United States Marine Corps School of Infantry

In everyone’s life they will be faced with a challenge that will have to be overcome, For Marcus Luttrell and his squad Mathew Axelson, Daniel Healy, James Suh, Eric Patton, and Michael Murphy, the men of SEAL Team 10 are put through the ultimate challenge of being overwhelmed by Taliban forces with no help after Luttrell loses each one of his squad mate/friends. How would you react to this challenge? Would you hide and try to survive? Would you fight to protect your squad mates till the end?…

Yokota Yutaka, a young Japanese man at the start of World War II, felt a calling to fight for his country. The government indoctrinated its citizens with a strong sense of nationalism from an early age. They instilled a sense of military supremacy that played a key role in how military men fought in World War II. Thousands of Japanese men alike lined up to enlist in the military, those selected were proud, while others felt that they were failures to their country. Yutaka, like many others,…

SUBJECT: Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle (MRAP) The Purpose of this paper is to address the Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle and its fielding issues, all its hazards. This paper will also talk about the efforts to mitigate the hazards from current usage in the field. The protection this vehicle can provide almost doesn’t out way the lives it can take with the hazards involved with it. Some background on the MRAP and what it was made for. The MRAP was designed in a…

Have you ever wanted to be a Navy SEAL? Have you ever wanted to go into war with your brothers and take down terrorists? All you see about the infamous SEALs is all the bad guys they kill, but in The Last Punisher, you see the full story about this elite special operations force during the Battle of Ramadi. You learn about the struggle to stay alive and hardships of war. I will be evaluating what it means to be a SEAL, visualizing the dramatic events the men of the SEALs go through, and question…

The 3d Marine Division was in the process of shifting north from Quang Nam and Thua Thien Provinces to Quang Tri Province. At the same time, the 1st Marine Division was redistributing its forces in the corridor between Phu Bai and Da Nang. This overall redeployment of the Marine forces was about three-quarters completed when the North Vietnamese offensive began. Task Force X-Ray, under the command of Brigadier General Foster “Frosty” C. LaHue did not assume responsibility for the Phu Bai area…

becoming a SEAL. "Somehow, shifting positions in the big Hercules freighter, we were leaving behind a place which was systematically tearing itself apart and heading for a place full of wild mountain men who were hell-bent on tearing (pp. 13). "And I can state with absolute certainty that all six of us were excited by the prospect, looking forward to doing our job out there in the open, confident of our ultimate success, sure of our training, experience, and judgment." (p. 15). By the time the…

the military. We decided that we wanted to design a poster that included symbols and other words connecting to fighting for your own country. When we were trying to come up with a theme we thought about the Marines. For the people seeing this poster, we wanted them to join the military/Marines and tell others so it could be a chain. Some images provided was one of them being an American flag. We chose this because we used the military in our poster and wanted to represent how the patriotism fit…

Marines in World War II Marines were an important branch of the military in World War II. They are known for fighting many important battles, however they also had well known specialized branches. Their presence in World War II was crucial in winning the war. Marines were the true heroes of World War Two because of the Marine Raiders, Battle of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa. The Marines were very important and remain famous figures in American history. When America joined World War II,…

The Great Legacy The purpose of this writing is to glimpse at the life of former COL James N. Rowe. COL Rowe was an extraordinary leader of the US ARMY who inspires greatness. James N. Rowe demonstrated an immense attributes and competencies during his Military career, after been capture for five years and then escape during the Vietnam War. His legacy has been follow by many persons in their life. In this paper, we will be talking about how his character becomes the basic ground for his…

in a senseless and bloody loss of Marine life. Nearly a third of all Marines who died in World War II, lost their lives on Iwo Jima. These losses though, were twisted into a public relations masquerade which resulted in saving the Marine Corps from termination. Iwo Jima produced the loss of roughly 28,696 American casualties, including Army, Marine, and Naval personnel. Around 6,821 were killed, 19,217 wounded, and 2,648 suffered combat fatigue. The three Marine Divisions that were sent to Iwo…