I read “ Cracker the Best Dog in Vietnam” by Cynthia Kadohata this book’s genre is Historical fiction. In this book a feisty German Shepherd named Cracker gets sent to the military to become a bomb sniffing dog because her owners can’t take care of her anymore. Rick is a guy from a small town in Minnesota, he decided to join the army to prove to his family that he was more than what they thought. Rick is partnered up with Cracker who at first was stubborn didn’t listen to ANY of Rick’s commands which got Rick frustrated and he wanted to give up but after a talk with Cody (one of the other dog trainers)…
When veterans return home with the scars of active duty, our country and communities owe them the very best support to say thank you. Warrior Salute Veterans Services is a Penfield-based subsidiary of CDS Life Transitions, a not-for-profit organization, dedicated to easing veterans back into civilian life with a wide range of transitional services, including counseling, housing, and career support. After years in the service, many heroes return home to find a new battle before them. While some struggle to find work and a place to live, others grapple with mental health challenges like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the effects of military sexual trauma (MST). No matter their struggles are, Warrior Salute Veterans Services will…
War itself is tough for soldiers but sometimes even what the veterans experience after war is just as tough, the media doesn’t show the effects veterans face during their time after serving Sebastian Junger did a Ted Talk, a short but powerful…
Go Dogs Go, not only is memorized into my brain, but is sitting on my bookshelf with tape holding the cover on, and the color of the illustrations fading every day, no longer the color they were. On page 5, I can still notice the cheesy, Cheetos fingerprint, even though my mother always told me to wash my hands after I finished eating, and before reading. Not only did I have memories with your book, I had journeys. Every time I listened to the book or as I mumbled, and stuttered, trying each word until I was old enough to fluently read this child’s book. Journeys flooding into my imagination as each word was spoken, or as each dog crossed the page.…
Project 4: Black Hawk Down There are about one and a half million people serving in the armed forces today (Chalabi). Of that number, many have families back at home. More often than not, the families of military members are uneducated about the going ons in their loved ones lives.…
Within the article of “The Dog That Didn’t Bark: The Role of Canines in the 2008 Campaign,” the author discusses that individuals who are dog owners should be attracted to dog owning political candidates. However, the author’s research shows that it may not always be the case for politics. Within The Righteous Mind: Part III, Haidt’s central metaphor is “We are 90 percent chimp and 10 percent bee.” This indicates that as individuals we merely work selfishly but also within groups. Given the research that every president has owned a pet and Obama going into his presidency pet-less would not only prevent him from being identified by pet-loving Americans but also former presidents.…
Saving Private Ryan presents an accurate portrayal of combat stress and PTSD symptoms caused by warfare, which is significant because it demonstrates the sudden and long term effects war can have on people, as well as how war can alter the mindset of veterans of the past and current…
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel is a non-fiction account of the harsh realities of war. After reading this novel, it becomes clear that America as a country is truly blind to not only how difficult it is for soldiers at war to witness the moments in battle, but also the daily activities that maintain their ability to survive. Written with candor by the Washington Post journalist Finkel who spent 8 months with a group of Iraq war soldiers known as the 2-16, his honest and heartbreaking depiction of the trials and tribulations of war and the toll it took on these men both physically and mentally leaves readers heartbroken and emotionally scarred. In the novel, Finkel chooses not to write from the first person perspective even though he witnessed the events take place.…
1. How would you describe Monty at the start of the story? From this information, how do you think he feels? At the start of the story Monty would be described as “the biggest pest”, “always on the loose”, an old dog with a fat and bloated stomach, his legs are skinny, he has dull black fur with scabs and crusts, he has bald red patches with sores, he is neglected, he is not well-fed, and he smells.…
"5 Ways Dogs Help Veterans With PTSD - VFV Blog". Wheels For Wishes. N. p., 2017. Web. 3 Apr. 2017.…
Half of the battle of an overseas deployment is the deployment; the shooting, the IED’s and the constant state of awareness. The other half; the half not as evident, is transitioning home. Marines adopt a heightened sense of awareness for survival in a war zone. However, these adaptations cannot be forgotten once American troops return to home soil. Complications arise when Marines transition from an ever-evolving hostile environment back into a once familiarly known calm atmosphere.…
America's veterans have laid their life on the line in ways only they will ever know. They have survived living nightmares and are left with permanent scars. Some of these scars are easy to see, others are too deep, all are painful. They have come home to emptiness and desolation. Many come home to no home at all.…
Interesting book, reminds you all social problems that produces overpopulted cities, technology and changed social dynamics. But you really have to change or move your life out of confort zone to realize the truth. As part of neture, the mankind mush have interaction with animals, plants, wáter, friends. If do not so, all problems describe in this book appears. The entire world is unhappy, families are in danger, not to mention world economies, natureal resources.…
In the book, A Dog’s Purpose, by W. Bruce Cameron. The main character, Bailey, changes greatly throughout the story due to the fact that he is going through a lot of challenges physically and mentally to get back home. In the beginning of the book, A Dog’s Purpose, when little Bailey was born, he was just a newborn puppy lost in the world but he didn’t have a clue of what the great challenges he would have to face in his upcoming. Born with a protective mother and three other annoying siblings, Bailey was just trying to get along and mind his own business.…
This book shows great value as it was based off Phil Klay’s deployment in the Iraq and Afghanistan war. Klay describes himself as a character in the book that plays a soldier responsible for shooting dogs that are eating the corpses of the bodies left on the battlefield. He decides to return home to Suburbia where he finds out his life is forever distorted by what he saw. He tries his hardest to go back to the person he was before the war had changed him and can’t seem to understand how individuals participate in everyday life without acknowledging what was going on or what he’d done for their freedom while in…