United States Army Air Service

Careful analysis of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and Harold Moore’s and Joseph Galloway’s “We Were Soldiers Once… And Young” reveals two markedly different portrayals of the United States’ army during the Vietnam War. This change mirrors the dwindling optimism of the American people from Moore and Galloway’s account of the 1965 Battle of la Drang and O’Brien’s more comprehensive account of the later stages of the war and post-war period. While O’Brien, Moore, and Galloway all served…

It all started in May of 2017 at my current job, UPS. As I was coming down the steps to get to my bay, I saw a new hire who started that day with a trainer. Although I only saw his back side, I noticed this man had a tattoo on his neck of Roman numerals. I liked the tattoo, but I was never the type of person to greet somebody on their first day. As I walked passed, I said hi to the trainer because he trained me when I first started. Luckily, he introduced me to my current boyfriend, Dameon.…

Osteopathic Medicine and commissioned into service in June 2001. He completed his internship and residency at DeWitt Army Community Hospital as a Family Practice Physician from 2001 - 2004. During his initial assignment CPT Meyering deployed with the 1st BN, 6th Field Artillery, 3rd BCT, 1st ID as the Battalion Physician deploying to Forward Operating Base Gabe, Baqubah, Iraq. He stabilized and evacuated 20 major trauma and combat wounded Soldiers via air and ground with zero dying of wounds.…

would certainly assist the authorities of Sri Lanka Army to look after its disabled soldiers with much dignity. a. The Authorities of Sri Lanka Army, together with the Ministry of Defence should initiate training programs aiming at developing the careers of disabled soldiers while in active service. These programs should have direct links with larger organizations which are willing to make job offers on their retirement. b. Sri Lanka Army together with the authorities of financial sector…

exercise disciplined initiative, use mission orders, and accept prudent risk. During the Battle of the Bulge General George S. Patton was in charge of the United States Third Army and demonstrated many of the qualities that make up mission command. His successful use of these tenants of mission command not only led to the multiple successes of the Third Army but also a victory at the Battle of the Bulge.…

According to Urban Dictionary, gender neutrality is when one “avoid[s] giving roles to genders and sexes in schools, the workplace, places of worship and other institutions” (Urban Dictionary). In the United States military, 15% of its soldiers are female, but there are still restrictions in specific occupations in the military that prevent women from qualifying for the job, one of those positions is direct ground combat. Since 1994 women have been prevented from serving in direct combat…

lower buildings in the valley. The idea of this being a main battle area came to fruition after the Battle for the Twin tunnels. They had excellent positions for defense, but they stretched over a 12-mile perimeter making it hard to cover with the army. Spreading the units to thin could cause for an easy defeat. Instead, Col. Paul L. Freeman stationed lower on the hills, around the base of the hills, to get a tight perimeter on three sides of the town that spread over a mile outside of the…

Throughout my military career I realize that the military isn't has perfect as we think, but knowing how to deal with dilemmas and overcome it is important in any organization. The army tries to enforces a strong code of ethics which is a guide to help and cope with ethical dilemmas. We all at one point will deal with some sort of ethical dilemmas, but knowing how to overcome is a recurrent part of life. Many might known that ethics is very important in the military, but there's always one…

single time. “Leadership, the lifeblood of an army, makes a difference every day in the…

good leadership in JROTC is important. Part of that leadership is providing a great service to others. As a squad leader, I have to always take care for my squad and stay up to date with whatever it is that is going on with them. I also must make sure that they have completed all their tasks as asked and if it is that they can’t accomplish it, I must take action and make sure they do so. Providing a great service to everyone around me is important. Making sure I’m providing a great environment…