Sergeant Major of the Army

movie, Glory (1989), shows the evident impact of racism in a country that is in civil war. It tells the story of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first African-American units in the Union Army. The movie shows how black people are denied not only of their privileges but also of their rights just because they are…

fatigue, leadership, and ethics issues. While many might categorize these as normal post deployment occurrences, they appear to run much deeper. The events of the previous deployment coupled with the death of the Brigade Commander, Brigade Sergeant Major and a Battalion Commander appear to be the critical events that triggered the downward slide of the Brigade. Several other factors, such as failure to develop the organization and its leaders, failure to properly identify and address…

kill a man, but you cannot kill an idea.”- Medgar Evers (brainyquote). In the 21st century, people are not discriminated by color of skin, race and religion. However, these rules were not in place during the 1960s. Blacks were assaulted and killed by major lynching groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan. In order to prevent social injustice, there were many black civil rights activists, such as Medgar Evers. These activists had a lasting impact on the lives of black citizens. These fights for black…

Frederic used to be a student of architecture back in America. He volunteers to join the Italian army as an ambulance driver. Proof of this is when Catherine asks, “You’re the American in the Italian army” (Hemingway 22). Before Catherine comes to Italy, she had a fiance who had unfortunately passed away. They grew up together for eight years. She is an English woman who is a V. A. D in the Italian army which is similar to a nurse but they are not as trained. “Oh, no. I’m something called a V.…

We snapped to and wondered what awaited us. The Sargeant Major introduced the Commander of the Training Brigade as Colonel Burns. The Colonel started out by welcoming us to what we fondly called ‘Fort Lost in the Woods,’ and told us the processing procedures for the next week. As a final note, due to someone’s…

Wisconsin brought forth 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, and these men were organized into 53 Infantry Regiments, 4 Calvary Regiments, a company of Berdan’s shooters, 13 light artillery batteries and 1 unit of heavy artillery. The First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 3 months, was assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was rallied into State Service on April 27, 1861 then left for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1861 (Wisconsin in the Civil War 2012), John C. Starkweather was the Colonel.…

Hacksaw Ridge Real Vs. Reel War is a serious topic, and talking about it can be a touchy subject, and writing and producing a movie over a specific person's experience in a war could be very difficult as to not anger said person or the person's family. When it comes to the movie Hacksaw Ridge, it seems Hollywood did a rather good job. While some facts were changed in the movie to make it more interesting for the viewer, but in some cases things were left out as to not anger the viewers. In the…

Suez Canal Crisis Israel Military CSM Shahzad Khan Totakhil United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 66 CO1 Martin / Mr. Santiago 10 May 2016 1956 Suez Canal Crisis: Israel Military The Born of Suez Canal The 1869 Suez Canal plan started as a cooperation between the French and the Egyptian Government (History.com, 1869). In 1854, French Diplomat, Ferdinal de Lesseps, succeeded to persuade the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, into the creation of the canal through the desert between…

Defense has incorporated steps to remedy the issues of our force. The Regiment has embedded Behavioral Health at the Group level consisting of psychologists and psychiatrists, but is this repairing or concealing the real problem? The United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) has not done enough to counter the significant mental effects years of continuous combat has placed on our service members. Shell shock, battle fatigue, and gulf war syndrome are only some of the names…

the Union army. Sometime in 1862 Colonel Higginson from Massachusetts was given command of the First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers. They were the first United States regimen made up of slaves. By the end of the Civil War, there were over 180,000 African Americans who had fought in the Union army. There were over 33,000 that lost their lives. During…