Parachute Regiment

Located on the Union’s leftmost flank, he quickly realized the strategic significance of the small hill and need for the regiment to hold their position at all costs. Through the heat of the battle, confederate forces accumulated at the base of the hill and began to push the regiment back. With ammunition running low and many soldiers wounded or killed, Chamberlain recognized the dire situation and ordered a simultaneous frontal charge and flanking maneuver…

The shortfall of Operation Anaconda was due to Organizational Management nevertheless CENTCOM Commander was designated the Commander and coalition/joint force commander for Operation Enduring Freedom and the headquarters was located at MacDill AFB, FL. (Fleri, 2003) The Organizational concept of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan was very unclear and caused major confusion. (Fleri, 2003) The Operation Anaconda planning phase constructed poorly from the start and almost failed due to…

Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest and deadliest battle because it resulted in roughly 50,000 casualties. Chamberlain’s role at Gettysburg had the most impact towards the outcome of both the battle itself, and the Civil War, because of his crucial regiment defence…

“Silent Professional” is a term used often when referencing the Special Operations community. It means do not brag about what you have done or where you have been, because secrecy is your only true ally. Every night since the World Trade Center towers fell, there have been Soldiers overseas taking the fight to those responsible. Night after night, these nameless warriors have been planning and conducting covert operations in hostile areas all over the world without fail. The only time the…

Sergeant Citizen enlisted in the United States Army on January 26th, 2005. He completed Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia in June 1999. He completed Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, Virginia in 2005 for Military Occupational Specialty Parachute Rigger. He reclassified and graduated for 68W Healthcare Specialist in 2007 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Staff Sergeant Citizen’s has served as an Airdrop Equipment Repair SPC (2-75th Ranger Battalion), Fort Lewis, Washington; Team…

Actually, we are the most valuable bunch in the army. Our training is one of the hardest training that you can ever go through as a human being. It test you physically, mentally and emotionally. It's 26 week longs for the Lines regiment, 28 weeks for the Parachute and Guards regiment. The training took place in Catterick .The weather there is so terrible it have a knock on effect on the amount of people dropping out not able to pass it first time. Many recruits hate the terrain as it is…

first day were completed without any major incidents. The 101st Airborne met little resistance and captured four of the five bridges assigned to them. The Germans destroyed the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son just as the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) neared the objective (Badsey, 1993, p. 41). The Bailey bridge, a portable, prefabricated bridge developed by the British, constructed over the canal was not finished until the morning of the 19th (Badsey, 1993, p. 56). The 82nd…

Band of brothers is an accurate historical show that really shows what it was like to be in World War. The TV show is revolved all around the 506th regiment. The name of this young group of soldiers was called Easy Company. At the beginning of the movies you would have never thought what they would have become by the end of the movie. The TV shows first episode starts off at the soldiers. Training camp. The training is located at camp Toccoa. The leader of this young group during the first…

4,000 prisoners at the cost of 58 killed, 199 wounded, and 700 missing. But the situation was still perilous. Axis counterattacks had created a dangerous bulge in the center of the American line, the very point where the bulk of the 505th Parachute Regiment should have been if it’s drop had been accurate. July 11th, the second day of the invasion, was the Seventh Army's most hazardous day…

Steven E. Ambrose. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle Nest, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. Band of Brothers is an exceptionally written well -documented account of the soldier’s personal experiences as they battle across Europe during World War II. The book documented the victories, daily struggles and deplorable conditions endured through first-hand accounts of the Easy Company from basic training in July 1942 until the unit was…