Soldiers Take Risks, Punishments, and Suffering
Many recruiting soldiers want to join the armed forces and fight for their family, country, and flag. However, their families do not want them to join the army because the recruits are not ready for what lies ahead in the battlefield. The parents are worried for their children’s safety because a lot of people have died during wars, including men, women, and children. The recruits need to be prepared if they are going to see horrible things, might have to disobey orders even if it means of getting court-martialed, including suffering from PTSD.
Many recruiting soldiers are not ready to face high risks, so they must train first. Training the recruits is the first task that they have to accomplish because it helps them gain experiences. For this reason, according to the article, “The Recruits When Right and Wrong are Hard to Tell Apart” Wood stated, “But for now, young troops will go to war not fully prepared for what they’ll find” (27). The author points out that soldiers need to be prepared in order to have experiences and without experiences, then the recruits will have no chance of defending themselves …show more content…
A superior officer gives the orders to their squad mates and the soldiers must obey the superior officers orders. If soldiers do not obey orders, there will be consequences for their actions. According to the article, “Soldier Who Didn’t Obey Is Jailed” McKinley stated, “A soldier at Fort Hood who fought his deployment to Afghanistan and stopped obeying orders was sentenced to a month in jail and demoted to private in a military court on Wednesday morning” (17). The author emphasizes when soldiers do not follow authority from their superior officers, then soldiers could be court-martialed or be executed for not obeying orders and committing a crime. Soldiers must follow protocol because lives could be in
Many recruiting soldiers want to join the armed forces and fight for their family, country, and flag. However, their families do not want them to join the army because the recruits are not ready for what lies ahead in the battlefield. The parents are worried for their children’s safety because a lot of people have died during wars, including men, women, and children. The recruits need to be prepared if they are going to see horrible things, might have to disobey orders even if it means of getting court-martialed, including suffering from PTSD.
Many recruiting soldiers are not ready to face high risks, so they must train first. Training the recruits is the first task that they have to accomplish because it helps them gain experiences. For this reason, according to the article, “The Recruits When Right and Wrong are Hard to Tell Apart” Wood stated, “But for now, young troops will go to war not fully prepared for what they’ll find” (27). The author points out that soldiers need to be prepared in order to have experiences and without experiences, then the recruits will have no chance of defending themselves …show more content…
A superior officer gives the orders to their squad mates and the soldiers must obey the superior officers orders. If soldiers do not obey orders, there will be consequences for their actions. According to the article, “Soldier Who Didn’t Obey Is Jailed” McKinley stated, “A soldier at Fort Hood who fought his deployment to Afghanistan and stopped obeying orders was sentenced to a month in jail and demoted to private in a military court on Wednesday morning” (17). The author emphasizes when soldiers do not follow authority from their superior officers, then soldiers could be court-martialed or be executed for not obeying orders and committing a crime. Soldiers must follow protocol because lives could be in