We Were Soldiers

important subject that students will learn while attending CGSC. I respect his perspective based on his experience, but believe being a leader in today’s Army means being a total soldier who can maneuver from tactical to strategic understanding the complexities of being an executive all the while being able to relate to the soldier on the ground doing his/her respective…

I believe that child soldiers are victims forced to be perpetrators. I say this because they are taken into war against their will, but then they commit many horrendous acts of killing and slaughter, which fills the perpetrator definition of someone who commits a crime. Some child soldiers are taken by government off of camps and forced into war, and if they try to leave they are shot down. In this situation, the soldiers are forced into combat and should be granted amnesty, but I believe that…

I am aiming on being a Marine/Marine Officer after I graduate collage. I want to be a Marine/Marine Officer because I want to fight for a cause, and I just want to be in the Military. A lot of people in my family have been in the Military and I want to be a link in the chain. To become a Marine you need to have some education and experience of certain types. Some of the education and experience needed is Military knowledge, Military experience, and firearm education(know how to work a gun; know…

that we are citizens, volunteers, trained to eliminate the enemy, and entrusted with a moral ethic and duty to serve and protect the rest of the populous of our great nation. We, as volunteers in our profession, have answered a calling that we are committed to something greater and…

said, “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war”. War protects us, our beliefs, and our freedom from those who wish to take is away, but like everything in the world it comes at a price. Men lose their lives or loses good friends on the field of battle and those who come home are never the same. The men who fought in the war are the victims that are most negatively affected by the it. The life of a soldier is…

is put together with many different stories of the main character Tim’s deployment in Vietnam. In the book, the author includes stories of soldiers that ultimately changed their lives. He writes stories of love, loss, and mystery along with multiple other themes. But, the main theme for this book is the soldiers’ fear of showing signs of weakness. The soldiers do not want people to see them as weak including: their friends, family, and other members of their squad. The main character, Tim…

simple tasks such as fetching firewood would cause his mind to, “wander to things [Beah] had seen and done in the past.” (190). Beah then went on to saying, “Standing next to a tree with red frozen sap on its bark would bring flashbacks of the many times we executed prisoner by tying them to trees and shooting them.” (190). Beah has had his childhood stripped away from him and just like a domino it is effecting his present and future. The use of imagery captivates the readers or audience and…

audits, medical readiness, and inspire you to put in your promotion packet after you come off the height and weight program, and your flag is lifted. A self-policing ethic in a profession is absolutely a necessity, given that we as professionals come across situations we are not comfortable with or need further assistance from those with more expertise and…

The number of the roles are opened to women in the armed forces but continue they are excluded from combat roles. There has been controversial debate among the public whether this exclusion should be maintained or issues such as unit cohesion, psychological health, economic consideration and physical ability would the impediment to not be allowed women to serve in combat units. This essay will examine these commonly arguments and show who these concerns contributed to prevent women to serve in…

The Army has identified risk management as a process that when properly planned and applied will serve to maintain combat power while ensuring the accomplishment of the mission (atp 5-19, 2014). While there are different inherent risks related to conducting combat operations, the process and principles of risk management for most organizations remain the same; to assist in making informed decisions in order to reduce or offset risks. According to Horcher (2015), operational risk can be…