Army National Guard

ks later deciding he wanted to join the French Army and served until the war ended. This memoir is about the struggle of fighting to survive while still trying to maintain your comradeship and working hard for what you believe in. Guy Sajer’s real name is Guy Mouminoux but when he listed for the military he listed under his mother’s maiden name. Sajer is known as a French Writer who wrote The Forgotten Soldier or Le soldat oublie. After his time in war, he became a cartoonist under the pen…

In the Ambrose Bierce story “Chickamauga”, he uses the description of how the child saw the soldiers that were crawling through the grass, and how afraid of them he was at first. He wasn’t sure what they were until he noticed that they were closer to him. “They were men. They crept upon their hands and knees; they used their hands only, dragging their legs; they used their knees only, their arms hanging useless at their sides; they strove to rise their feet, but feel prone in the attempt”…

Women in combat is not an unusual thought nowadays. However, it is causing people to have mixed emotions. Women should not be allowed into combat just to equalize sexs. They should be allowed in combat provided that they past the mandatory tests. “Women constitute about 14% of the 1.4 million active military personnel” (Jim). Many people do not want women in combat because they do not think it is fair for women due to them not having the same physical ability, mental ability, or the fact they…

to endure something as traumatic as war, the traits needed are, courageousness, faithful, insightful, and open-mindedness. Each of these traits are essential to successfully entering this type of position. Being in the military, air force, or coast guard takes a lot, and this task can only be taken on by certain people. However, fun time can also be had even when it seems like things should be falling apart. Tim O’Brien uses great imagery to help the readers to visualize the war and what it was…

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage, these are the things that hold our Army together. Everyone knows them, but does anyone really understand the importance of these terms. They are lectured over and over again in basic combat training. They are meant to define your character as a soldier and hold as the blueprint to a successful mission of becoming a dependable leader. Regardless if you’re on or off work, these 7 values will keep you in good standing…

country. It means that there are deployments all over the national territory. Actually, the Brazilian Army has some issues on defending the Amazon Rainforest from deforestation and theft of its natural resources. Moreover, the Brazilian Army helps to prevent incoming of drugs across the border and sometimes there are conflicts with international organizations like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Therefore, the Brazilian Army faces the challenge of keeping its personnel…

Sergeant Elias was one of the reasonable and responsible characters in Oliver Stone’s 1986 film, Platoon. The film follows the protagonist Chris, who joins the US military during the war in Vietnam, and is placed in a platoon, led by Sergeant Elias and Sergeant Barnes. The two sergeants are representative of good and evil. Elias is the good between the two, who attempts to maintain integrity and uphold normal social morals in the horrific war environment. The platoon was also somewhat split into…

but it should not discourage a female from want to become a Marines because 20,000 is still relativity kind of small considering that 293,066 people are rape or sexually assaulted per year in the United States according to Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN). A female is more likely to get rape or sexually assaulted on street in the United States than in the Marines Corp. In way the streets in the United States are more dangerous than the military. Yes, the Marines Corp should do…

“Let months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more” (Remarque 295). This sentence is one that may have passed through the minds of many soldiers during World War I. This war was a transformative event that stripped these soldiers of their humanity, shifted their thoughts on nationalism, and it eventually killed most of them. This “Great War” was anything but great. These young men were often tricked into volunteering for the war without any knowledge of what…

Paul and his men are set to the front for reinforcement. As the men approach the front they turn out to be more uneasy, particularly the newcomers with shots flying. They turn out to be more thought and mindful of the risk before them. Amid this fight, the horses are critically injured, and wail in desolation. One of the men, Detering, who is a rancher needs to put the horses out of their wretchedness, yet he knows if he does there will be a higher danger of him being shot by the adversary. Paul…