Sunday, August 31, 2014

Holy Grail of MI

August Post 
My topic is military intelligence and a lot of information is classified, so on research check days it is always a pain to find good articles of any kind to bring in and learn from. When you do find decent articles you have to pay for the full article.On Friday 29 we went to the Cal Poly library where we were instructed on how to access articles on the webpage. Where they had so many reviewed and approved legit articles on MI. Not only did they have articles but the library also had a large selection of updated books on MI also. So the the trip to the library was very prosperous and beneficial to my topic.    

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Blog 4: Interview Preperation

Content

1:Who do you plan to interview? Why?
My Mentor Staff Sergeant Felix US Army for my topic on MI because i only just met him and it would be a good way to learn more about him.
2: You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask? What are open ended questions?
1. Why choose to be the field you are in?
2. What do you plan to do later in your life/career?
3. What are you favorite memories from when you where training?
4. What makes your career appealing to you and others that are coming into the field, or are already in the field?
 Open ended questions require more than just one answer or yes or no. They require more than one answer and allow for more growth in the questions. Also allowing follow up questions and allows for you to really have a understanding of this new person and really have a broad aspect of them.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ


1. List your topic here.
My topic is Military intelligence which is a key part of the U.S. military and has the task of collecting all the information to run the Army. It has a number of branches and each branch uses a certain source to obtain information needed.
2. Write a question that helps to focus your research this month.
What branches of MI (military intelligence) are you focusing on the most?
3. Post the working Bibliography (WB) on the right hand side and share it so anybody can view it.
CAN BE VIEWED ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER LINKS


Monday, August 18, 2014

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship



Summer Mentorship Component 


Literal 
1. link to hours and duties
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rX1666BR0Q8gkUVjHZm7aMejSUctXdEdHcqY1cOhAqc/edit#gid=0
2.E 3 Lance Cpl. Joshua Garcia MWCS48 Squad 4 Division Marine WMG Communications  U.S. Marine Corps. phone number: (909)-455-2049
3.

  • How do you splice a cable?
  • How to program a computer?
  • What is a SWAN and what is its purpose? SWAN(System Wide Area Network)
  • What three main skills should you have?
  • How important is this job exactly?
  • Can you excel to greater jobs from this particular one?

Interpretive
4. I gained a much needed very basic knowledge of the foundation of intelligence in the U.S. military. How important simple wires, programming, and good old man power is needed to run not just the military, but today's  technological world. I also gained the understanding that in this line of work there is no room for error because how important intelligence is.
Applied 
5. My senior topic will  be on U.S military Intelligence Officer. All the summer mentorship did for me, was strengthen my choice to do my senior project on a intelligence officer.