United States Army Rangers

In May 2003, I was a Staff Sergeant serving as a squad leader in a Military Police Company. We deployed to Baghdad Iraq in support of combat operations; I led a squad of 12 Soldiers. My squad’s primary mission was conducting mounted and dismounted patrols in a neighborhood called Al-Dura in the southern part of Baghdad. Soon after arriving in country and receiving our mission, all squad leaders reported to the Battalion Headquarters for introductions and assigning of interpreters to our…

Directorate of Plans. According to Thaler (1993), Strategies to Task - A Framework for Linking Means and Ends, was a response to then Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General McPeak, and his staff order to develop a modernization plan for the United States Air Force through 2015. In this text, strategies to tasks is a framework for force planning consisting of a hierarchy of objectives. This framework provides an audit trail from the fullest national objectives…

Sustainment Operations If you consider the definition of sustainment operations, it is hard to imagine any one thing maintaining a sturdy foundation without sustaining factors. For the Army, sustainment has a more in depth definition. Sustainment is the provision of logistics, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion. It must be planned and synchronized with the operations at every level. It is dependent upon joint…

as a way to accomplish those dreams. So, I proudly served for 26 years in the United States Army. The most important lessons I learned were those of core values, strong bonds and protecting freedom. These three elements are an integral part of an institution that spoke to the person I became. The Army influenced the center of my being and it affected everyone and everything around me. As a soldier, I learned the army values in detail during basic combat training and lived them everyday,…

coming back for us; risking your life to save ours.” “Your a hero Hassler.” said a voice from the doorway. I saw Sergeant Dylan there, a grim expression on his face. “However, you disobeyed a direct order. That will cause you to be released from the army.” I looked down not wanting to meet his eyes. Suddenly a wave of anger came over…

stationed at Ram stein Air Force Base in Germany when my mom had a heart attack. He wanted to be here for her so bad, but the military would not let come home. He was told he would have to change his field of work in order to get shipped back to the United States. He put in for a job transfer from a Bio-Tech (Bio-Environmental Engineer), someone who checks the purity and cleanliness of water, for various reasons. Now a Recruiter the military moved him to Boynton Beach, Florida. While recruiting…

Sports Illustrated in 2006 titled Remember His Name. a. Gary writes about an interview he had with Russ Baer, one of Pat’s platoon mates while stationed over-seas (Smith, 2006). b. Pat left behind a $3.6 million-dollar contract to join the Army as a Ranger following the events of 9/11 (Smith, 2006). c. Pat was respectful and down to earth regardless of his reputation (Smith, 2006). i. “Pat just had that way, with colonels and coaches and Nobel Prize winners, too, of slicing through rank and…

Johnnie Get Your Gun and Shoot Me in the Foot: Why American Patriotism Was Not Enough to Save the Vietnam Soldier Prior to the Vietnam War, American soldiers’ had a devout belief in the United States’ government and its direction for the American people. Their unwavering trust in the United States’ intentions encapsulated a defining aspect of patriotism: national faith. Even if they had been drafted, soldiers had enough faith in their country to trust they were entering a war worth fighting.…

Background The Standard Obstacle Course or SOC in short, is an assessment on the combat fitness of soldiers, it is a requirement for combat fit soldiers below age 40 to undergo this assessment. The SOC had been redesigned since 2010 to suit the evolving operation environment the soldiers had to go through. The 12 obstacles, each designed with fitness training science considerations to meet the challenges of the increase on operations in an urbanised operational environment, are shown in the…

Many people have a certain dream job or career that they want when the get out of schooling. Some of these jobs may include being a real-estate agent, teacher, doctor or nurse. However I wish to become a United States Army Infantry Soldier. Infantry is a bit different to other careers in the Army. An Infantry soldier is trained in combat skills and arms within an armed service. It is often called the backbone of any modern military capability. I would see service in all types of roles…