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    Joe Haldeman once said, “No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation” (“Joe Haldeman Quotes.”). This means that the trauma of war is as inescapable as Einstein’s laws of relativity. The authors of these books explore the inevitability of war’s trauma throughout their works. In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, the authors use the rhetorical devices of imagery, similes,…

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    English essay - Narrative essay  Subject : Iraq first mission First "LIFE" Mission : Life Over In The Box. No one ever knows the true story of unsung missions of soldiers over in Iraq ;the war that this generation vividly remembers. Weather it was your family or friends in your neighborhood some stories go untold. This story is one of those stories. 04:20:2003 Baghdad, Iraq Saddam's Palace. Laying on a green cot , on a hot palace…

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    standing for the national anthem since 1891. And since then it’s just been something tons of countries have been doing, Actually, People stop what they're doing and stand to the flag when the anthem starts playing. During the Olympics Rio 2016, An Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Sam Kendrick was spring down the lane for his pole vaulting attempt when he heard the national anthem start playing. In his dead sprint holding a 10ft pole, he hears the National Anthem start playing he…

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    Wounded Warrior Case Study

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    Donna Pratt is a warrior who served in the Gulf War. She managed the vehicles used in battle. She was working with the military before 9/11 on a mission. She came back to continue the mission after the tragedy had struck. After working with the military vehicles in Iraq she noticed her feet started to swell up. The swelling and aching was getting so bad that she couldn’’t walk anymore. That's when officials had to send her back to the US to get treatment. After she left, some soldiers were…

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    Military Sacrifice Essay

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    This radical change can cause grief, which can leave the families with depression, anger, and confusion. First of all, families with grief who lost a loved one in the army can deal with depression. According to grief.com, it states, “This depressive stage feels as though it will last forever. It’s important to understand that this depression is not a sign of mental illness.” Now, this statement is reassuring those who…

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    “Let Women Fight” Makenzie claims that women are more than capable of fighting in combat; the mental and physical demands of being in the military can easily be met by women, which can be seen very clearly, as many women are already serving in the military. Makenzie’s use of examples develops her logos in her essay well, and also makes a very convincing argument for readers. She lists facts and data, often giving the reader examples of women who are successful in the military, and reasons as to…

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    a. Denotational Variations According to Edmonds and Hirst, denotational variations is one of the variation that differ near-synonym words. Denotational variation itself is the differences in the idea such as the figure above where enemy and foe differ in emphasis. Gove mentions that enemy conveys about antagonism while foe stresses about active warfare rather than inner reaction (as cited in Edmonds & Hirst, 2002, p. 110) b. Stylistic Variations Generally, stylistic variations only covering a…

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    Many people may wonder what are the advantages and disadvantages of the military robot? From my research i have discovered that there a lot of advantages for military robots. One of the advantages is that these robots can save several human’s lives. There are a several different types of robots that can be used to do many different tasks. Robots can be used in areas such as military, space, surgical field exploration, deep sea exploration, dangerous material handling, agriculture, and advanced…

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    This DBQ was about the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary war. The Patriot side of the revolution was was not going so good in the first two years of the war. Some of the men were deserting General Washington and going home because they believed that there was no point of living in miserable conditions when there was little hope of winning the war. General Washington decided to take the troops that he did have left to build a camp at a place called Valley Forge in the…

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    No person should be required to serve in the military. In America today,people are not required to serve. With our current way of doing recruiting soldiers ,the military is working properly. If we force people to serve,those people will lose some of their freedom. Furthermore,there is no honor in serving if it is not a choice. The military should only be altered if the alteration is an improvement. By forcing people to serve,the military will have workers who do not want to work. Workers…

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