Colonel Kurtz
Apocalypse Now
Members of the jury, all soldiers throughout the arm forces go thru basic training for obvious reasons; they need a baseline from where to begin building a fighting machine. Once the soldier has met all the requirements subsequently go thru advance training were individual specialties begin to be taught. Depending on the specialty, additional training at specialized schools such as sniper, ranger, special operations (Green Beret), languages, ordinance, transportation, logistics to name a few is required. At these schools officers and enlisted soldiers work together as a single unit. Furthermore weapon systems use is fine tuned to almost perfection, many specialize on several weapons. Younger soldiers are preferred because their attitude, they feel indestructible; assimilate tactics faster while more mature soldiers perceive information differently in this case Colonel Kurtz enrolled in the program at midcareer. Consequently by this time he was already aware how to take some ones’ life, either thru hand to hand combat or by use of a weapon as well as war tactics. So yes, we can say we have on our hands a trained killer. …show more content…
Regardless of maturity and level of responsibility the sole experience of being part of it have an impact on the everyday behavior, many can cope with it and many just pass to the unreal world of reality were a life has no meaning but victory at any cost. Fighting their own demons, always looking for a way to justify their actions, some are lucky to become productive citizens with the assistance of support channels. The not so lucky end up with mental issues, such as depression, drug abuse, the system does what they can with ones that come forward and ask for help such as retrain in other fields useful to society but, there are others that truly turn into the dark side of crime. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the outcome of such
Apocalypse Now
Members of the jury, all soldiers throughout the arm forces go thru basic training for obvious reasons; they need a baseline from where to begin building a fighting machine. Once the soldier has met all the requirements subsequently go thru advance training were individual specialties begin to be taught. Depending on the specialty, additional training at specialized schools such as sniper, ranger, special operations (Green Beret), languages, ordinance, transportation, logistics to name a few is required. At these schools officers and enlisted soldiers work together as a single unit. Furthermore weapon systems use is fine tuned to almost perfection, many specialize on several weapons. Younger soldiers are preferred because their attitude, they feel indestructible; assimilate tactics faster while more mature soldiers perceive information differently in this case Colonel Kurtz enrolled in the program at midcareer. Consequently by this time he was already aware how to take some ones’ life, either thru hand to hand combat or by use of a weapon as well as war tactics. So yes, we can say we have on our hands a trained killer. …show more content…
Regardless of maturity and level of responsibility the sole experience of being part of it have an impact on the everyday behavior, many can cope with it and many just pass to the unreal world of reality were a life has no meaning but victory at any cost. Fighting their own demons, always looking for a way to justify their actions, some are lucky to become productive citizens with the assistance of support channels. The not so lucky end up with mental issues, such as depression, drug abuse, the system does what they can with ones that come forward and ask for help such as retrain in other fields useful to society but, there are others that truly turn into the dark side of crime. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the outcome of such