Military life

Chris Kyle is considered the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history, with over confirmed kills. Many people know about his service overseas, but not many people know about his life after leaving the Navy. 22 veterans commit suicide every single day due to PTSD. After leaving the Navy, Chris Kyle wanted to change this. He began working with a friend to help disabled veterans, The organization, “Troops First” would take the veterans to a ranch to hunt, shoot, and have good times. In doing…

continue a heritage that someday I hope my son will follow. The Army taught me many great things including the value of teamwork, leadership, and self-discipline. I was deployed with the 1/17th Cav to Iraq in 2005. It was in Iraq that I learned what military leadership looked like. The officers in my unit took great care of the troops. They took the time to know the enlisted soldiers and would encourage each soldier to meet their potential. Their going above and beyond what is called…

revolves around. Without accountability the United States Army would be chaos. But I digress. The definition of accountability is the fact or condition of being accountable or held responsible. There is no progress within yourself, your team, your life without accountability. When one holds themselves accountable, it seems to put that extra pressure of “if I fail what will happen?” Accountability is a commitment or is the ability to acknowledge obligation or to represent one’s activities.…

A Response to: “Finished with the War: A Soldier’s Declaration”. For a soldier in the military often times questioning why you are there fighting a war can be difficult because you do not want your loyalty to be seen as wavering. However, at some point enough can be enough. For Siegfried Sassoon he was able to muster the courage to voice his opinion on the war he was fighting in. The direct audience for his letter was Sassoon’s commanding officer. The letter was published in the Bradford…

Donna Pratt is a warrior who served in the Gulf War. She managed the vehicles used in battle. She was working with the military before 9/11 on a mission. She came back to continue the mission after the tragedy had struck. After working with the military vehicles in Iraq she noticed her feet started to swell up. The swelling and aching was getting so bad that she couldn’’t walk anymore. That's when officials had to send her back to the US to get treatment. After she left, some soldiers were…

but it wasn’t just his physical outlook that made him a commander of twenty of the best soldiers in the world it was his ways of leadership that stood out. Roger had a right-hand man and his name was George. He had spent his whole life in the military and a military family. George was known for his marksmanship and camouflage skills making him a lieutenant commander under Roger. Roger and his men were in part of the Seal Team Six and…

their time”, and the regulars “functioned as a cipher for assumptions about British society.” (Way 2) Provincials made more money than the regulars, but they both underwent nearly unequivocal experiences labor-wise. All soldiers were merely paid, military labor, and as Peter Way stated, “They were viewed as repressive aids to the civil power in their suppression of food riots, and it was thus easier to dismiss soldiers as unthinking lackeys of capital than to treat them as comrades subject to…

collective unit PRT programs. Soldiers meeting the criteria are as follows: Injuries, illness, and other medical conditions impact readiness. The program helps Commanders face the daily challenge of controlling injuries in the conduct of rigorous military training. Adherence to the fundamental principles of PRT allows the commander to manage injury risk effectively when injuries, illness, or other medical conditions limit the Soldier’s ability to participate in…

I interviewed with a former service member of the Army who is Robert Terry. He was serving for ten years in the Army. He was enlisted in the Army in 2000 in order to study without the support through his parents and served until 2010. His military occupational specialty (MOS) within the army was 92G (Food service specialist). After a basic training at Fort Jackson in 2000 and he finished the AIT training at Fort Lee in the same year. First his duty station was Korea. He went even Germany since…

everyday Greek life, focusing on the compromise of war and its effects on civilian living in Ancient Greece. In ancient Greece, most wars were caused by the need to expand, gaining territory to further progress the cities’ assets. The city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes were always fighting over their boundary lines, but would often gather as alliances to fight against outside invading forces, like the Persians. These battles…