Device

on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, improvised explosive devices can be traced all over the operational area. Terrorist were becoming more unique with their attacks. Devices were buried along the main supply routes of military forces, vehicle borne explosive devices placed by checkpoints, and other clever strategies to try and hinder our mission. Mortar rounds being placed on the side of the road, wired to be activated by a cellular device. DTRA expanded its mission to address the rise of the…

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…

expecting to join soon, and were expecting a bombing soon. The main function of the EOD is to analyze and defeat any explosive device. The score needed to receive on the ASVAB to join the EOD must be 110 on Skilled Technical. Police officers in the EOD are trained by the military to perform civilian functions. Training is usually held at U.S. Army-F.B.I. Hazardous Device School at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Every Bomb Squad has two canine teams ready to assist them as the canine’s smell is 50…

The pathetic fallacy used to represent deaths, murders and evil deeds heightens the sense of evil and darkness of the play thereafter. “Some say the Earth was generous and did shake”. This literal device spoken by Lennox at the time of Duncan’s murder lays the path of evil for the entirety of the play. Macbeth, fooled by the witches’ foretelling, foregoes his respect, reputation and honour as a soldier, Thane and husband; the death of his wife does…

Tradition plays a significant role in ones life. It provides a sense of belonging, faithfulness, and could strengthen ones values. But what happens when one blindly follows outdated traditions and laws that can hinder one and contribute to disastrous consequences? The short story and movie of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson both depict the dark outcome that follows when people are reluctant to reject old ideas and practices. However, the 1996 made-for-TV movie of “The Lottery” based on the…

In Wit , a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson, the audience witnesses Vivian Bearing’s journey, and hopeless battle with ovarian cancer. Edson uses a soliloquy as a tone used to reveal the feelings and emotional state of Vivian. She uses the soliloquy to give Vivian a chance to express how she is feeling and what she is thinking in every part of the play. By using the soliloquy, Edson manages to cite sympathy, rather than pity, in the audience by showing the constant struggle that…

I was walking into the gym had my game face on, ready to play. I saw some of my teammates already warming up for our first game. We practiced our players and got ready. I saw the other team they looked very good. They had players from cornerstone as well. That included Andrew West, Andrew Pettit, Cason Baltich, and I. They had there line up in we had ours. The tip off. We lost the tip off and had to get on defence. There team passed the ball around and then got an open shot. But thankfully they…

INTRODUCTION 1.1 :R[1] MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) are innovative microfabricated devices with critical dimensions in the range of 1 to 1000µm. These devices are electro-mechanical structures whose complexity varies from a simple actuator to a highly complex electromechanical system performing a wide variety of sensing and control. Introduced in the early 60’s the development of this technology has been growing tremendously. It has been the pioneer in sensor and other applications.…

“The Pedestrian” is an interesting one for me as it is very unconventional, especially when comparing it to the likes of the previous short stories we read, like “The Tell-Tale Heart” or “Marigolds”. In these stories, the plot was outlined, in a way, so that we could identify how the story might end, and why it ended that way. The story uses heavy amounts of imagery to help convey the loneliness and an empty quietness of the town in which the narrator resides. A heavy line which the author…

There is always an immense amount of pressure to conform and to not be different, making sure to stay with the current “style” along the way. In the novelette, Anthem by Ayn Rand everyone in society is exactly the same and follow a certain set of rules very strictly. While, in the song “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me” by Billy Joel, he sings about the the pressure he is given for being different. I, as a listener, can relate to this due to the fact that there is pressure towards me, from family…