Combat boot

As health professionals, our goal is to live a healthy life. Not only a healthy life for ourselves, but to keep others health, as well. Our interventions with everyone in our field is orientated to keep them safe and healthy. Whether we are in the community, at the health department or in EMS, everyone’s health is in our best interest. To do this we need to understand what it means to be healthy. For some people, being healthy is eating a healthy diet and exercising. For others it is…

A comparison of the lesbian community from the twentieth century and that which exists today shows almost no resemblance between the two. The traits that marked lesbian culture as ‘distinct’ - namely butch/femme identities - have been replaced by the modern lesbian. The butch/femme lesbian dichotomy of the early twentieth century challenged society’s definition of being female, but the rise of lesbian feminism and the “new lesbian” critiqued this traditional approach as ‘heterosexual roleplay’…

There was not a single incident of sabotage, spying, or treason, but the American government did this to keep the security threat as low as they possibly could. Finally, in December of 1944, the United States Supreme Court declared that the exclusion of a particular group could not detain citizens who think are loyal to the country. By early 1945, the government began to release any of the Japanese that were detained throughout the duration of the war. The Japanese were not the only group that…

Journeys to Safety and Healing The books The Bite of the Mango and A Long Way Gone are both used to illustrate the theme of journeys. The Bite of the Mango is narrated by a young girl named Mariatu Kamara who has grown up in a small town called Magborou all her life. But, when she is twelve the civil war that is raging in her country reaches her town and her hands are cut off by the rebel forces. After her encounter with the rebels, she walks through the brush for many days. She finally reaches…

Andi out of the way to reveal a young man in his late teens or early twenties. ‘Hey,’ he smiled at Dr Fossick, then at Alexa. Without introducing himself to Andi, he took up a position leaning against the door. His black hiking boots crossed over grey camouflage-patterned combat pants that hung loosely over his thin, wiry frame. His arms crossed over a plastic, black bubble vest in white, casual shirt…

Although I experienced the horrors of combat, thinking about Bao’s experienced excited me; then, it made me sad because I recalled my buddies who died on patrol. I didn’t want to dwell on those memories and began to think about food. The best thing about flying was that the airlines fed you…

of marine battle operations during World War II and what exactly occurred in his book titled “With the Old Breed.” The book strategically begins with Sledge's training while in the marines and allows the audience to visualize his training throughout boot camp and marine school. Sledge consistently looks back on his days in war and places a deliberate emphasis on the mental and moral corruption of warfare and the oppression it brought to the troops and the world. He specifically features the…

cheap prices at the Exchange, and having extensive knowledge on weapons. Even though the Exchange and the Commissary are much cheaper than the other stores around where I live, I definitely did not receive the life of hardcore training on hand to hand combat by my father like Lois Lane, nor have I ever lived overseas; however being a military child has given me a copious amount of opportunities that I never would have received without my father’s decision serve his country his senior year.…

Killer Robots Autonomous weapons, commonly known as killer robots has seen their rise in prominence in the last decade or so. The first "killer robots" date all the way back to World War Two, with the Soviet Teletanks and the German Goliath remote controlled mine. Both of these weapons were extremely advanced for their time and both had the same common goal of inflicting as much damage on the enemy with minimal loss on their side. That does not sound like a very promising morally strong back up…

Many people today look back on General MacArthur and the war in Korea and view him as a bad leader, a leader who did not follow the current Army Values. After his short campaign during the Korean War, General MacArthur gained a very negative reputation. He is now looked upon as a leader who did not lead by example. This paper explores that question. General MacArthur up to the start of the Korean War had already immortalized himself in American history. As a General, he was known as one of…