What to take on duke of edinburgh - silver award?
If you have done the bronze award, you will know what you used and needed, and more importantly, what you carried, but did not use. Remember that this is Scotland, so be prepared for everything, even at this time of year. The award ceremony. You have a dress and a limo, just expect to have a good time.
Does the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award actually help your CV look good?
If it’s in your field and you don’t have much work experience. At a point in your career, companies are not interested if you won an award or were voted Employee of the Month. They want to know what you have done and what value you bring to them.On the other hand, professional certifications should always be listed.
What are the benefits of enrolling in a Duke of Edinburgh award?
The ones that I can think of areMaking new friendsDiscovering new placesSelf developmentHelping to develop othersLearning life skillsDoing something useful with your timeHaving better looking applications for uni and jobs
Is starting at a Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award hard?
There are two factors to consider are time and your fitness level.The time factor isn’t one to worry about so much. As with everyone else, each section is 1 hour a week for the following:Volunteering: 6 monthsSkills and Physical: 6 months on one, 3 months on the other.You'll have to add six months to one of the six month sections because you didn't do Bronze. This can make it feel like a long haul.But you have until you’re 24.So the critical issue is your fitness level.The expedition is three days and two nights and takes a considerable amount of fitness and resilience:Preparing your route, with support of your assessor.Creating meal plans for cooking outdoors, with your team.Carrying your own gear: food, trangia, tent, clothes.Pitching your own tents.Walking/cycling/canoeing all the way - no motorized transport - in whatever the weather decides to do: snow, wind, rain, sun.Self-led navigation. Assessors are there to meet you at various points to check how you’re doing and give some encouraging words, but you'll be with your group the whole time.However, you’ll also have a practice expedition. Your assessor will guide you through, and get you through it. The practices are a time for learning what works (and what doesn’t) in terms of group dynamics, meals, pacing and what you can handle.If you’re generally fit and well, you’ll be able to get through.Hard, but very achievable!Blessings, and bon voyage.
Advise for a bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition weekend?
Great that you're starting to think about it already :) The most important thing by far is that you have a pair of boots that are comfortable and have been well broken in - that is don't buy them the day before as trust me, they will absolutely kill your feet. If you haven't got a good pair of boots do that as soon as possible (If there is a Cotswolds store near you you'll get 15% off with your DofE Card) In terms of food the standard meals involve something like pasta, a sauce and some meat (stuff like pepperonmi's are great as they keep really well or even pre cooked bacon/sausages etc from supermarkets). Definitely stay away from things like Pot Noodles as they provide you with absolutely zero energy. For snacks, a personal favourite of mine is a mixture of digestive biscuits, dried fruit, nuts and chocolate broken up in a bag to make something like trail mix which i keep in a pocket and take a handful of when I'm walking. A good idea is to look at how everything is packaged as well - for example people take sandwiches in plastic containers but those take up more room and once you've eaten the sandwiches you still have the box. It depends where you are going but insect repellant can be a lifesaver but the kit list off the DofE website maybe mentioned that already but I can't remember. You might also want to take a pair of flip flops for wearing at night rather than wearing your boots - people in my groups brought trainers but those are heavier and take up way more room. If you've any other questions don't be afraid to drop me an email to dofe@james-currie.co.uk :) Good luck with getting ready and I'm sure you'll get on great with your practice :-)
Duke of Edinburgh application form!!?
hey guys :) ive got my duke of edinburgh (d of e) application form from my school and it says "in no more than 100 words explain why you should be chosen to participate in the bronze d of e award". im really not sure what to put and how to start it etc!! PLEASE HELP!!!!...............
What is the best thing about completing the gold Duke of Edinburgh award?
I completed this award in 1985. There were several benefits. There was a benefit to the community through my service component. There were health benefits through my physical activity component. I benefited spiritually through completing Bible Study as another aspect. I gained a greater appreciation of both teamwork and the environment through participation in the expedition and residential aspect. I was proud of my achievement and it also had social benefits as a result of the interactions I had with others. I encourage you to commit to this program.
Is the Duke of Edinburgh racist?
I think it depends on how you interpret ‘racist’.If you take it to mean white supremacist or a belief that some people are racially inferior (like the nazi sense of the word) then I would say no.If you take it to mean that some of the things he says could be interpreted as racist or politically incorrect then maybe. He is over 90 years old and grew up in a time when the social situation was vastly different so the remarks he made were more acceptable.It is important to note that most of his ‘racist gaffs’ come in the form of jokes and this makes a difference. Him saying ‘it looks like it was put in by an indian’ (in refference to a fuse box) is vastly different from someone saying ‘we shouldn’t get an indian to install it’.Point is he means well but often puts his foot in it so to speak.
Which medals or decorations are soldiers and other military members the most proud of to attain?
I'm right in step with Joe Holleman on this -- the importance of medals and other decorations is very personal. I've been shot at a couple of times (but only knew it once) and never got any recognition for that. I wouldn't have expected any, either. By the same token, there are people who have been involved in furious firefights who have more than earned any little piece of cloth or hunk of metal that might have resulted from such experiences.To me, the second highest decoration on my ribbon bar is the one I value the most, even though I consider it a little tainted by the politics of the day. I earned an Air Medal as the aircraft commander in charge of a very challenging rescue mission in the North Atlantic Ocean, in rotten weather, a long way out to sea. Earned the dang thing fair and square, for aerial achievement. However:There were five people on my crew; only me and our lead pararescue specialist were decorated.There was an HC-130 tanker and crew that got us out and back, bearing up under the same crappy weather and finding us a sucker-hole to refuel in -- no decorations.A Royal Air Force rescue crew that had been visiting our base volunteered to orbit halfway between the coast and the ship we were going to, just in case we had trouble refueling and wound up doing the Big Splash -- not even a thank-you note to my knowledge. (We did buy them a fair number of post-mission gin and tonics, though.)Rescue headquarters policy at that time pretty much was, "You don't get a medal for doing your job." Of course, interceptor pilots who flew up to greet Soviet bombers ten times got Air Medals for doing so; AWACS crew members who flew ten times above the Arctic Circle got Air Medals for doing so. Me and my fellow rescue folk put our personal necks on the line quite frequently, and generally had to be satisfied with an Air Force Commendation Medal (at most) at the end of a tour.So, like Joe and I said -- it's personal.
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