What They Didn't Teach at the Academy: Topics, Stories, and Reality beyond the Classroom

394 Pages·2013·12.06 MB·English

by  Dale L June

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• Conflicts between moral beliefs and professional principles
• Debunking myths about Islam y
The book also examines coping mechanisms for stress and discusses the importance of observation, Topics, Stories, and Reality
perception, and communication in facing challenging encounters. Through this collection of vignettes
and philosophies, the contributors demonstrate that the lessons of life are not taught in colleges,
beyond the Classroom
universities, and academies but through hard experience.
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What They
Didn’t Teach
at the
Academy
Topics, Stories, and Reality
beyond the Classroom

What They
Didn’t Teach
at the
Academy
Topics, Stories, and Reality
beyond the Classroom
Edited by
Dale L. June
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To Nicole, a camp counselor I met in Catalina, California in 2003.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get your last name but you saved me from
a very horrible death. I told you if I ever wrote this book, it would
be dedicated to you. (See my story about PTSD, Chapter 12.)
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
—Elbert Hubbard
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Contents
About the Cover xi
In Special Remembrance xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xxi
About the Editor xxv
Section I
HARD-KNOCK LESSONS
1 The Final Educational Degree: Life 3
BERNADETTE A. KUTCHER
2 Watch Out for Bees: They Can Ruin Your Career 29
J. BRANCH WALTON
3 Torch of Intuition, Flames of Preparation:
Safely Lighting Your Way through Traveling’s
Uncertainties 37
KATHERINE DENISE JUNE
4 Don’t Outrun Your Headlights … or Your
Guardian Angel 63
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5 Suicide 67
AZADEH AFSAHI
6 Suicide by Cop: Victims from Both Sides of the
Badge 79
REBECCA STINCELLI WITH DALE L. JUNE
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7 Time and Attitude 81
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8 (Not) One of the Guys 85
TIFFANY HARRISON
9 It’s Not about the Belt: Martial Arts
Spirituality—Body, Mind, and Spirit 103
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10 Life Lesson Experience 125
KEILA ALVARENGA
11 Tough Love: The Overpowering Addiction of
Cocaine 127
CHEYANNE HILL
12 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 135
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Section II
GENERAL LIFE LESSONS
13 Combat Psychology and Sports Performance 141
CRAIG WELLER
14 Observation, Listening, and Perception 153
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15 The Importance of Effective Communication 159
JARED AXEN
16 My Life or His: Shoot or Don’t Shoot 161
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17 Cultural Pluralism 165
JENNIFER J. SCHNEIDER
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Contents ix
18 Life Is Situational 171
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19 K-9 Partners: True Stories 173
JASON JOHNSON AND OTHERS
20 Conflict of Time, Priorities, and Family 209
RUTH STORTROEN
21 Marriage and Conflict 215
YESENIA VEGA
22 The Need for Ethics 221
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23 Women Who Bully 237
VEDA HALL
Section III
HUMOROUS LESSONS
24 The Fifty-Miles-an-Hour Parking Ticket 245
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25 Lessons in Life: The Mom Keaner Story 247
RICHARD REPASKY
26 I Knew You Were Federal Agents 253
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27 April Fools, Motherf___ers 255
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28 Mentis Incompitus (Tripped up by Bad Planning) 257
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