Beiyang Army

Throughout history women have held significant roles in the military. These positions were strictly support based, for example nurses and clerks. According to an article called Women in the Military, “nearly one-fifth of the armed forces today is made up of females”. (women in the military). Over the years the roles and the amount of women who served has changed dramatically. According to Women in the Military, “during World War I there were roughly 23,000 women who severed in the military. That…

The women’s movement in Australia did have been gradually improved from W1 to current in recent society. Under the old regime women’s roles were questioned and most of people would have never heard that gender equality and women’s empowerment. Women are less capable than men and this is what they thought. Additionally, it is a common statement of the masses of their conformity in that time. However, Australian women showed their possibility and had did a great effort on society during WW2 that…

Alexander’s army relied heavily on lightly- armored phalanx formations with long pikes, called sarsissas, that were up to 20 feet long, special “wedge” formations to increase the volume of troops in order to be more effective in combat, and a strong cavalry that consisted of two different units, including a unit that fought with Alexander himself. After the death of his father, Alexander made the Macedonian army much larger and made it into a main focus of Macedonian…

The Things They Carried is a non fiction war novel written by Tim O’Brien published in 1990. In this book, Tim O’Brien shares stories about soldiers in the Vietnam War. The soldiers tell about the things they carry with them during the war and why they carried them. They tell each other stories that are both entertaining and emotional. This brings the soldiers closer together making it very traumatic when some of them are killed. Tim O’Brien tells about the horrible things that happen during the…

Combat Contract Although there are many dangers in enlisting in war, many people disregard the risks and still fight for their country. Each soldier may have different incentives as to why they are putting their life on the line. The combat contract explains that the different personal incentives determine the degree to which the soldiers will fight; the greater the range of incentives, the higher the levels of compliance. The reason behind why soldiers fight will greatly determine their passion…

hardships that Australian army nurses had to go through during WW1. Nurses are often marginalised but this is evidence that WW1 wasn’t simple for them. This artefact shows that women weren’t treated the same as men during ww1, they must have had worse experiences than men. Women weren’t ever leaders or highly ranked in ww1 as most men were chauvinistic. Men believed that women were inferior to them and some believed that women weren’t skilled enough to even be at the war working as army nurses.…

November 11, 1993 –a date typically dissociated with the remembrance of America’s involvement in Vietnam. On this day, the female Vietnam Veteran memorial was dedicated in honor of unspoken heroes, ones whose experiences are unparalleled to the soldiers who partook in the physical fight and incomprehensible to the public’s mind. These brave women, some married, engaged, or mothers, held the burden of a war with undefined intentions both physically and mentally, during combat and upon returning…

function that he held (without liquidation and without any right). Retired Colonel Doru Paraschiv, considering that this series of facts represents only the visible part of a long line of abuse, decided that as a gesture of respect for the Romanian Army, the Romanian legislation and as a good patriot, he will follow the paths offered to him by the Romanian justice and by his right to petition. However he again found himself…

critiques a video of a female soldier completing a 12-mile hike. In the video, the female solider can be seen falling to the ground and struggling to get to her feet several times. There is a three-hour time limit for completing this task, per the Army prerequisite tactical foot march, and she finishes with about fifteen minutes to spare. The instructions for the hike also dictate that the candidates must carry their rifles in a ready position, meaning that the weapon must be ready for use…

Transitioning Veterans into Civilian Life Veterans transitioning from military life into civilian life might have a hard time adjusting to their new lives when they get back. According to Demers (2010) there are three main themes that veterans might identify with when they return home. These themes are; time travelers, no one understands us, and crisis of identity (p.169). I will further explain these three themes. Demers (2010) explains that this feeling of being a “Time Traveler” is…