Retained Personnel

All Quiet on the Western Front and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder All Quiet on the Western Front causes its readers to imagine the horrors of war. "In the branches dead men are hanging. A naked soldier is squatting in the fork of a tree, he still has his helmet on, otherwise he is entirely unclad. There is only half of him sitting up there...and somewhere else is plastered a bloody mess that was once a human limb. Over there lies a body...” (Remarque 172-173). Reading quotes like this one…

Outcomes We Do Not Foreshadow On July 28, 1914 the World War I inaugurated causing many countries to join. As these countries joined, the future outcomes were never clear to them. World War I had effects that no one could foreshadow. While some countries and individuals do not know the truth behind war,they later do as their economy is in crisis and soldiers shows signs of PTSD. The war affected all sorts of people and that is the risk they took. While many individuals initially…

Veteran: a person who has served in the military. That’s the definition that Google gives you when you type it in, but to me a veteran is more than that. I come from a military family. Words like loyalty and respect are commonly used in my home especially when it comes to describing my father and my grandfather, both veterans who have given up their time to serve this nation. Due to my father serving overseas, I know how it feels to wake up in the morning, walk down the hall, and expect to see a…

Veteran’s Day Essay Many Americans, both men and women, have sacrificed much for our country. We get veterans from various different tragedies and times in the United States. Our country is still home to veterans from World War II, the Vietnam War, and those influenced to serve from the tragedy of 9/11. I know that multitudes of veterans would like people to know how hard it was for them and out of reverence and honor I will tell of many struggles that veterans faced then and now. I extensively…

We in what way are out veterans not important. They have been there ever since the revolutionary war all the way up to now. Either they are fighting for our freedom or against people who have made wrong decisions to attack us. They have been the brave men and women who have and will lay down their lives in order to protect the country that they love and keep us safe and protected. We look up to them as brave individuals who will lay down everything to keep our rights and freedom. Ever since…

America's veterans have laid their life on the line in ways only they will ever know. They have survived living nightmares and are left with permanent scars. Some of these scars are easy to see, others are too deep, all are painful. They have come home to emptiness and desolation. Many come home to no home at all. They are left living on the streets and struggling to find work, or simply deal with life after war. American veterans deserve better than this. America's veterans deserve better care…

Since 2001, military personnel and their families have experienced extraordinary separations (Goff, Crow, et al, 2007). Families can experience a range of emotions when preparing for deployment of a loved one. The soldiers also can also have mixed feelings with stress, anxiety, and a host of emotions as well. Two major effects of war on military personnel One effect that military men and women who are on deployment must face, is the realization that they may not return home. These thoughts can…

A soldier’s homecoming should be a relief from what they have gone through in war. However, for some veterans there is a sense of emotional triggers or anger when they come home. They struggle to fit in with society after prolonged service. Paul experiences these emotions and struggles on the streets and in his household during his seventeen day leave. Much like the emotion in Suicide in the Trenches and the modern soldiers in Odysseus in America, Paul Baumer finds himself dispositioned in…

Veterans are not always given the respect they deserve for what they have to endure both during and after battle. They are troubled with both physical and emotional struggles, and are at risk of post war problems as well. However, there can also be a some positives to being a soldier in battle. In the novel Tribe, Junger explains the ups and downs that soldiers experience. By using outside sources, it can be proven that Junger is a reliable source regarding unemployed veterans, war-related…

Soldiers train rigorously, preparing for the departure of war. They sacrifice all that they have to fight for their country. As they return after the war, they are left with painful experiences and traumatizing memories, suffering from their inevitable conditions. However, the spouse, families, and children back at home are suffering even more than soldiers. The war is something no one wants to go through. Soldiers train to fight for their country and for their very lives. In doing so,…