Platoon

ETHICAL DILEMMA IN PLATOON In the movie Platoon directed by Oliver Stone, Charlie Sheen portrays an idealistic young infantryman named Chris Taylor serving his first tour in Vietnam. When on patrol one day, Taylor’s platoon commits a series of war crimes against Vietnamese civilians, including rape and brutal murders (Stone, 1986). Taylor is then faced with a moral problem -- whether to stay loyal to his fellow soldiers despite their crimes or report them so they may face justice. The question…

of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company. Bravo Company, along with the rest of 1st Battalion faced grueling circumstances of inadequate supplies and personnel, poor living quarters, and a near constant barrage of enemy attacks during their 2005-2006 deployment to the poignantly named, “Triangle of Death” of southern Baghdad, Iraq. In the midst of that chaos, four men committed one of the most well publicized and heinous war crimes committed by U.S. forces in modern warfare. Four men from 1st Platoon,…

love him as he loved her, but the letters were mostly chatty, elusive on the matter of love,” (151). Cross also becomes overwhelmed with guilt when another soldier in his platoon named Ted Lavender, who had been described as scared and fearful, was shot and killed while day dreaming of Martha. When Lavender was shot the entire platoon was shocked back into the harsh reality of the pain, fear, and death that came with war. All of the men in the story saw people die right before their eyes so it…

MA operations occur at all levels of a theater of operations (TO). The MA program starts at the unit level with search and recovery operations and continues until remains are returned to person authorized to direct disposition (PADD) and all personal effects (PE) are returned to the person eligible to receive effects (PERE). Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) is the Army Service component commander’s major organization responsible to provide common-user logistics (CUL) within the TO. TSC is…

States ten to one. Donald started out in a platoon of 39 men from different racial backgrounds. After attacking the first line of resistance in Seoul, his platoon was down to just nine men and himself. Not only did were they lacking troops, but they were also lacking supplies. When Griffith requested for more supplies he was told “his platoon was 24th on the priority list for an airdrop”. Griffith had just lost 75 percent of his troops, but somehow 23 platoons were in a more crucial situation…

Every Soldier has met a leader who made a negative or positive impact on them. Most often we recall the leaders associated with negative impacts. The Creed of the Noncommissioned Officer is the blue print for leaders to emulate. Utilizing peer evaluations will place struggling leaders, if not point them back on the path of effective leadership. “No one is more professional than I. I am a Noncommissioned Officer, a leader of Soldiers. As a Noncommissioned Officer I realize I am part of…

Restrepo Restrepo depicts the experiences of the soldiers in Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Batallion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal Valley. The film shows the first-hand accounts of the men who endured one of the most dangerous places in the U.S. Military. The platoon begins their operations out of Combat Outpost Korengal. Captain Dan Kearney wants to expand the forces’ influence within the area in order to affect more of the local populace. One…

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 gunfire was heard. In seconds, his platoon was under heavy fire. Two men were pinned down and unable to leave their positions as the entire platoon was exposed to the enemy. The enemy was further uphill and had a terrifying advantage on the terrain. According to C.R.S., “When I saw that my buddies were pinned down, I knew I had…

Patriotism. Glory. Serving and being a part of something bigger. These concepts tend to be attached to joining a military and serving to fight in a war, and the glorification of war and fighting strikes the hearts and minds of much of the populace. However, none of these concepts and glorifications are found in reality. Morality, and the will to fight is shaken under the truth of war and the distinction from right and wrong is blurred. Forms of expression like art, music, and more recently,…

novel, Catch 22, the author, Joseph Heller demonstrates the absurdity of war by exaggerating the negative effects bureaucracy has on the already corrupt military authority. One of the soldiers, Milo Minderbinder, goes rogue and firebombs his own platoon. The negative effect…