Irregular military

Professionalism was the common thread when the Air Force’s senior enlisted leader talked about the Airmen of yesterday, today and tomorrow during the Air Force Association’s Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 in Washington D.C. “I want to talk to you about the legacy of more than seven million enlisted men and women in our Air Force, and how proud I am of them,” said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody. “There is no question that our Air Force looks…

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is about Henry Fleming. Henry was a young soldier who enlisted in the army so that he would be known as a courageous person. Soon after Henry’s first battle started, he quickly deserted, and ran away into the woods. Although his fellow soldiers would consider this a cowardly act, Henry had believed that what he had done is smart. Subsequently Henry threw a pine cone at a squirrel and it ran off, Henry had believed that the law of nature is to protect…

as the 47th Engineer Service Regiment on 1 August 1942. The 47th Engineer Service Regiment was placed on Oahu taking over from the 3rd and 65th Combat Battalions. The 47th worked on main training roads and infrastructure on military installations. In March 1942 Military and Civilian agencies created an agreement for the Army engineers on Oahu to assist in maintaining and improving roads and highways on the island. The 47th and 34th had seen extensive service on the Hawaiian Islands and were…

airmen who score in the excellent or good category, so many airmen only train and participate in physical activity during the month of their test.1 The US Air Force has the least stringent physical fitness test standards among all the branches of the military. For example, the US Army physical fitness test requires more pushups, more sit-ups, and a two mile run.2 The US Marine Corps requires a…

Women in combat. It has recently sparked a debate on whether women should be allowed in combat or not. In my opinion, women shouldn’t be allowed in combat because they are too emotional to handle the long periods of time of being on tour, they aren’t physically built like men, and there would be too many problems with having men and women living together. Women are way too emotional to withstand being in combat. They wouldn’t be able to handle the 100+ degree temperatures, the stress of being…

Now that black men were ready for war and had became troopers the military created two combat divisions for black troopers. The 92nd Division, was made of draftees and officers, while the 93rd Division was created from National Guard units from the big apple, Cleveland, Washington D.C, Chicago, and Massachusetts. Despite formally being in war currently, black troopers still felt the wrath of segregation and racial dispute.The military had assigned an overwhelming majority of black troopers to…

part as well. Respect is one of the Army values that have to be taken serious, like all the other Army values. Every rank has a responsibility the higher the rank the more responsibilities they are entitled to. Respecting the role of everyone in the military is very important because it’s not a one man team is everyone working together completing the mission effectively and successfully. If everyone is knowledgeable of the jobs that everyone in the team has it would be less problems that they…

For this paper I will be answering the question, “how did the American Civil War effect Elizabeth Val Lew”. I have always had a strong interest in the Civil War. I am particularly interested in the Battle of Gettysburg and Michigan’s involvement in the war. Recently I have become interested in the role women had during the war as well. During the war many women enlisted in positions that were mainly set aside for men, for example nurses. Some women even disguised themselves as men and fought in…

strategy used by the Army to continue its heritage to win our nations wars. MAJ Cox was an assistant professor of American Politics, Public Policy and Strategy in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY. He gathered most of his research from the US Military Academy Library, the Library of Congress, The Eisenhower Library, and the George C. Marshall foundation. MAJ Cox spent a great deal of time gathering details about Fox Connors life in order to display…

awarded the Military Occupation Specialty 11B, Infantryman. Afterwards, I was assigned to Bravo CO, 1st BTN 68th Armor REG, 3rd BDE Combat Team at Fort Carson, CO. While at Bravo CO I was assigned as a Rifleman and a Gunner for a M2 Bradley. Subsequently deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan during that time. After four and a half years with Bravo CO, I was accepted into the Army Counterintelligence (CI) Special Agent Course. I was next assigned to Alpha CO, Bavarian Military Intelligence…