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The two movies American Sniper and 12 Strong both have similar themes. In both movies the similar theme between the two are the men who put their lives on the line in order to protect their country. In American Sniper, Chris Kyle joined the military after seeing the Twin Towers being bombed on September 11, 2001. In this movie, Kyle is a sniper who is ordered to shoot anyone who may be in pursuit to hurt American soldiers. In 12 Strong there is a team of men being deployed to Afghanistan after…

Major Bruce P. Crandall was a Flight Commander, serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division in the Vietnam War when the ground commander ordered the aircraft to abort the scheduled search and destroy mission from Plei Me, Vietnam, to Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley. However, Major Crandall, having successfully landed once despite enemy fire, assessed the situation at Landing Zone X-Ray and determined the troops were in need of ammunition and medical…

The Australian 3rd Brigade, comprising the 9th, George Mitchell in the 10th, 11th and 12th Battalions, was the covering party in the first wave of the Gallipoli landing. George and the 10th Battalion came ashore at 4.30am and landed near Ari Burnu – This site later named Anzac Cove. Their objective was to reach the second ridge inland and locate the Ottoman batteries. Mitchell wrote in his diary, ‘Fierce we expected it to be, but fierce as it was we never dreamed’. They managed to scale the…

I believe that the 4th ABCT climate is toxic and only getting worse. There are many instances where leaders did not work as a team. There were times where leaders used coercion, intimidation, and other unscrupulous tactics to garner compliance from Soldiers. Leaders feel as if independent thinking is discouraged. I also uncovered other tactics like hazing that break down the moral, and welfare of the Soldiers. After completing my assessment of the 4th ABCT I have discovered that significant…

Collaboration offers an effective approach for organizations to resolve complex problems, maximize resources and improve innovation. However, the organization must establish the conditions for collaboration to be successful and use a deliberate approach to collaborating with other, external stakeholder organizations. This paper identifies a few historical challenges that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies faced in the past, how those organizations sought to overcome those…

It took two and a half days to move all of the ships through the Canal Zone and no one was sure the Hornet would make it through, but she did. The original plan was to send two transport ships escorted by the USS Iowa. Admiral Meyer had a change of heart when he was told the USS Midway was back on line and ready for duty. The Midway could take over patrolling the West Coast and if there were any bugs to be worked out of her she was still close to home. It was full speed ahead once…

Everyday around the world, there are people suffering and relishing in getting their egos boosted and busted. Being an ego booster is the act of increasing one person’s or a group’s morale. Being an ego buster is the act of decreasing one’s morale. Being in the military, we experience this daily. Our peers increase each other’s morale through keeping confidence up and helping prove to the individual that they can complete a task that was unusual for them to undertake, and praising our peers’…

Generation Kill, written by Evan Wright, is a firsthand look at the fear, inhumanity, and uncertainty that surrounded the guerrilla warfare in Iraq. These young men from a variety of different back grounds enlisted bravely and arrogantly to find themselves facing the brutality of war. They trained as Recon Marines, a group of a thousand men selected to secretly gain knowledge about the enemy team. During the First Renaissance Battalion of 2003, they were forced to drive head on into the enemy…

Sangin, Afghanistan is a graveyard for U.S troops and Allied forces. From 2009 to 2012 no other district in Afghanistan has claimed more lives of coalition forces than the Sangin district. The United States and British troops combined have lost over 162 service members while being deployed to the area. While I was deployed to Sangin in 2010, my battalion lost nine Marines in four days during the first few weeks of the deployment. By the end of our deployment, we sustained more casualties…

Modern Combat Compared to History So if we compare our current military to that of the Korean War Era what will it show us? Looking at the distinctions of Task Force Smith today, you will notice a substantial difference in the training of today’s soldiers, added to the present amount of combat experience, thus creating a more situational aware and prepared soldier. Really, it does no justice to look at the paradigms, because we still fight with air, naval, and ground forces, they are just…