Transformation of the United States Army

military is the most powerful armed forces that we have and they started around the 1700s. Therefore they give us protection . They fight in our wars. They die or sacrifice themselves to save us. The military has many parts which are the air force, the army, the marines, and the special forces. The military protects us by using the police, the firefighters, and the doctors. The police are one of the biggest protectors in the world. The firefighters keep our homes…

Melvin Morris, a famous Medal of Honor recipient, was born on January 7, 1942. The town he was born in was Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He was a U.S. army soldier during the Vietnam War. He was a Staff Sergeant which is the highest rank of the sergeant first class. Before entering the army, he was a national guard at the Oklahoma army. He then entered the army in 1959 after making a request to join. He volunteered twice to be dropped off at Vietnam to fight. This is one of the many ways he displayed the…

¨I don't think I would stay¨ ¨would you?¨ In 1776 the Continental Army was going through a very pugnacious time at the winter camp that was set up at Valley Forge. It wasn't a pleasure to stay at that place at the time, but those people managed to stay alive while being there. In fact, in 1777 up to 2,500 people died due to illness. People didn't have a very good chance of surviving at that time, as a matter of fact, people living at the camp had about 10% chance that they would receive sickness…

school in Sedalia, Mo. After graduating Whiteman attended the Rolla School of Mines in Rolla Missouri before enlisting in the army in 1939 when he was 20 years old. When Whiteman was still just 20 years old he received orders to report for aviator training in Randolph Field, Texas. It was there on November 15, 1940 where he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He then decided to volunteer for duty in Hawaii early the next year. On the morning of December 7, 1941…

I stepped on to the blacktop of the airbase in northern Ukraine, we were on the front lines of war. we shared the base with all but the army branch of most of Nato’s countries it was rather large but split into multiple divisions. I walk down to the coms office to be briefed for the mission that was on hand to us. I sat next to A person who spoke what seemed to be french… I was never good with second languages. There was A video on A big screen that had multiple different captions. it was in…

there to help save the navy seals, marines, army etc. there are no other branches of the military that are just for this purpose. They have been to every corner of the world. They save our servicemen and women every day risking there lives “that others may live”. In the Korean war they evacuated over eight thousand wounded and casualty’s also nearly one thousand from behind enemy lines. The impact is not to the whole world or all of the united states it is to the people of America that there…

George Brinton McClellan was born on December 3rd, 1826. His childhood was very successful because his study habits earned his a spot into West Point. At age 15, he was near the top of his class by graduation. Later in 1848, he joined the Army Corps of Engineers. He earned a job as a lieutenant and then took part in the Mexican-American War as an Engineering Officer. This opened up his eye to what combat really looked like. With this experience, he was promoted into a higher position. His resume…

place of rest for some, a place of mourning and remembrance for others. But Arlington also has another purpose that’s arguably it’s most important: Arlington National Cemetery is a symbol and place of honor, for both citizens and soldiers of the United States of America. Before…

George C. Marshall is an icon, a paragon of leadership. His relevance as a strategic leader is achieving consensus for and organizing, resourcing, and directing the readiness and mobilization of the United State’s (US) armed forces across a vast enterprise to ensure the viability of the United States from 1939 through 1945. Most senior leaders working at the strategic level maintain a network of professional and personal relationships, but it is hard to imagine that Marshall valued personal…

NCO development is fundamental to the readiness of the United States Army. The Profession of Arms provides vision on ends, ways and means for developing great NCO’s that exercise all tasks and challenges brought to them in the 21st Century and preservation of the forces readiness. NCO development is continuous, deliberate and a progressive process founded on the Army values and the Profession of Arms. The key parts of the development of the NCO Corps are the NCO Education System and the NCO…