United States Army

Dean Corll recruited two teenagers David Brooks and Wayne Henley, to help him commit: abduction, rape, torture and murder of young boys from the Houston Heights area. The victims were invited to parties by David and Wayne, there they were given drugs and alcohol and tied to a torture board. Dean destructively, castrated, emasculated, sodomized and mutilated his victims. The Houston Police Department had listed the boys as "runaway" children. This allowed Dean and his accomplices to continue…

In 1965 the US Army decided to send engineers to South Vietnam for the influx of US troops. With the draw down from the Korean War they had to some adjusting with equipment and bases. They needed to train up all different engineer jobs and get the equipment from all the engineer reserve unit. With all the different MOS’s there were two engineer jobs that were an asset Bridge and Land Clearance Engineers. There were many different missions for both types of engineers. There were miles and miles…

will always place the mission first, I will never accept defeat, I will never quit, I will never leave a fallen comrade. This is the ethos that Corporal Desmond Thomas Doss lived by every day. He lived up to the Army’s Warrior Ethos and the core Army values and did not deviate from those even though his religious beliefs forbade him from carrying a weapon or killing another even in combat. Doss refused a section 8 discharge and consequently became a combat medic in the 77th infantry division.…

Out of the thirteen leadership traits tact is one of the most effective in leading troops and fostering comraderie within small units.Tact is the ability to say something or lay out a plan without being to forcefull or offending anyone. It is the key to leading and having a plan carried out in a quick and efficent manner.Without tact you would be unable to lay out a plan or idea without offending or having everyone involved understand exactly what you want.Another facet of tact is the ability…

Since 2001, the United States special operations forces have been fighting the war on terror. It remains the longest war in American history. The decision to go to war with Iraq was unpopular with the American people, and for those who supported it in congress faced a political backlash. The president received authorization from Congress to declare war on Iraq due to their alleged involvement in the Sep 11 attack and their alleged possession of Weapons of Mass Destructions. On May 19, 2003,…

In the year 1985 and I had just joined the army. I was only 15 at this time and was wanting to serve my country even if it meant i'd never see my family again. For 17 years I lived and served and in the year 2000 I married the love of my life Helen Salenko. But now i’m getting off topic, let's go back to when I first enrolled I thought it would be easy and rewarding but I was so very wrong. We were worked how hardest to get in shape we would run until we couldn't feel our legs anymore and then…

Reserve Component 68W Sustainment The Army Reserve Component (RC) is, in general, required to meet the same training requirements of the Active Component (AC) but must do so with less time available. The RC must also be proficient in their Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) and remain qualified for those MOSs. Due to a lack of the necessary required training days needed to meet obligatory sustainment mandates, the RC is not as welled trained or proficient as they could be. This is…

traditions, preserving what is essential and what are outdated ideas. (Heifetz, 2009) To me this has been ever so evident during the past year, learning what once worked with one group of Soldiers no longer fit my new platoon. When I first joined the Army, I learned you don’t ask questions, you listen and execute. Learning from past experiences I executed the same mindset which didn’t result the same effects as previously. I learned to adapt keeping certain traits from previous leaders and…

1. The Commander of 3-82nd General Support Aviation Battalion requested that the unit’s knowledge management tools be evaluated to enhance its’ information sharing. The unit has not been growing from lessons learned and have not been applying its’ after action reviews to future exercises. Initial reactions from the force pointed towards the tools used to disseminate and store information. In order to complete the assessment, the Battalion Executive Officer put together a working group and…

. Per the reference, Sergeant (Sgt) Kurt L. Chmielewski is enthusiastically recommended for selection as the Fiscal Year 2015 CMC Prior Service Recruiter of the Year. Enclosures (1) through (7) are submitted in support of this nomination. 2. Sergeant Chmielewski’s performance during his final year on Prior Service Recruiting duty can be characterized as nothing short of stellar, far surpassing all high expectations. His innovative approaches to networking and prospecting helped this…