Howitzer

sandbags to create new firing batteries. He recommended training infantrymen to use artillery on the British camps on a peninsula overlooking Toulon’s harbor, rather than on the city itself. With 64 officers, 1500 men and 100 cannons, mortars and howitzers, he then created two new forward firing batteries, La Montagne and Sans Culotte, which could fire into the inward of the harbored. This forced Admiral Hood to move his ships closer to the…

The September 11th attacks in 2001 marked one of the toughest tragedies that the United States has faced. Following these attacks the United States has increased its security tremendously over the years to better protect the country from future attacks such as the one faced on that day 13 years ago. However, regardless of their attempts to strengthen the countries security, we’re still at high risk for a weapon of mass destruction attack. A weapon of mass destruction is ultimately defined as any…

It is estimated that about 1% of America’s population join the military and to serve their country and at the tender age of 20 I joined that percentage. Having graduated from high school 2 years prior, I had the opportunity to work a plethora of jobs. Most of these jobs were low paying, hard labor, or just did not intrigue me enough to stay for a long amount of time. I grew up in a single parent low class home. We made ends meet but barely and often I went without some of the things I wanted as…

some elements of the 47th mixed brigade, and small numbers of naval personnel. In addition to small arms and machine guns, the Japanese also possessed 36 medium tanks, and 12 light tanks. Also, present on the island were 29, 75mm mountain guns, 22 howitzers and scattered coastal artillery pieces (Crowl, 1993). American forces consisted of the 2nd and 4th Marine divisions, along with the US Army 27th division totaling 71,000 troops (Kingston, 2017). The 2nd Marines were veterans of Guadalcanal…

out manned. In the article “The Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto”, it explains how General Juergen Stroop responded to a Jewish uprising, “Stroop had 2,100 soldiers with 13 heavy machine guns, 69 hand-held machine guns, 135 submachine guns, several howitzers, and 1358 rifles. The 1,200 Jewish resisters had 2 submarine guns and 17 rifles.” Clearly the Jewish have no chance to defeat the Germans. Even though the Jews had nothing to lose the Nazis had too many people and too many guns to be…

There are so many outstanding Leaders in today’s Military. Leaders who are influencing and shaping today’s young Soldiers. When I first got this assignment, I had no idea who I felt and identified as a Legacy Leader to me. Webster’s defines Legacy as something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past. The Army defines a leader as anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals.…

Poetry is a journey into a new world of language that leaves readers fascinated. Poets take their time to intermingle different forms of figurative language to present their topic in a way that takes time to understand. By using rhetorical devices a poet is capable of taking short stanzas and making them into a work of art that can leave the reader guessing the intended meaning for generations. Well written poems contain various types of rhetorical devices such as imagery, metaphors, similes,…

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked multiethnic country located within South Asia and Central Asia. The country’s strategic location along important trade routes connecting Asia to Europe and the Middle East has made it a target by invading emperors and armies for centuries. The unforgiving Afghan terrain of deserts and mountains has left even the strongest armies defeated. The Hindu Kush mountain range runs northeast to southwest dividing the Northern provinces from the rest of…

The strongest members of the tribe had departed days before on what seemed like another hopeless attempt to hunt; an attempt to survive. Conditions had been very difficult for the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, but their fearless leaders worked frivolously to attain peace with the white troops and settlers and meet the needs of their people. On the morning of November 29, 1864 women, children, and the elderly tribe members awoke to a horrific situation that would come to be known as the Sand Creek…

“We Were Soldiers” showcases the very first battle in the Vietnam War between the Vietcong Militia and the United States military. This battle was the Battle of la Drang in November of nineteen sixty-five. It's based on the book, “We Were Soldiers Once...And Young”, which was written by participants of the battle, Lieutenant General Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway. The movie also portrays what happened on the home front for wives and children of the men serving for the United States.…