United States Army

There is a prestige group of Americans who don’t follow the typical lifestyle that regular citizens live in the United States. Their way of life is so unique that those who do not live it do not understand it. They are the 1%. They are the American Soldier. In this essay, I will give you a small snippet their way of life. You will get a better understanding of their jargon, brotherhood, and what it means to live within a military culture. What is a Soldier? Mainstream media portrays…

professional in the Army Reserves over the last 9 years, a systemic problem across the AGR program is the Full-Time Support TDA (FTSTDA) force structure changes implementation or Overlay. The Overlay implements the force structure changes for the next fiscal year (FY). The current Overlay process negatively effects readiness, AGR promotions, Soldiers and their families, and wastes manpower and PCS funds. Background The AGR program provides full-time active duty status of an Army Reserve…

The United States Army has been around for over three centuries. In that time, there have been millions of people over time who can say that they were soldiers at one point in their lives. At least half of these soldiers can say that they or someone they know were deployed in a combat environment. In their case, having common sense is vital to living and can be the difference between victory and defeat on the battlefield. Common sense for a soldier is fire discipline, knowing who is at their…

In June 2010, I joined the United States Army to change my life. I am currently serving and as you can imagine I have experienced many things through my journey. I have had some great leadership along the way and some that were quite the opposite. During this time one person has stuck out in my mind, I will refer to him as Sergeant First Class (SFC) Smith. Although SFC Smith was a leader many aspects of his approach in which he dealt with situations led to his demise. Upon arriving to my new…

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.…

MAJ Rivers served with excellence as the CDID MP Material Branch Chief in a Lieutenant Colonel position normally held by Command Selected List MP Battalion Commanders. He developed multiple staff processes to ensure the efficiency in the management of capability and training development in the three disciplines of the Military Police Corps consisting of Police Operations, Detainee Operations and Security Mobility Support. His efforts resulted in three Programs of Record and ten documents…

officers and those orders are not followed it is a crime. In Article 90 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, “makes it a crime for a military member to WILLFULLY disobey a superior commissioned officer” (Powers). Also found under Article 90, it states that during times of war if a military member does not obey orders from a superior officer they can be sentenced to death. These rules alone can make any individual fear the consequences of not following orders. Not following orders can make…

Robert D Shadley is a retired major general of the US Army. Nearly twenty years ago, he served as a ranking agent in Aberdeen proving ground (an army training facility in Maryland-Harford County). His book The GAMe: Unraveling a Sex Scandal in The Military is a clear demonstration of Shadley’s facility for morality and justice as well as the love of justice. In this 360-pages-long work published by Beaver 's Pond Press, Shadley exposes mischievous acts of sexual assault that pervaded the…

How and why did the US forces change as a result of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War started in 1955 and finished in 1975. Over this time, the US army changed dramatically, mainly because the troops lost hope that the US would win soon. It changed in terms of composition, morale, motivation, recreation, equipment used and quality of soldiers. In this essay, I will go into detail about how and why the US forces changed in terms of the motivation, composition and morale. I will conclude at the…

and the other soldiers time in combat. Things in their daily lives made O 'Brien believe that the war was unjust because there were many mistakes made by the U.S. Army throughout the war. One of those mistakes was when one of the U.S soldiers accidently shoots a vietnamese woman. Although the woman was with the North Vietnamese Army, the American…