Combat boot

Minus one plus nine. Writing about my personal experience, made me think about all the Noncommissioned officers (NCOs) who led me throughout my military career and personal life. It also made me recall the obstacles I faced and overcame throughout my career that shaped me to who I am today. "Minus one plus nine" is the symbolism that I use to describe the story of how I joined the Army as an Enlisted Soldier and the barriers that I have surpassed throughout my career to reach the rank of…

The 19th Century Prussian General, Carl Von Clausewitz captured many of his insights in the book, On War. From initial combat at the age of thirteen to chief of staff of the Prussian Army, Clausewitz developed his thoughts of war based on a variety of military experience. Two of Clausewitz’s tenets seem to stand out as profound and useful, and remarkably still relevant to the modern planner. Primacy of policy helps a planner avoid a strategy policy mismatch by aligning political and military…

to U-boat attacks (“Milestones”). Comparably, Obama created the Train and Equip Programme which was designed to train Syrian refugees in combat so that they could successfully return to Syria and fight Bashar al-Assad’s forces without US military aid. However, only few refugees returned to Syria and the programme failed (McKelvey). Obama also created the “No Boots on the Ground” policy, this was in attempts of keeping ground troops out of Syria. Obama believed sending troops into Syria would not…

taking cover. It might be the various guns they use in combat or maybe the jets and planes cutting through the blue sky. It might be the Navy marines diving into the war or maybe the mud covered combat boots stomping across ground. It might be the tanks rolling across the battlefield or maybe it’s fresh bloodstains that circle a close friend. It doesn’t matter what war, people died and some survived, but even if they were able to survive combat, the real obstacle will be surviving the mental…

around and little work being completed. To a new live restrained within the rules of the commanders. Shouting, spit gushing out of their mouths as they witness “Fresh meat” walk into the camp. Displayed in simple brown shirts, pants, and their new combat boots. Schaffer transferred to multiple camps around America, also one located in Germany. Though he completed his training at a camp positioned in New Jersey. Once Schaffer completed training, he was one of the selected few who earned honors…

“The Buddy System” 1. a) In the story “The Buddy System”, a boy named Dennis is a bystander of another boy, Buddy, getting bullied. The “buddy system” is a procedure in which two people, the "buddies", operate together as a single unit, so that they are able to monitor and help each other. b) The “buddy system” as referenced in the story, is best used between two friends, or acquaintances, to protect each other in certain situations. For example, if one friend is being bullied, it is the…

people like this will put themselves in harm's way just for you. ¨Real heros don't wear capes they wear dog tags.¨ said Curtis LeMay. Other words people on tv with capes are not heros the people with dog tags around their neck and camo clothes with combat boots on there feet are the real heros. "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has…

service, and has named it the Muhammad Ali Bill. Citing the lack of necessity for it in present times do to the already massive outreach of the United States across the world and a focus on arming/training nations we are tasked to defend (as opposed to “boots-on-the-ground”) and the problems forced conscription can bring, it calls for an end to the entire branch, thus leaving the military on a permanent volunteer-force…

capable of deploying from ship to shore and providing live information feeds as well as a data collection ability. This amphibious capability, combined with aerial assets, can enable an amphibious force to deploy to a beach or a landing zone without boots having ever been on the ground. This therefore substantiates the argument that the need of a capability is driving technology, the doctrine, and then ultimately the practice of the forces employed. In the future battle space restrictions of the…

protagonist Ree Dolly journeys through the stages of a Hero's Journey as defined by Joseph Campbell. An atypical hero, the 16-year-old young woman begins her quest in The World of Common Day. The reader is introduced to Ree, “She stood tall in combat boots, scarce at waist but plenty through the arms and shoulders, a body made for loping after needs”(3). As she is physically built to travel the Ozarks searching for her father, Ree is still burdened with the care of a mom who is “medicated and…