Kandahar

By the mid-1990s, a fundamentalist group called the Taliban took control of the country. The Taliban ruled according to Islamic Sharia law and instituted extremely harsh restrictions on the country. Osama Bin Laden, a veteran of the fight against the Soviets, became a leading figure in the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, one of the largest and most sophisticated Islamic terror groups in the world. It was from within Afghanistan that Bin Laden and his followers plotted to strike against the…

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While sitting in a C-17 aircraft with an M4 in my hand and a full ruck of battle gear under my foot, I realize I am going into war for real. Even with the extremely loud airplane engine screaming in my ears, I can’t stop thinking how only three weeks ago my life had suddenly taken a drastic turn. It feels like a dream, yet it is so real. Thinking back, I could see a fresh new soldier just comes out of training standing in front of an in-processing desk with a lot of expectations about his new…

(Staff Sergeant Ty Michael Carter - Medal of Honor Recipient for the United States Army.) In May 2012, Carter was deployed to Kandahar City, Afghanistan. (Staff Sergeant Ty Michael Carter - Medal of Honor Recipient for the United States Army.) While being in Afghanistan, Carter and his team was under attack by over three hundred soldiers. Carter demonstrated several different cases…

Headline: Soldier Single-Handedly Takes Out Two Enemy Machine Gun Squads Like most days, C.R.S. spent his day patrolling on foot through the hilly regions near Kandahar. C.R.S. had joined the military as a sniper, and he spent most of his time abroad. During his overwatch, his group was responsible for tracking suspicious activity. According to the latest intelligence reports, there were enemy combatants somewhere in the area. As C.R.S. was continuing his routine patrol, the sound of…

join this mission in order to support the United States of America and to aid the innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Canada’s goal in Afghanistan was to focus on women's’ rights and education and were given the responsibility to aid the forces in Kandahar Province fight the terrorist group called the “Taliban”. The mission caused Canada a great deal of financial costs and many soldiers’ lives.…

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subject that is at hand, I have unfortunately had a ton of experience with in my life. I have been in the United States Army for 6 years now, 5 years of Active Duty, 1 year in the Reserve component. I am also a combat veteran of Afghanistan as was in Kandahar, Afghanistan from December 2012 to September 2013. I have lost some of my closest friends due to self-harm or suicide after being diagnosed with depression and being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, I as well have PTSD. What…

Colonel Michelle A. Schmidt is the ideal leader whose legacy is rooted in her character, intellect, and presence. Her passion for and dedication to the Army and soldiers are contagious. As a military leader, intelligence officer, and genuine human being, she significantly affects those around her. She leads from the front like a true paratrooper, and never hesitates to do what is right for her team. Her subordinates revere her for her accomplishments, peers respect her for her intellect, and…

The main effect as to the depiction of targets of the counter-terrorism action as “barbarious”, “evil” is to dehumanize terrorists. Dehumanization refers to the socially constructed process of depriving humans of their human character. As Bar Tal defines it, it is characterised by the process of “(attributing) extremely negative characteristics to another group, with the purpose of excluding it from acceptable human groups and denying it humanity” or “labelling a group as inhuman, either by…