Beiyang Army

In the chapter “Night Life,” the Alpha Company receives intelligence about an NVA buildup in the area they were in so as a precaution, the platoon started moving at night. It was a hard adjustment for everyone but Rat Kiley however, couldn’t handle it at all. He started talking nonstop about bugs and scratching himself causing nasty, ugly sores on his body. He eventually broke down to Mitchell Sanders about how scared he was and the next morning he shot himself in the leg. Tim O’Brien uses…

We set out early after brackfast when the sun was already highest in the clear, fresh, windy morning. The Country from the river on each Side is open wavering plains, some pine can be seen in every direction of the hills. At about 4 P. M, Meriwether and William and the rest of our group left through the butifull bottom, passing an Indian Fort on a small island from the Lard Shore. While traveling, Shields killed a buffalow which caused William and the rest of the group to halt sooner than…

As a retired military member, I had to respond to your post. You are so right about how many military members felt abandoned by sequestration, among other programs. Your analysis is sound and, having lived through it and been one of the victims it, I can speak to its soundness from experience and from the information we’ve learned in this class. The military’s lack of trust in its lower rank doers of the work is notorious. I was complaining about this to my dad once and he reported it had been…

When the United States takes the place of the French in the Vietnam War, Hal Moore is chosen to train lead a battalion of soldiers using helicopters for the first time in combat. He is told to take 400 men into a landing zone in La Drang Valley even though no one has any clue as to how many soldiers the North Vietnamese have around that area. When they arrive Moore captures a Vietnamese scout who tells them they have landed right next to a base camp located in a mountain near the landing zone…

Tim O’Brien, an American novelist, once said “Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.” The soldiers lived through things that we could not fathom. In relation to Vietnam, the movie Forrest Gump snuck its way into my mind. Tim’s style of writing is why I am a fan of his stories, like Where Have You Gone Charming Billy? in particular. As a result, it made this book a real page turner. Soldiers in the Vietnam war carried an astonishing amount of items with them. I remain in awe of…

The reason why the squadron is, in General Goldfein’s words “the beating heart of the United States Air Force,” is simply because much like the heart without it the life blood would not be able to pump in order for the body to function as needed. Now the life blood of the Air Force is our ability to Fly, Fight, and Win, but that is the big Air Force answer. The life blood of the squadron is morale, and bad morale is like leukemia. Firsthand experience has shown what good morale can do in places…

Tristan creighton My Hero Marcus Luttrell was surrounded by enemy militants with nowhere to go . Marcus is in enemy territory miles away from home and all his comrades died. When he finds something that saves his life. Marcus was with three other people including Michael, Matthew, and Danny. They were all stationed in Afghanistan. They were all supposed to scout out the Afghanistan t group activity. This incident happened at the Slopey Mountains of Sawtalo Sar. They were ambushed near the top…

I will prove that the main argument of the film is internally (moral) argument with themselves. I say this because the movie concentrates on how officers are compelled to settle on a decision and that moral conflict can be lost in the soldiers actions during the war. Which Taylor showed throughout the movie while he tries to accomplish his ultimate target goal, which was to survive the war. In spite of having leaving school to volunteer for the infantry, he quickly discovers that the Vietnam War…

Marines, I'd like to thank you all for the hard work, perseverance and keeping up with the ever changing battlefield known as recruiting. Summer and PCS moves are on the horizon. I wanted to touch base on a couple of topics prior to everyone exiting stage left. The reason is to ensure that everyone is aware of expectations. The expectations listed below are the minimum the command group expects and your SNCOIC may need to add additional requirements. MCRC assigns mission based on T/O…

the warmest clothes he had, which was an old army overcoat and headgear. His selection presented a non-programmed decision, which is a decision made in response to a situation that is unique, is poorly defined, and largely unstructured, and has important consequences. Stanley’s decision displayed non programmed characteristics, because it was made in response to the cold weather that made him select the warmest clothes he owned, which was an old army overcoat, and headgear. His decision was…