The Soldier

fact roughly 30% of returning soldiers report having mental health problems ( (Kim, Britt, Klocko, Riviere, & Adler, 2011). Even though thirty percent of soldiers reported having mental health issues only 23-40% of that population actually reported that they sought…

their loved ones at home, he says: “Soldiers sleeping, sweetly dreaming, Of their homes far, far away, Where the loved ones, kind and gentle, Weary wait and watchful pray”. These reactions reflect the anxiety every solider feels during war, but to the lieutenant in The Red Badge of Courage, it only reveals weakness and fear, Crane states: “The youth, turning swiftly…

roles in division, bridges, battalions, and companies. Most of the time we don’t have one certain job we are excepted to know everything in the regulations, memorandums, and about the task ahead when it comes to deployments or other missions. The Soldiers in the organization depend in on the HR profession to no just come in and go thru the notions but to love the job or have passion for it. If you go back to the history of HR we did a lot before other parts of the Army were established. If we…

Army leaders and Soldiers alike develop their own type of experiences and knowledge in their skill sets. Put together experience and knowledge create a professional force that has proven to outlast the enemy. Without that, the Army may not be as effective. One major role of the Army Profession of Arms is that of the Human Resource Sergeant. The Human Resource Sergeant is there to defend the people and uphold the traditions and values of the Army by serving their Soldiers and their…

or badly damaged soldier can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars compared to a robotic part being replaced for only a few thousand or around ten thousand dollars to just replace a robot. According to the Indo Asian News Service, it would cost more to even train a squad of military soldiers versus putting the investment in science and technology where robotic drones can be ready to test on the battlefield. Hardly anyone has the money to help or heal a damaged soldier versus getting…

The small group of eight eager and young Soldiers stepped out of their vans, not knowing exactly what to expect. They had taken one of the biggest steps in their careers, putting them as the first line of defense in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The sky was mostly clear on this warm, sunny September morning in the Midwest United States, with a few light fluffy clouds listing lazily by. Each of them had a different vision of the future as they nervously waited for their new…

acknowledge the importance of telling the truth by exposing how superimposed war zeitgeist by glorious war author’s led youthful solder’s to the frontline with perilous misinterpretations of war. Written based upon my first-hand experiences as a frontline soldier, both poems confront their audience with an uncommon perspective of war, one that portrays the inhumanity and madness of war. In Dulce, I rely upon my first-hand experiences as a front-line lieutenant, constructing confronting visual…

In “The Man I Killed” Tim, the narrator, who is also the protagonist is under attack by the guilt associated with taking a human life. Tim doesn’t use the first person but instead we are given a sneak peek into guilt and confusion that go hand in hand with taking a life. Now he’s locked in; he creates an entire life for the victim, creating a fictional account on his views of war, early child hood, and his family. The Guilt continues to eat at him though no words come out, the fire of guilt…

that we were once capable of as children? Harold Krebs is a soldier still fighting in a war, but it is not being fought in a far- away place, it’s at home. Hemingway coveys the struggles of a soldier’s life returning to a normal life after fighting in a war in “Sodier’s Home”. In many ways Krebs could not adapt to his hometown and the people as well as the soldiers that arrived a year before him. This is something that many soldiers struggle with, conforming to what once was, to a society…

they reached the sea it would be better'' (46). This reveals that Paul is desperately trying to hold on just a little longer until they reach the sea in hopes of it making the fear go away. Tim makes the point he's trying to make stronger by using soldiers' repetition of thoughts and how they deal with it, as well as the effect it has on their…