Vietnam People's Army

In recent years, women’s rights advocates have been calling for an expansion and inclusion of women in all military positions. The argument is that women have already been in combat and these feminist groups assert that the current exclusion of women is a form of sex discrimination. While it is true that women have in been in a firefight, these women on the ground are mostly auxiliary forces serving as medics or liaisons with female civilians. However, the idea of placing women in direct combat…

enlists into the German Army (Remarque 3). Paul and his classmates enlist into the war because they are persuaded by their school master, Kanteorek. Kantorek is among the veterans of the older generation who are to encourage young boys to join the German army. Kantorek, along with the adults in the boys’ lives, also made them feel as if though they were entitled to mature at an early age, join the war, and fight for their country. Among Paul’s classmates who enlist into the army is Joseph Behm…

These past couple of months have been rough lately out here in the war, it is not as easy as I thought it would be out here. In fact, trench warfare is terrible, the conditions here are deadly, you can die without someone else killing you. I’m at the point where I am so scared and just want to be back home because of the constant fear. I can never sleep at night either, every time I do the constant heavy fire of enemy attacks wake me up from my sleep then I have to be hiding in fear that an…

During the course of World War II, soldiers sent letters home describing the events and conditions of the war; for historians, these letters give front-line insight to the war and of the “Greatest Generation.” George Hynes wrote a letter home from Amberley Stalion, Australia on 26 January 1941 mentioning a secret mission he hoped to take part of to save “the lives of [his] friends.” George Jr. wrote to his mom and dad to thank them for raising him in a good home, he even said, “if everyone had…

and says ‘’A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior.’’ it's like telling a experience, not many people will listen to the story but if it is edited then it will catch people's attention. You can sometimes tell if a story is true or not. Tim O’Brien in his writing speaks through his words, beyond them, like when he told the story of the men on watch for 7 days.…

mock your king? To shoot your neighbor? To make a mess of thousands of lives.”( ) In the novel My Brother Sam Is Dead, the authors, Collier and Collier, introduce the life during the Revolutionary War. During the novel this war has affected many people's lives. The authors explain throughout this story which side of the war they are on. The Revolutionary War, in the novel, My Brother Sam is Dead, is worthless. One way the authors argue against the war is that war tears families apart. Sam…

and carrying the burden of death as a soldier fights for their country and life. In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, the author, describes the human side of war and what a soldier really endures when they trudge through the country side of Vietnam or during the horrors of the night while on guard duty; not only are there physical burdens during war, but also mental burdens. Mental burdens are emotions like fear, desire and responsibility that are shown through the characters, like…

Definition of Bravery “Bravery is the only one who knows you’re afraid.” In other words, that quote means that you don’t let others see that you’re scared, so you try to be brave for others. Bravery is having fear but putting it aside for others. Everyone has their fear or fears but overcoming it is called courage. Our military troops have many fears once they are deployed, but they choose to suppress them. Their actions to defend our country and people; risk their lives for us. Those are the…

While preparing to deploy, during deployment, and returning from deployment, Leaders and Soldiers can get stressed out as mentioned in the previous paragraphs. All are challenged with getting the mission done. There are plenty of threats that prompt stress in the military. These threats while deployed are the enemy, being in a different environment Soldiers are typically not used to, subpar living conditions, being away from family, or being restrained to the perimeter of the base. Although…

When one looks to the sky what does one see; is it a bird, a plane. No its not superman as yesterday’s story goes, today the story changes to it’s a drone. Whether it is military or civilian version these machines seem to be the small icon in the far distance being pointed in the sky across the world. Tomorrow you might see your pizza delivery person as a drone dropping off your hot, fresh pepperoni Pizza, no tip required. As the technology grows the use of drones in military and civilian use…