Communication Failure

http://www.kuar.org/kuarnews/41863-army-lr-city-hall-fail-to-warn-public-about-special-forces-exercise.html

According to KUAR News in Little Rock, AR, there was a failure to communicate between US Army officials and officials of City Hall.  A Special Forces unit was scheduled to conduct a training mission in an old VA hospital, but scared the public due to a lack of information given out before the mission was to take place.  The police department was suppose to get the word out, but ended up trying to get the Army to get the word out due to a lack of man power with the police department.  Eventually, no one got the word out.

The frustration that was caused from this incident isn’t from who was going to inform the public, but who is going to take the blame for not informing the public.  Each side thought that the other would take care of the “problem”.  But it was agreed when the Mayor let the Army use the public air space as well as the old VA hospital that the elected positions as well as local law enforcement would inform the public with the aid of media.  So really, there’s no excuse as to why the public couldn’t have been informed.

I can relate to this rather well as that there is a bit of communication problem in the military.  But it usually doesn’t get to this type of problem.  Most of the time it’s last minute things that come up and need to get done before the day is over.  Sometimes those in charge know about these things, other times they don’t, but either way it’s never really fun to have to try rushing around to get these things done.

My Inspiration

Many people say that they have been inspired by one thing or another, but what were they inspired to do?  Did they watch a movie about gorillas and became inspired to eat a banana split?  Becoming inspired is one thing, but doing something with that inspiration is another.

I’ve never really looked at whom or what inspires me before; I’ve never truly felt inspired, at least, not until rather recently.  I guess it’s because I never really was asked about it.  No one cared to know what I was inspired to do, so I ended up not caring about it myself.  I ended up becoming rather lazy and just floating by through life.  Everything appeared to be working out.  But it wasn’t until after leaving the Army that I found myself lost and not sure what to do with my life.  I needed my own inspiration.

I would have to say that my biggest source of inspiration comes from both my mother and my fiancée.  While they may be two sources of inspiration, they both inspire me to do the same thing.  This inspiration is to better improve myself for those I care about.

My mother raised my brother and me as a single parent ever since I was young.  She worked night shifts at the hospital as a nurse and was often tired, but she always made sure that she had enough time to make dinner for us before she left.  Looking back on it, her hard work has inspired me to work hard to take care of those I care about.

My fiancée is another inspiration for me to work harder.  She put herself through college, which wasn’t easy with her controlling mother.  Even with problems of a professor losing her work which would prevent her from graduating, she took classes over the summer while working to finish earning her degree.  She’s even studying to get her CPA while working a full time job.  She inspires me to continue my education.