualities Of My Father

He provides me with security and physical and emotional comfort and builds my self-esteem.

His words are fueling and encouraging; they instil confidence in me.

His advice is both life-saving and life-giving.

Any adventure with him means fun and making the best memories.

I learnt valuable life lessons like the importance of time, the virtues of discipline, the worth of money, and respecting elders from him. His passion for music and sports interested me in learning guitar and playing football. He has been the guiding force in my life. As they say, a father is essential in a child’s life. My dad’s influence and impact appear in my life, from my food choices to the football team I support.

500 Words My Father Essay

In Indian cultures, a father is considered the head of the family. He is entrusted with the massive responsibility of fulfilling everyone's needs and providing them with a safe and secure life. He is the social leader and strict disciplinarian of the house. He is the ship's captain, helming the boat towards its destination. A father is a man who bestows wings on their kids to fly towards their dream. Then, some fantastic men in our life, such as uncles, friends, teachers, and mentors, take father figures in our life. I am privileged to have a biological father and also father figures in my life.

My father is a taciturn, reserved, silent man. He is a teacher passionate about maths. His first love is the family, seconded by maths. Although a man of fewer words, he understands everything without explaining. Unlike my father, my mother is a very chatty person. My father's silent energy is vital for maintaining the balance of the home.

He is an honest, hardworking and disciplined man. I cannot recall any work my father did that required a rework. The first thing I learned from my father was that no matter how small or big the job is, it is essential to give total effort and dedication. This advice changed my life. He never spoke much but was always beside my mother as a constant shadow and me. He has provided us with a very peaceful, fulfilling life.

My Father Is Special | My father enjoys the silly side of me and appreciates it too, but he also maintains strictness when the need arises. He tries his best to fulfil our needs, sometimes suppressing his own. He has provided me with a safe, open and accessible environment where I can keep my thoughts freely without hesitation, thus eliminating the need for lies.

My father Is Benevolent | My father is very caring towards animals, which instilled sympathy in me. He is a very charitable person who believes in silent donations. I have never witnessed him misbehaving, raising his voice, or cussing anyone, regardless of his anger. He always respects elders and follows culture and tradition with complete faith.

My father Is My Inspiration | My father spends his weekend teaching underprivileged kids at no cost. He goes to a nearby park and holds maths tuitions for kids of all ages. He also makes considerable donations to stray dog welfare associations. He has made me understand the real meaning of love and compassion. My interest in becoming a veterinary doctor is through him.

My father has all the qualities of a beautiful human being that I aspire to be. My father’s gift of quality time, long-lasting conversation, life-changing advice and positive actions have significantly impacted my life. I strive every day to become like him. I only hope when I have a family of my own, every day, I see a little more of my father in me and that I can be as good of a parent figure to my kids.

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A Structural Engineer designs buildings, bridges, and other related structures. He or she analyzes the structures and makes sure the structures are strong enough to be used by the people. A career as a Structural Engineer requires working in the construction process. It comes under the civil engineering discipline. A Structure Engineer creates structural models with the help of computer-aided design software. 

Highway Engineer

Highway Engineer Job Description:  A Highway Engineer is a civil engineer who specialises in planning and building thousands of miles of roads that support connectivity and allow transportation across the country. He or she ensures that traffic management schemes are effectively planned concerning economic sustainability and successful implementation.

Field Surveyor

Are you searching for a Field Surveyor Job Description? A Field Surveyor is a professional responsible for conducting field surveys for various places or geographical conditions. He or she collects the required data and information as per the instructions given by senior officials. 

Orthotist and Prosthetist

Orthotists and Prosthetists are professionals who provide aid to patients with disabilities. They fix them to artificial limbs (prosthetics) and help them to regain stability. There are times when people lose their limbs in an accident. In some other occasions, they are born without a limb or orthopaedic impairment. Orthotists and prosthetists play a crucial role in their lives with fixing them to assistive devices and provide mobility.

Pathologist

A career in pathology in India is filled with several responsibilities as it is a medical branch and affects human lives. The demand for pathologists has been increasing over the past few years as people are getting more aware of different diseases. Not only that, but an increase in population and lifestyle changes have also contributed to the increase in a pathologist’s demand. The pathology careers provide an extremely huge number of opportunities and if you want to be a part of the medical field you can consider being a pathologist. If you want to know more about a career in pathology in India then continue reading this article.

Veterinary Doctor

Speech therapist, gynaecologist.

Gynaecology can be defined as the study of the female body. The job outlook for gynaecology is excellent since there is evergreen demand for one because of their responsibility of dealing with not only women’s health but also fertility and pregnancy issues. Although most women prefer to have a women obstetrician gynaecologist as their doctor, men also explore a career as a gynaecologist and there are ample amounts of male doctors in the field who are gynaecologists and aid women during delivery and childbirth. 

Audiologist

The audiologist career involves audiology professionals who are responsible to treat hearing loss and proactively preventing the relevant damage. Individuals who opt for a career as an audiologist use various testing strategies with the aim to determine if someone has a normal sensitivity to sounds or not. After the identification of hearing loss, a hearing doctor is required to determine which sections of the hearing are affected, to what extent they are affected, and where the wound causing the hearing loss is found. As soon as the hearing loss is identified, the patients are provided with recommendations for interventions and rehabilitation such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, and appropriate medical referrals. While audiology is a branch of science that studies and researches hearing, balance, and related disorders.

An oncologist is a specialised doctor responsible for providing medical care to patients diagnosed with cancer. He or she uses several therapies to control the cancer and its effect on the human body such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy and biopsy. An oncologist designs a treatment plan based on a pathology report after diagnosing the type of cancer and where it is spreading inside the body.

Are you searching for an ‘Anatomist job description’? An Anatomist is a research professional who applies the laws of biological science to determine the ability of bodies of various living organisms including animals and humans to regenerate the damaged or destroyed organs. If you want to know what does an anatomist do, then read the entire article, where we will answer all your questions.

For an individual who opts for a career as an actor, the primary responsibility is to completely speak to the character he or she is playing and to persuade the crowd that the character is genuine by connecting with them and bringing them into the story. This applies to significant roles and littler parts, as all roles join to make an effective creation. Here in this article, we will discuss how to become an actor in India, actor exams, actor salary in India, and actor jobs. 

Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats create and direct original routines for themselves, in addition to developing interpretations of existing routines. The work of circus acrobats can be seen in a variety of performance settings, including circus, reality shows, sports events like the Olympics, movies and commercials. Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats must be prepared to face rejections and intermittent periods of work. The creativity of acrobats may extend to other aspects of the performance. For example, acrobats in the circus may work with gym trainers, celebrities or collaborate with other professionals to enhance such performance elements as costume and or maybe at the teaching end of the career.

Video Game Designer

Career as a video game designer is filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. A video game designer is someone who is involved in the process of creating a game from day one. He or she is responsible for fulfilling duties like designing the character of the game, the several levels involved, plot, art and similar other elements. Individuals who opt for a career as a video game designer may also write the codes for the game using different programming languages.

Depending on the video game designer job description and experience they may also have to lead a team and do the early testing of the game in order to suggest changes and find loopholes.

Radio Jockey

Radio Jockey is an exciting, promising career and a great challenge for music lovers. If you are really interested in a career as radio jockey, then it is very important for an RJ to have an automatic, fun, and friendly personality. If you want to get a job done in this field, a strong command of the language and a good voice are always good things. Apart from this, in order to be a good radio jockey, you will also listen to good radio jockeys so that you can understand their style and later make your own by practicing.

A career as radio jockey has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. If you want to know more about a career as radio jockey, and how to become a radio jockey then continue reading the article.

Choreographer

The word “choreography" actually comes from Greek words that mean “dance writing." Individuals who opt for a career as a choreographer create and direct original dances, in addition to developing interpretations of existing dances. A Choreographer dances and utilises his or her creativity in other aspects of dance performance. For example, he or she may work with the music director to select music or collaborate with other famous choreographers to enhance such performance elements as lighting, costume and set design.

Social Media Manager

A career as social media manager involves implementing the company’s or brand’s marketing plan across all social media channels. Social media managers help in building or improving a brand’s or a company’s website traffic, build brand awareness, create and implement marketing and brand strategy. Social media managers are key to important social communication as well.

Photographer

Photography is considered both a science and an art, an artistic means of expression in which the camera replaces the pen. In a career as a photographer, an individual is hired to capture the moments of public and private events, such as press conferences or weddings, or may also work inside a studio, where people go to get their picture clicked. Photography is divided into many streams each generating numerous career opportunities in photography. With the boom in advertising, media, and the fashion industry, photography has emerged as a lucrative and thrilling career option for many Indian youths.

An individual who is pursuing a career as a producer is responsible for managing the business aspects of production. They are involved in each aspect of production from its inception to deception. Famous movie producers review the script, recommend changes and visualise the story. 

They are responsible for overseeing the finance involved in the project and distributing the film for broadcasting on various platforms. A career as a producer is quite fulfilling as well as exhaustive in terms of playing different roles in order for a production to be successful. Famous movie producers are responsible for hiring creative and technical personnel on contract basis.

Copy Writer

In a career as a copywriter, one has to consult with the client and understand the brief well. A career as a copywriter has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. Several new mediums of advertising are opening therefore making it a lucrative career choice. Students can pursue various copywriter courses such as Journalism , Advertising , Marketing Management . Here, we have discussed how to become a freelance copywriter, copywriter career path, how to become a copywriter in India, and copywriting career outlook. 

In a career as a vlogger, one generally works for himself or herself. However, once an individual has gained viewership there are several brands and companies that approach them for paid collaboration. It is one of those fields where an individual can earn well while following his or her passion. 

Ever since internet costs got reduced the viewership for these types of content has increased on a large scale. Therefore, a career as a vlogger has a lot to offer. If you want to know more about the Vlogger eligibility, roles and responsibilities then continue reading the article. 

For publishing books, newspapers, magazines and digital material, editorial and commercial strategies are set by publishers. Individuals in publishing career paths make choices about the markets their businesses will reach and the type of content that their audience will be served. Individuals in book publisher careers collaborate with editorial staff, designers, authors, and freelance contributors who develop and manage the creation of content.

Careers in journalism are filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. One cannot afford to miss out on the details. As it is the small details that provide insights into a story. Depending on those insights a journalist goes about writing a news article. A journalism career can be stressful at times but if you are someone who is passionate about it then it is the right choice for you. If you want to know more about the media field and journalist career then continue reading this article.

Individuals in the editor career path is an unsung hero of the news industry who polishes the language of the news stories provided by stringers, reporters, copywriters and content writers and also news agencies. Individuals who opt for a career as an editor make it more persuasive, concise and clear for readers. In this article, we will discuss the details of the editor's career path such as how to become an editor in India, editor salary in India and editor skills and qualities.

Individuals who opt for a career as a reporter may often be at work on national holidays and festivities. He or she pitches various story ideas and covers news stories in risky situations. Students can pursue a BMC (Bachelor of Mass Communication) , B.M.M. (Bachelor of Mass Media) , or  MAJMC (MA in Journalism and Mass Communication) to become a reporter. While we sit at home reporters travel to locations to collect information that carries a news value.  

Corporate Executive

Are you searching for a Corporate Executive job description? A Corporate Executive role comes with administrative duties. He or she provides support to the leadership of the organisation. A Corporate Executive fulfils the business purpose and ensures its financial stability. In this article, we are going to discuss how to become corporate executive.

Multimedia Specialist

A multimedia specialist is a media professional who creates, audio, videos, graphic image files, computer animations for multimedia applications. He or she is responsible for planning, producing, and maintaining websites and applications. 

Quality Controller

A quality controller plays a crucial role in an organisation. He or she is responsible for performing quality checks on manufactured products. He or she identifies the defects in a product and rejects the product. 

A quality controller records detailed information about products with defects and sends it to the supervisor or plant manager to take necessary actions to improve the production process.

Production Manager

A QA Lead is in charge of the QA Team. The role of QA Lead comes with the responsibility of assessing services and products in order to determine that he or she meets the quality standards. He or she develops, implements and manages test plans. 

Process Development Engineer

The Process Development Engineers design, implement, manufacture, mine, and other production systems using technical knowledge and expertise in the industry. They use computer modeling software to test technologies and machinery. An individual who is opting career as Process Development Engineer is responsible for developing cost-effective and efficient processes. They also monitor the production process and ensure it functions smoothly and efficiently.

AWS Solution Architect

An AWS Solution Architect is someone who specializes in developing and implementing cloud computing systems. He or she has a good understanding of the various aspects of cloud computing and can confidently deploy and manage their systems. He or she troubleshoots the issues and evaluates the risk from the third party. 

Azure Administrator

An Azure Administrator is a professional responsible for implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Azure Solutions. He or she manages cloud infrastructure service instances and various cloud servers as well as sets up public and private cloud systems. 

Computer Programmer

Careers in computer programming primarily refer to the systematic act of writing code and moreover include wider computer science areas. The word 'programmer' or 'coder' has entered into practice with the growing number of newly self-taught tech enthusiasts. Computer programming careers involve the use of designs created by software developers and engineers and transforming them into commands that can be implemented by computers. These commands result in regular usage of social media sites, word-processing applications and browsers.

Information Security Manager

Individuals in the information security manager career path involves in overseeing and controlling all aspects of computer security. The IT security manager job description includes planning and carrying out security measures to protect the business data and information from corruption, theft, unauthorised access, and deliberate attack 

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Automation test engineer.

An Automation Test Engineer job involves executing automated test scripts. He or she identifies the project’s problems and troubleshoots them. The role involves documenting the defect using management tools. He or she works with the application team in order to resolve any issues arising during the testing process. 

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I planned on confronting my absent father about his parenting. But when I asked to hear his side, I learned a powerful lesson.

• My father was absent throughout most of my life, so I went to Ghana to confront him about it. 
• In Ghana, I learned about my father's past and understood his perspective for the first time. 
• Although we will never be close, the conversation healed our relationship and taught me empathy. 

A few years ago, I visited my father in Ghana and asked to hear his story about why he was an absent parent . This conversation helped me heal, forgive, and transform how I view disagreements today.

At the time, I had a lot of built-up resentment and anger toward my dad. In my mind, he stopped making a meaningful effort to see me or show up for me after he remarried. He and his new family lived in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Finland — while my mom, my brother, and I initially struggled with being unhoused and being on welfare here in the US.

I dealt with a lot of feelings of rejection , which I'd reflected on and worked through in therapy during my 20s. But in my 30s, it all came back, and I needed to deal with it head-on.

I decided to meet with my father to talk things through

There were times when I'd be driving, and I'd find myself weeping, questioning what I'd done to cause him not to fight for me. It was clear his rejection of me was still affecting the way I move about the world.

During a leadership training program, my cohort and I discussed our origins. I shared with the cohort that I had an upcoming trip to Ghana, and I had plans to confront my father.

Politely, a cohort member raised their hand. "Hey, what would it look like if you took a different approach?" he asked. "We all have empathy for each other because we know each other's stories."

I felt my heart rate quicken and my jaw clench in defensiveness. Despite my defensiveness, his words planted a seed that I brought up with my therapist. Together, my therapist and I started preparing for how I would turn my "confrontation" into a "conversation" with my father.

When the time came for my kids and me to travel to Ghana, I asked my father for one-on-one time and broached the topic.

"Hey, Dad, I never really heard your story. What was life like growing up for you, and what happened between us?"

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My father told me about his journey with his dad, his custody struggles , and the interpersonal conflicts between him and my mother. Eventually, he explained that he concluded: "Justin will come find me when he's ready."

I also asked my father to share his experiences growing up

My father grew up in Ghana, and his own father was only around a fraction of the time. My father also left his entire family for boarding school at 14 years old, and at 16, he left Ghana to come to the US.

Hearing this story, a lump formed in my throat as I felt — for the first time — empathy for my dad. I wonder how he felt as a little boy.

Fully immersing myself in my dad's story wasn't easy. It was challenging to remove my biased perspective of anger and distrust. I pushed myself to engage from a place of curiosity and ask him questions as if I was a student.

Hearing my dad's story helped me understand

At the end of our conversation, I told my father I disagreed with his approach but understood how he arrived at his conclusion. We hugged, and my father told me he was proud of me, which I never heard growing up.

This conversation did not transform us into a father-son duo holding hands and walking into the sunset. My dad's decision not to fight for a place in my life robbed both of us of father-son experiences that we can never get back.

However, this conversation gave me access to my heritage, Ghana, which I'd previously avoided. This allowed me to get involved in social entrepreneurial projects, like working with an elementary school and hiring and training Ghanaian staff members.

It also gave me access to an incredible mentor, my father . Previously, I avoided my dad. Now, I actively seek him out, particularly when I need feedback on a project.

Perhaps most importantly, this conversation taught me a profound lesson I now apply to every area of my life. I learned that when we do not seek to understand and respect the person we disagree with, it only hurts us.

That day, if I had chosen to confront my father from a place of vitriol and anger, his rejection would still haunt me, and I would have never learned the powerful lesson that every person has a story that shapes who they are today.

Justin Jones-Fosu's book, I Respectfully Disagree (releasing April 2024), challenges the reader to focus on building bridges with people rather than barriers from them. You can download an excerpt here . Justin is also a dad, the founder of Work.Meaningful where he serves as an international keynote speaker, a social entrepreneur, a critically acclaimed author, and a mountain climber.

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The Indian Army , the world's second-largest standing army, marks Indian Army Day 2024 theme as the Year of Technology Absorption, signifying a focused commitment to incorporating and harnessing technological advancements. when is Indian Army Day? The celebration of Indian Army Day occurs annually on the 15th of January. As we approach Indian Army Day 2024 , let's delve into the forces that safeguard our nation's security and why Indian Army Day is celebrated, exploring their evolving role in a rapidly changing world. The Indian Army's dedication to absorbing cutting-edge technology adds a dynamic dimension to their capabilities, reflecting a strategic vision for a modernized defense.In this context, we will explore the importance of celebrating Indian Army Day 2024 and examine the role of technology in shaping the future of our armed forces.

Essay on Indian Army Day 2024

The Indian Army is the land-based branch of the Indian Armed Forces. It is the world's second-largest standing army and the largest army. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and it is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star general. Two battalions of the Indian Army have been awarded the "Nations in conflict" peacekeeping medal.

The Indian Army has a regimental system but is operationally and geographically split into seven commands, with the basic field formation being a division. It is an all-volunteer force and comprises more than 81,000 active troops and a support element of close to 1,160,000 troops.

The primary objective of the Indian Army is to safeguard the nation's territorial integrity from external aggression and threats and maintain peace and security within its borders. It conducts humanitarian rescue operations during natural calamities and other restlessness, like Operation Surya Hope, and can also be requisitioned by the Government to assist in national emergencies. The Indian Army has been involved in four wars with neighbouring Pakistan and one with China. It has also conducted numerous peacekeeping operations across the world.

Indian Army consists of many regiments which are territorially based, and each regiment has its own cap badge, traditions and history. The units that make up the Indian Army are not all permanently based in one location. They are rotated between deployments in India and other countries as part of peacekeeping or training missions.

The Indian Army is a very disciplined force and follows a strict hierarchy. Officers must salute their seniors, regardless of rank, and must obey orders from their superiors without question. The soldiers are also expected to maintain a high degree of personal hygiene and be physically fit.

The Indian Army is one of the largest armies in the world. It has more than 1,160,000 troops who are available for deployment at short notice. These troops come from all over India and are drawn from all religions and regions. They are paid according to their rank and duration of service.

The Indian Army is the largest volunteer army in the world. It has more than 1,160,000 troops who are available for deployment at short notice.

India became independent from Britain in 1947. It was then ruled by the British Indian Empire. The independence day of Pakistan is on 14 august 1947. There was a lot of violence and bloodshed between the Hindus and Muslims in the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. 

The British Indian Army was divided between the two countries. The British Indian Army in Pakistan became the Pakistani Army. The British Indian Army in India became the Indian Army.

A Long Indian Army Day 2024 Essay

The Happy Indian Army Day originated from armies of the East India Company's which at last became the British Indian Army, and the Princely States Army, which after its independence in 1947, merged into the National Army of India. The units of the Indian Army have fought many battles in the past where they gained honor for the country with their bravery. One will find out more facts about the Indian Army through this essay on the Indian Army in English.

The Indian Army has the sole objective of protecting the nation from any foreign aggression that arises, ensuring the nation's security. They also try to prevent the nation from internal threats. During natural calamities, the Indian Army conducts humanitarian rescue operations to save many people's lives. There are a total of 65 regiments in the Indian Army that are divided based on their skills. These are some facts that one can learn from the essay on the Indian Army. 

There are various medals presented by the President of India to different Indian Army recruits for their bravery on the battlefield. The medals awarded for the valor shown on the battlefield in the face of the enemy are Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, and Vir Chakra, and the medals awarded for bravery and courage shown away from the battlefield are Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra.

The Indian Army, till now, has fought four battles, from which three were with Pakistan, and one was with China. Some other operations that are performed by the Indian Army are Operation Vijay, Operation Meghdoot, Operation Cactus, and Operation Brasstacks. One can also learn about some more missions conducted by the Army from this essay on the Indian Army, as they were also involved in many peacekeeping missions organized by the United States. Some of these peacekeeping missions were conducted in Lebanon, Angola, Cambodia, Vietnam, and many other countries.

The Government is now planning to increase the capabilities of the Indian Force by introducing some new policies. Recently, it has been planned that the Indian Army with the Indian Navy will set up a marine brigade. 

The current formations that the Army follows are holding formations and combat formations. Holding formations are meant for holding and containing the enemies, and combat formation is meant for counter-attacking the enemies in order to neutralize them and stop them from attacking.

One can gain knowledge of the Army's uniform from this Indian Army essay. The Indian Army camouflage uniform includes a shirt, trousers, and a synthetic material cap. The Indian Army's camouflage dress has a jungle camouflage pattern that is designed to be used in woodland environments. 

Regiments that are posted in the desert or dusty area have desert camouflage pattern uniforms. The modern recruited armies are required to wear distinctive parade uniforms, which are classified by variegated turbans and waist-sashes in regimental colors.

The Indian Army gives the perfect example of gender inequality by recruiting women in different regiments of the Army. The first women were appointed in the Indian Army when the Indian Military Nursing Service was formed in the year 1888. These women nurses have served the Army in both World War I and II.

With all the facts relating to the Indian Army covered in this essay, one can understand the importance of the Indian Army essay. The essay about the Indian Army gave an overview of the Army as a whole. The Indian Army is the third-largest on the globe, and has many features that one can see from this essay. It is also visible how the Government has planned to make the Army better every passing day so that they are ready to face any danger, be it internal or external.

A Short Note on Happy Indian Army Day 2024

Indian Army is the third-largest Army in the globe, is one of the most powerful and strongest among the armies of other countries. In the past, they have proved their superiority in different battles and missions that have been conducted. Through this short essay on Happy Indian Army Day in English, one will be able to see the power and strength that the Indian Army possesses.

The Indian Army has only one goal, which is to safeguard the nation's security and maintain unity in the country. All the recruits in the Army perform to achieve this one goal. The Indian Army consists of a total number of 65 regiments that are classified or divided based on their skills and capabilities. They are trained with two formations that are holding formation and combat formation. Holding formation is meant for defense, and combat formation is meant for an attack.

The Indian Army improves its skills by conducting training missions with different powerful countries such as The United States, Russia, and Israel.

Through this essay on the Indian Army Day 2024 in 100 words , it is clear that the Indian Army is well prepared for any unwanted situation in the future and has the capability to deal with it. The Indian Army epitomizes unwavering commitment and valor, safeguarding our nation's sovereignty with courage. Beyond borders, they contribute to disaster relief and peacekeeping, embodying humanity's spirit. Their sacrifices inspire national pride. Let us honor and support our armed forces, recognising their pivotal role in preserving our cherished freedom and unity. Jai Hind!

FAQs on Indian Army Day 2024 Essay

1. What is the Indian Army?

The Indian Army, which is one of the strongest armies in the world, and has all the features that make it an efficient army. The Indian Army has a total number of 65 regiments which are divided based on their skills and capabilities. These soldiers undergo training with two formations: holding formation and combat formation, which consists of the following: Holding Formation: This is meant for defense, Combat Formation: This formation is meant for attacking. For more information, read this Indian Army essay on Vedantu.

2. What are the different types of uniforms in the Indian Army?

The Indian Army has two types of uniforms: a camouflage uniform and a parade uniform. The camouflage uniform includes a shirt, trousers, and a synthetic material cap, while the parade uniform consists of a variegated turban and waist-sash in regimental colors. The color of the uniform differs according to the regiments. The Indian Army's uniform is a combination of different colors, which represents the culture and tradition of the country. Army uniform is a matter of pride for every soldier because it gives the mental satisfaction that on a special occasion, they are given a chance to wear their best uniform.

3. What is the role of the Indian Army in India?

The Indian Army has been playing many different roles from protecting its borders from any external danger; apart from this, they have also played a crucial role in the development of the country. Indian Army helps to build infrastructure, assists in natural calamities and provides medical assistance during any emergency. The Indian Army is one of the most powerful armies in the world. It has all the features that make it an efficient army. The Army consists of a total number of 65 regiments grouped and divided based on their skills and capabilities. These soldiers go through training with two formations holding formation and combat formation, which is described in the wiki. The Indian Army improves its skills by conducting training missions with different powerful countries such as the US, Russia and Israel.

4. What are the roles played by women in the Indian Army?

The first women were appointed in the Indian Army when the Indian Military Nursing Service was formed in 1888. These women nurses served the Army in both world war I and II. Women have also participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Kargil War. Presently, women are recruited in the Army as doctors, engineers, lawyers, air warriors etc., and they are performing their duties efficiently. The Indian Army has only one goal, which is to safeguard the nation's security and maintain unity in the country. All recruits in the Army perform to achieve this one goal. The Indian Army has all it takes to face any challenges in the future if any arise. The Indian Army essay covers all these points.

5. What is the role of the Indian Army in development?

The Indian Army plays a crucial role in the development and progress of the country. The main aim of this research paper on the Indian Army is to make people aware of the Indian Army and its roles. India, which is considered one of the biggest democratic countries, has faced many internal conflicts throughout its history. It is the Indian Army that has protected the country from any external danger and guarded its borders. The Indian Army not only defends India's land but also gives medical assistance to people during emergencies such as floods, earthquakes etc.

6. How Many Regiments Are There in the Indian Army?

The Indian Army has a total number of 65 regiments in which army recruits are divided according to their skills. Some of the important regiments are Gurkha Regiment, Dogra Regiment, Kumaon Regiment, Ladakh Scouts Regiment, and many others.

7. Who Started the Army in India?

Mohan Singh established the first Indian National Army. He was an officer in the British Indian Army, and he was captured in the Malayan Campaign. The nationalist sympathies of Mohan Singh led him to find an ally in Fujiwara that helped him a lot.

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A former financial counselor with the US Army has pleaded guilty to defrauding grieving Gold Star families out of millions of dollars worth of life insurance payments, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

New Jersey resident Caz Craffy, 41, pleaded guilty to six counts of wire fraud and one count each of securities fraud, making false statements in a loan application, committing acts affecting a personal financial interest, and making false statements to a federal agency.

If found guilty he could spend 8 to 10 years in prison under recommended federal guidelines. He’s also agreed not to appeal a sentence up to that range and to make full restitution.

When a member of the armed forces dies during active duty their surviving beneficiary — a Gold Star family member — is entitled to a $100,000 payment and the servicemember’s life insurance up to $400,000.

From November 2017 to January 2023, Craffy was responsible for providing general financial education to Gold Star families but instead used his position to “target” these vulnerable families, court documents revealed.

“Nothing can undo the enormous loss that Gold Star families have suffered, but the Justice Department is committed to doing everything in our power to protect them from further harm,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

The 41-year-old was an employee of the Army working as a financial counselor with the Casualty Assistance Office and has also been a major in the Army Reserve.

He was prohibited from offering any personal opinions regarding the beneficiaries money and was “not permitted to participate personally in any government matter in which he had an outside financial interest in,” court filings read.

Craffy admitted that he’d encouraged Gold Star families to invest in accounts he managed in his outside employment with two separate financial investment firms. The families mistakenly believed this was with the authorization of the Army.

From May 2018 to November 2022, Craffy cheated the beneficiaries out of more than $9.9 million. 

He used the money for trades without the family’s authorization earning Craffy high commissions.

Gold Star family accounts lost more than $3.7 million, while Craffy earned more than $1.4 million in commissions taken from their accounts.

“Craffy disgraced his entrusted position to care for our nation’s military families when he allegedly took advantage of them during a vulnerable time of grief,” Acting Special Agent in Charge William S. Walker of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark said.

Craffy entered his plea before US District Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton, New Jersey and is scheduled to be sentenced on August 21.

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