We Were Soldiers

The United States Air Force is the best branch of military that you can go into. The Air Force has by far the best benefits and the best way to branch out of the military to be able to have a career out side of the military. The Air Force is the best branch if you don’t want to be in combat compared to if you went to the Army or the Marines.(Today’s Military) To get into the Air Force you have to have a high school degree or the equivalent to that. You also have to pass the (ASVAB) (military)…

Soldiers and war veterans recognize when they return home that they must protect the idea of war in the civilian’s mind; therefore, they can never be honest and expose the truth of their experiences. The truths of war, then remain decorated causing difficulty for civilians to perceive the war in the same context as soldiers. This idea also inhibits civilians from learning the lessons war offers, permitting civilians the opportunity to revert back to children because they are naïve and…

Discussion The problem that the Brazilian Army is facing can bring serious problems for the formation and the training of the artillery Soldiers. The discussion about solutions goes through some alternatives to manage that situation or at least, finding a balance between Soldier’s preparation and resources management. One of the feasible alternatives to this problem would be increase the number of combined exercises among the artillery subsystems in order to save some resources. This way,…

“The Things They Carried,” examines the experiences of Vietnam soldiers in combat and how tangible --but most importantly, intangible – burdens affect them. O’Brien seeks to inform people who have not participated in a war about physical and mental difficulties that can affect humans in their journey during battle, and how these distractions create chaos. O’Brien’s piece is not narrated chronologically from the beginning of the soldiers’ voyage to villages west of Than Khe. Instead, a non-linear…

War changes a soldier’s perspective of life, whether it is an optimistic or pessimistic view. Some soldiers will enlist thinking that they are taking part in the war because of the nationalism and pride they have for their country. It encourages them to fight knowing that they are protecting the rights and freedom for the future generation. The soldiers often go to war with little to no knowledge of why the government incited the war. Most of the time, they fight knowing only the propaganda the…

my soldiers to check on them. One of my soldiers was not responding and I decided to drive to his barracks to physically check on him. This is where my plan failed. I arrived at his barracks room around 0430, at which point he answered his door and explained that he had misplaced his phone. After acknowledging that he was safe I left to make my way home. I was making a left turn from 6th St onto Gulick Ave where I made…

self-control, self-discipline, or willpower.” This part of the resilience is help to solve the soldier current problem and to maintain the motivation through the route to the goal. This route depends on the problem and the soldier current position. First he or she should know what is the real problem. Problem solving During PRT the problem solving part of the self-regulation is a critical point, because the soldiers must be honest with themselves to identify what really causes the problem.…

war zone hospital to help since there was to many soilder not many red cross nurse. They kept coming within seconds and running out of room in hospital. I looked into their eyes and saw they were not their and they looked so tired like they were not this world and in next world. I tried talking to soldier and he randomly laughing at me . I asked doctor and he said, “ He has shell shock and many other have shell shock it mental disorder they have symptoms include following fatigue, tremor,…

1. Purpose: To provide information on the Evolution of the Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century 2. Facts: a. The U.S. Army Doctrine essential idea is to seize, retain and exploit in sustained land operations that will improve and maintain a position of advantage. Doctrine is always changing as the Army has faced encounters during deployments since the war in the 1990s to recent. b. Strategic and technological realties have been a lessons learned from recent…

Recon vs. MARSOC Two great specialist, very similar, but yet very different. The reason I bring these two up is because I long debated which I will try for, a statement similar to reaching for the stars. If you don’t know what (Marine) Recon and MARSOC are that might not make sense so I’ll elaborate, the Recon and MARSOC are the some of the most elite special units in the Marine corps. They are effectively the best of the best. Recon The Marine recon is responsible for deep reconnaissance…