Afghan National Army

was something Alexander lusted for. Those who he failed to persuade to live under his rule he overpowered with his army, forcing his leadership upon them. When it came to combat Alexander excelled in strategizing and outsmarting his opponents. His tactics and reasoning are…

a backlash from the civilian populace that could put us into a worse situation than before. Even though there will always be the intrinsic risk that following the ROE may lead to a mission failure or the death of eleven SEALs team members and eight Army Night Stalkers, as was the case in Lone Survivor, commanders and individuals on the battlefield must keep the larger mission in…

War can either tear families apart or bring them together. In the case of one soldier, his character is tested when he must choose between his humanity and survival. He ultimately chooses survival, tearing his family apart in the worst way. However, this eventually changes him for the better. Liam O’ Flaherty expresses this in his short story, “The Sniper” where he uses imagery and setting to convey that survival threatens a soldier’s humanity. Liam O’ Flaherty uses vivid descriptions of the…

S.J Kincaid's fantasy story, “Insignia” takes place in WWIII where many friendships are broken, sometimes by only one, wrong word. When the trainees got into small fights especially in competitions such as “War Games”, those who were once friends and fought for each other went opposite directions. In most of these cases they turned on each other. In one situation especially, the main character Tom gets into a small fight with Wyatt, and calls her a name. Then she snapped and said that, she hoped…

Joe Haldeman once said, “No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation” (“Joe Haldeman Quotes.”). This means that the trauma of war is as inescapable as Einstein’s laws of relativity. The authors of these books explore the inevitability of war’s trauma throughout their works. In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, the authors use the rhetorical devices of imagery, similes,…

some of the soldiers playing around until I heard Arabic being thrown left and right. As I walk out the door with my weapon at the low ready, there was a bunch of local nationals or Iraqi civilians at the gate demanding that we speak to them about the terrorist that's inside the university men's side. Our interpreter was a local national working with us named "Ricky." Ricky looked like Ricky Martin at the time but I thought he looked like Scooby do. Ricky told us that the locals said the…

favorite team play and the national anthem starts playing and soldiers walk out caring flags and guns and to look to the sideline and see someone sitting down? How do you think the veterans sitting in a wheelchair missing an arm or a leg, or even paralyzed? People lay down their lives for American so it can be safe and so the people can be free. Why disrespect it? Americans stand for the national anthem it's the right thing to do. People should stand up for the national anthem because it's just…

Donna Pratt is a warrior who served in the Gulf War. She managed the vehicles used in battle. She was working with the military before 9/11 on a mission. She came back to continue the mission after the tragedy had struck. After working with the military vehicles in Iraq she noticed her feet started to swell up. The swelling and aching was getting so bad that she couldn’’t walk anymore. That's when officials had to send her back to the US to get treatment. After she left, some soldiers were…

This radical change can cause grief, which can leave the families with depression, anger, and confusion. First of all, families with grief who lost a loved one in the army can deal with depression. According to grief.com, it states, “This depressive stage feels as though it will last forever. It’s important to understand that this depression is not a sign of mental illness.” Now, this statement is reassuring those who…

“Let Women Fight” Makenzie claims that women are more than capable of fighting in combat; the mental and physical demands of being in the military can easily be met by women, which can be seen very clearly, as many women are already serving in the military. Makenzie’s use of examples develops her logos in her essay well, and also makes a very convincing argument for readers. She lists facts and data, often giving the reader examples of women who are successful in the military, and reasons as to…