Armed forces

A military career is rough and definitely a one of a kind experience because in no other career can you serve the country like you would in the military. The question lies within you to understand the path of a soldier. It take more than courage to take that first step in. Being in the military takes resolve because you never know what the future might have in store for you. In the next few paragraphs i’ll talk about the pros and cons of being in the service, and if it’s really worth the time…

‘Where there are men fighting, there are always nurses.” This was said by my good friend, Sister Florence Syer- God rest her soul. Anyway, hello, my name is Matilda Bullwinkel, and I used to be a nurse back in the late 1900s, World War Two. This war began on the 1st of September 1939 and ended in 1945- the same war that changed my life forever. I was 26 years old when all the Australian women (including me) volunteered and joined the only women’s service that existed at that time, the…

Brenda, Thank you for the excellent post. It was a pleasure to read and you bring up some points that are in the same lines that I was thinking. The lesson mentions conventional military going through generational changes, and you mentioned the word “evolved”. I would agree with your definition more, because war tactics have evolved from everyone standing on line and charging across the fields firing at each other to smarter tactics. Yes the advancement in technology and weaponry helped…

either for the Army in Kuwait (Combat Support Associates) or Iraq (SOC), the Marines in Afghanistan (Triple Canopy), the Pueblo Chemical Depot for the Army (DOD) or the US Air Force Academy (Chenega) for the Air Force there are specific guideline to address the issue. All of the facilities and installations except the Air Force Academy we were authorized computer access. Therefore, we were required when computer access was available to adhere to the specific guidelines, Information Security…

Women should not consider going into Combat Imagine not being raised by your mother at a very young age, and had barely gotten to know her since she was more than a thousand miles away from home on duty, in a third world country fighting for your freedom each and every day. The only way you could communicate with each other is by telephone without seeing each other physically for months. She would most likely not be there the moments that are cherish the most such as birthdays and the first days…

Militarization of a civilized society can be very quiet, acting behind the scenes and is often used in the justification of political and economic agenda’s such as the militarization of the United states post 9-11. Public propaganda does not need to be utilized in order to effect a social perception of an enemy, but is often an effective tool for swaying social acceptance and commitment to the militarization process (Lutz 2002). Routinizing and normalizing terror has aided the U.S in effectively…

Women should not consider going into Combat Imagine not being raised by your mother at a very young age, and had barely gotten to know her since she was more than a thousand miles away from home on duty, in a third world country fighting for your freedom each and every day. The only way you could communicate with each other is by telephone all year round without having seeing each other physically for months. She would most likely not be there for your birthdays, or even first days of school,…

While I was in the Army I had the chance to become an Equal Opportunity Representative for my Unit. In all of my EO complaints that I dealt with one stood out. Now before I get into the case let me explain the surroundings. I was in a Combat Arms unit which only had men in the unit. Now that being the case I was used to complaints about my soldiers outside the unit when it came to females and how my soldiers treated them during duty hours. In which the issues were dealt with accordingly and…

“I don't have any respect at all for the scumbags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.” This quote from former Marine Corps Staff Sergeant (and honorary Gunnery Sergeant) R. Lee Ermey, talks about draft dodgers during the Vietnam War. My grandfather was drafted, but he did not decide to leave to avoid the war like those draft dodgers R. Lee Ermey was talking about. I doubt that he had the same attitude as Ermey, but then again, he was in Army Communications…

I think our military is modern enough to withstand any enemy forces but you can never be good enough. I think our only threat would be russa, If we ever got into a war with them because they have way more tanks and guns then we do and have a lot more training than what our military does. If we went into war right now our special forces would kill more than what the army and marines. The way our military is we probably need a lot more training than what they are doing, their not fighting hand…