Army National Guard

“Until the Last Trumpet Sounds the Life of General of the Armies John J. Pershing” by Gene Smith was brilliantly written and dramatically effective work of history. Smith was able to capture factual information on the life and career of John J. Pershing. Just like most biographies they are dry factual information, this book followed that as Smith seem to want to give more of a laundry list of activities, letters, and inane facts. Although, the life and career is not a topic discussed as in-depth…

with hit-and-run tactics and the destruction of supplies, making his army more vulnerable when they finally confronted the main Continental Army at Yorktown” (The American Revolutionary War was not won by using Guerilla Tactics). Benjamin Martin tried to use this tactic against a British fleet, but ran into the whole army, so he had to flee with his militiamen. Bloody Ban Tarleton was “The most feared officer in the British army during the War for American Independence” (Bloody Ban Tarleton born…

focus of the paper is that building coalitions is about building relationships. The soft power Morse is referring to is largely related to enablers, such as, Civil Affairs, Legal and Medical professionals. Many of these Army resources are currently found in the Reserves. However, the Guard has already established relationships with many countries through the State Partnership Program and…

has always had the best military in the world besides the vietnamese war. History speaks for itself and history usually predicts the future, just like back in when the Civil war happened. General Ulysses S. Grant happened to win the war for the Union Army. Before the Generals in the military there was officers. Even though the majority of the military officers are important, Generals are the most important soldiers, allows anyone to be a General no matter the race, and has the best history in…

Not many people in this country would sign up for a job where you can get killed any given day, where you can be shipped to any given place in the world at any time, or where they are forced to create a will at the age of 18 or 19. Many young men across this country sign up for a minimum of a 4 year contract to join the United States military. In my opinion they are the bravest people in the country and rightfully so. They have to leave their loved ones to protect us from all enemies foreign and…

The Chaos They Carried “The Things They Carried” was written by Tim O’Brien and takes place in and around the small village of Than Khe during the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien is an American author who writes about his personal experiences guiding his readers through the horror of the war and the extreme situations that cause soldiers to commit unspeakable acts. His writing style is unique because he creates an explicit distinction between fact and fiction. The story is told in third person…

The poem “Red Maple Leaf” by Janesh Sivanathan is about a young man that is pulled away from his new family and pushed into war. The message the author is trying to convey in this poem his passion for his country and wiliness to die for his nation. The speaker’s mood in this poem really gets the reader to understand the soldier is not enjoying his time in battle. For examples he says “Its not worth it I think of looking for a new path” (Sivanathan, 8) as the speaker is trying to state that is…

to last more than a month or two. As a volunteer army is beginning to form. In Charley’s first battle, near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in 1861, he got caught in the middle of the violent suffering to death. When the battle is over, hundreds of Charley’s comrades have been killed in what came to be called the Battle of Bull Run after the name of the creek that ran nearby. During the time Charley participates in the battle against the Confederate Army, the Union wins but the heavy casualties one…

World War T Two years ago on a small farm in northern Ohio, lived a farmer, and his 401 turkeys. He had raised them since September, to be sold for Thanksgiving this November. It didn’t take long for the turkeys to realize that they are being raised to die. Every day they thought about ways to change their future, but none of their ideas were good enough. But one day a turkey whose name was Tim came up with an idea, They would escape their coop by digging under the chicken wire with a plastic…

child, his life consisted of murder and drugs, yet we still prosecute him for fighting for his life. The story of Dominic Ongwen also shows this point, a man prosecuted for actions he committed as a child while being forced to serve in a child soldier army. He is currently being prosecuted by the I.C.C. as an adult for actions that occured when he was a child. His story is one of many prosecuted for crimes they committed as children, a reason why many believe child soldiers should be granted…