Civilian

During the middle of the conflict from 1915 to 1917, the war displays detrimental effects on the lives of soldiers and civilians alike. The soldiers become fed up of the torturous lives in the trenches. One French soldier complains about the conditions of the trenches on July 23, 1915, in a letter written home. He finds “conditions are unbearable… [His] only comfort is knowing…

higher the risk of killing both civilians or…

people is evil or not. Drones kill hundreds of innocent people, but they also manage to kill terrorists. Do drone strikes cause more harm than good? I am here to prove to you that they ultimately do cause more harm than good because it kills many civilians, it harms the mental state of survivors and even operators…

training needed to execute some degree of cyber warfare is minimal. For instance, the aforementioned civilian group Anonymous has published a “NoobGuide” for hacking the Islamic State, with a goal of increasing the civilian involvement in their war on the Islamic State. However, just as cyber warfare allows for more direct influence on war by civilians, it also allows for more direct influence on civilians by…

in the context of state-sponsored spying and data collection on civilians. Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, defines the all-encompassing power of mass surveillances agencies in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (aka. The Five Eyes) that have continually violated privacy rights without due process and Constitutional oversight. Assange also defines the end of the era of Internet privacy for civilian Internet users, which vindicates Assange and other…

veteran population than the average civilian due to situational exposure (Institute of Medicine, 2013). In a search for young veteran needs, one of the first things that will come up within the search is access to behavioral and mental health care. This increased need for access is because young veterans experience mental health disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and traumatic brain injuries at a higher rate when compared to the average young adult civilian (Olenick et al., 2015). The…

Lieutenant and platoon leader. Since he is in charge, he carries the extra responsibility and burden of planning and leading. First Lieutenant Cross’s job could be lonely at times since his main obligation "was not to be loved but to lead.”(119) Civilians think of the camaraderie and honor between soldiers but do not think about the rank structure and the resentment between enlisted and officer ranks. Lieutenant Cross also takes the blame for any screw ups and deaths. Death is commonplace in…

Lai massacre, and the following cover up. The nature of the Vietnam war caused the dehumanization of the Vietnamese people. Due to the language and culture differences, the American troops already had difficulties connecting with Vietnamese civilians, but this problem was intensified by the way that the Vietcong functioned in the war. The Vietnamese strategy was to remain hidden and only engage the americans when they knew that they had the advantage. They used ambushes, traps, filled the…

Japanese and instituting the conclusion of conflict in the Pacific Theatre of WWII, it was proven to the world how ruthlessly violent the nation truly is. The United States’ use of the atomic bomb was not necessary primarily as it caused massive civilian causalities. Additionally, the decision to drop the bombs was not properly justified, as Japan at the time was already very crippled and the Axis powers were on the brink of losing the war. Unequivocally, the dropping…

The Civil-Military Relationship In the article “The Silent Crisis,” the author identifies several flaws that he perceives in the relationship between the civilian population of the United States, the civilian government of the United States, and the uniformed services of the United States. I read this article in the context of today’s military and political climate. While written a decade ago, it would not be difficult to find individuals that feel its content is equally applicable today. The…