Challenges of training WMD-E in Asia Pacific WMD-E is not something the military can do internal by themselves, is a higher echelon function due to the Task Force and inter agencies involved in the execution. WMD-E is already integrated at I Corps level during exercises such as Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) each year. Training on elimination in other countries can be challenging as the partner country will have to agree in conducting such exercise. Additionally, commanders will have to advocate…
This economical model, which carried on to Colombia after its independence, marked the social makeup of the nation. As a result, in the 1920s peasants revolted against the landholding elite over unfair working conditions. This began a period of civil war known as “La Violencia” (the violence) . Shortly after, the Colombian government launched a counterattack on the peasants, which pushed the Colombian Communist Party (CCP) to establish the FARC in order to protect and channel the demands of the…
allegory to prove that someone does what they have to, to survive. The background against which the action of a work takes place is called the setting. The setting in “The Sniper,” is the Irish Civil War, going on in Dublin, Ireland. During any war, lots of men become wounded or killed. Since, a war going on it supports the theme because our country has soldiers fighting to protect. The plot of the story is the way in which the events of the story are arranged, “on a rooftop near O’Connell…
because it is a dominant thought, it is also a moral. In the beginning of the story the author mentions the main character and his area he is at. Early in the story the reader made aware of the characters risks. The narrative is dedicated to saying war is wrong.…
The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty takes place in the early weeks of the Irish Civil War, during the Battle of Dublin. O’FLaherty’s main character, a Republican sniper, is laying down, armed and on the lookout. The fight begins immediately after the sniper lights a cigarette, giving away his position, and compromising his operation. The sniper acts quickly, killing two men shortly after being wounded himself. The story takes a quick turn after we soon realize who the…
Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (2014) was produced at a time when both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were settling down and it was time for the American audience to see a glimpse of life on the battlefield compared to at home. This film was produced during a lot of tension and divided America on whether America should have even fought the Iraqi war, and tension between the Veterans healthcare system. American Sniper was released almost a decade after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom,…
Sun Tzu said, “The Art of War is a road to either safety or to ruin.” Safety gives you bragging rights but ruin evicts the will to come back. To soccer aficionado, every game is like going to war. Each team prepares during warm-up to face off against their opponent. Every stretch, pass, and dribble is meticulously orchestrated to ensure victory. The general stands at attention, barking orders, and strategizing attacks. Today’s game is no different. Like the Japanese General Hideki Tojo,…
Imagine this, you and your family have barely survived the civil war in syria and are trying to get to any place that is safer than here. This is a reality for many families living in syria they never wanted to leave their home but now they have to to protect their families. It all started when the syrian people were protesting “after the arrest and torture of some teenagers who painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall”(BBC). The government tried to stop this with force but that just lead…
O'Flaherty, is about a war in which Republicans and Free state people are going into war. The sniper end up shooting an enemy from the other side and at the end he realizes he is his brother. Yet, in the narrative The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, is about an older brother that has a younger brother, Doodle, who cannot walk and the older brother tries to help him walk, but they have many difficulties on the way. Some things that both of the narratives have in common is war, brotherhood, and…
I'm writing in this journal in hopes that one day some child will read this and know about and understand the true horrors of war, and all that i've gone through, I made a mistake signing up for the military, trust me, I wish I could go back and stop myself for enrolling in the imperial Japanese army, all the stuff I've witnessed. I still have nightmares about my time in the military, and I've been out of service for a year now exactly, and I had to do things no man would ever do but, in my few…