Combat medic

Throughout the United States and several countries around the world, people gathered to watch “the fight of the century” between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. The fight gained notoriety because it placed one of boxing’s greatest fighters in the ring with a mixed martial arts (MMA) champion to determine which sport would “win in a fight”. The two sports require the individuals to be in outstanding condition and are very technical. Majority of fighters train all their life to make it to the…

the nineteenth century, despite significant efforts to end it, due to the revival of the idea of honor and tradition due to the French Revolution. A duel was an arranged fight between two individuals who had agreed on the rules and weapon prior to combat. A duel was called when one man felt that he had been…

Nobody is forced to box or watch a fight, all participants do therefore through their own discretion. people who don’t just like the sport ought to simply ignore it if they don’t am passionate about it. Critics below the belt target boxing as a result of it a lot of clearly resembles a fight, instead of different sports which may be physically aggressive, like hockey, or rugby, wherever there's a puck, or a ball to supply the main focus. For instance, “In football you do not grasp what's…

MMA is fast becoming the biggest combat sport in the world and yet it still isn't an Olympic sport which is just bizarre to think about when there are sports like skateboarding and surfing that have just been added to the 220 Olympic games in Tokyo. Does the Olympic committee think that these are bigger and more popular sports than MMA? Or are they just scared of the criticism and backlash that they might receive? One of the main points that people who are against MMA as an Olympic sport say is…

Saving Private Ryan presents an accurate portrayal of combat stress and PTSD symptoms caused by warfare, which is significant because it demonstrates the sudden and long term effects war can have on people, as well as how war can alter the mindset of veterans of the past and current…

WHAT IS PTSD IN SOLDIERS Post-traumatic stress disorder or, as it’s commonly referred to PTSD, is a disorder that can affect someone after they have experienced traumatic events. This disease has been blamed for the several suicide deaths of active and former military members. Approximately 22 veterans take their life each day. What is PTSD? In a very basic description it causes someone who has been through a traumatic experience to suffer affects that may have happened during said event. This…

Précis #2 West, Rebecca. The Return of the Soldier What role does the War play in The Return of the Soldier? The Great War played the pivotal role of change in ideas and perception throughout the novella titled The Return of the Soldier. West uses this paperback as a declaration on how the war had unknown psychological effects, on memory and on the concepts of sanity. Furthermore, it also affected the families and love one of those men who went to fight. Moreover, West demonstrates how the Great…

implementation of licensed counselors at lower military departments, mandatory psychiatric treatment for veterans exposed to combat and assigned roles and responsibilities for junior to mid-grade leaders are all measures that will assist with reaching out to individuals with PTSD. Military leadership must focus on the individual, not the institution in order to reduce combat veteran suicide. Without gaining a better understanding of how to identify and treat United States service members…

Over the last 1.5 years, the 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) has undergone significant change. Following a nine month deployment to Afghanistan, the Brigade appears to be overcome by stress, fatigue, leadership, and ethics issues. While many might categorize these as normal post deployment occurrences, they appear to run much deeper. The events of the previous deployment coupled with the death of the Brigade Commander, Brigade Sergeant Major and a Battalion Commander appear to be the…

During the 20th Century, war became a condition of existence for both soldiers and civilians partly because, this condition, PTSD/Shell Shock was spreading. What was thought to be a physical and mental issue and is now known as a psychological condition. Although society today has come much farther than when in World War One or Two, it was a slow road getting to how society views it now.The social stigma against PTSD makes it arduous to treat and slowed the progression of how it’s viewed.The…