Fort Hood

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.. The definition of unscathed, according to Webster, is without suffering any injury, damage, or harm. I sometimes wonder if this just means physically or does in include emotional wounds. Not saying that I have been scathed by anything I have been through or conquered, I’m just wondering. The definition of a combat veteran, according to me, is a beer drinking, flag flying, barbequing American. It isn’t someone who…

The 1995 Oklahoma bombing federal bombing by an anti government Timothy McVeigh, 2009 Fort Hood Shooting by Nidal Malik Hasan an Army Psychiatrist that killed 13 people and the recent Boston marathon bombing in 2013 caused by the Chechen brothers are only few domestic terrorism attacks in the United States history. According to Lewis, “Domestic Terrorism involves groups or individuals who operate without foreign direction entirely within the United States and target elements of U.S. government…

move west to seek his future. At this time he stayed in Lancaster, Texas where he was a cow hand for several years before coming a buffalo hunter in the southern plains. He continued with hunting for many years until he decided to move out west to Fort Sumner, New Mexico. There he met Henry McCarty (…

Five years ago me and my family had just PCS’d to Fort Hood TX. I was 16 years in with 4 deployments under my belt and motivated to dive in to my next assignment, continuing to do my part in the ongoing “War on Terror”. I was apprehensive when I found out I was to be assigned to a Military Intelligence unit and even more so when I was assigned to a BN Staff position. I couldn't believe it. I tried my best to fit in but the pace of work and the attitudes I encountered infuriated as well as…

The Canadian nation has been shaped in myriad ways and has been documented as well as interpreted by countless individuals. Canadian Studies 4611: Reading in Canada has highlighted pivotal works the have influenced the critical conversation within the country: how Canada is – or was – and why it is that way. This essay will explore the work of Margaret Atwood, Northrup Frye and Charles Taylor in order to illustrate the status of Canada within their work and highlight if and how their writing…

The United States (U.S.) Army is a tremendous organization that has made many changes over the years to adapt to an ever evolving ethics and cultural environment. The Army is becoming more diverse as the military continues to work more and more alongside civilians on a daily basis. The military members join the organizations from many different locations, at different ages, and with various levels of work experience that place strain upon the civilian workforce that has continued with the…

of civilians to be pushed into a ditch and slaughtered (Bowman 151;157;171). Chief Army Prosecutor, Captain Aubrey Daniels, said that Lieutenant Calley ordered Sergeant David Mitchell to “finish off the rest.” Sergeant Mitchell was acquitted in Fort Hood, Texas on November 20th of intent to murder 30 South Vietnamese civilians at My Lai (Bowman 172). Defence attorney George Latimer cites “superior orders” as a reason why non-combatants were killed. Some other reasons include poor training of the…

Jackie earned the title of Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1943 and was assigned to Fort Riley in Kansas. Here, he was the victim of tireless discrimination and intense racial hatred, resulting in him requesting a transfer. He was relocated to Fort Hood in Texas, but things were no different here, as the racist harassment continued. Finally, Jackie had had enough. On July 6th, 1943, he was ordered to move to the back of a military bus he had been seated on. Twelve whole years…

An inspiring major change happened to the world when jack Roosevelt Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball on April 15, 1947. Being an African American man he did not have as many rights or privileges as a Caucasian man would have had during that time. Mr. Jerry Robinson and Mrs. Mallie Robinson had five children, jack being the youngest. Jack r Robinson, is well known by the name of Jackie Robinson. His middle name is in honor of former president Theodore Roosevelt, who had…

In recent times, Columbine, Fort Hood, Aurora, Newtown, and Charleston have become the epicenter of gun-related violence in the United States. Of the 12 deadliest shootings in the United States, six have happened from 2007 onward (Ehrenfreund, 2015). Each mass shooting event brought the gun debate to the national limelight. These tragic events make global headlines which invariably makes other developed countries conclude that the American society, with all its prosperity and standing as a world…