A Lesson on Life By Jacob Schebler “Where the hell is the armor?” I remember asking myself as I lumbered up into the open back of a Humvee with canvas doors. By the looks on the squad and translators’ faces‚ they were asking themselves the same question. These days we kept our questions to ourselves‚ asking questions was not in the job description. Our job‚ at all times‚ was to do what we were told and do it fast. You see‚ up until this point we had traveled in the relative safety of our
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World War I brought a new era of wars of attrition wounding and killing millions. These horrific battles were fought by mere teenagers‚ who had to grow up in a matter of months‚ and went from being children to desensitized men. This desensitization was necessary for the boys to stay sane through all the death and destruction around them. These men needed to seem tough‚ so they acted stronger then they were. The poem “Pluck” by Eva Dobell portrays the horrifying loss of innocence that many young soldiers
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On maintaining accountability of sensitive items In this RBI I will explain why accountability of your sensitive items is important. To lose a sensitive item can be detrimental to the readiness of your unit in times of war or training. The consequences of losing sensitive items vary from item to item according to its value and importance. In times of war losing a sensitive item such as a loaded SINCGARS radio or an ANCD you have just given your enemy the ability to intercept all secure radio
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Machine Gun Kelly/H.C.L George Barnes (Machine Gun Kelly) was born on July 18th‚ 1895. He wasn’t very well known as a young criminal. He made most of his profits as an illegal bootlegger throughout his years and began to make a name for himself underground with his various minor arrests and run-ins with the law. It was in 1927 that he got arrested and put in jail for a couple of months for bootlegging. There he met some bank robbers began his road to infamy. It was in 1930 that George earned his
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Ancient siege weapons Onager (siege weapon) 1. A round stone (often clay balls with combustible substance in them‚ which explode on impact and burst into flames) is put in the pouch and the arm is winched down. 2. The onager’s framework is made out of two beams from oak‚ which curve into humps. In the middle they have quite large holes in them‚ in which strong sinew ropes are stretched and twisted. A long arm is then inserted between the bundles of rope; at its end it has a pin and a pouch
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Title: The Siege at Jadotville (September 13th 1961 to September 17th 1961) and it’s aftermath. Outline Plan: I have chosen the siege at Jadotville which took place in the Congo in September 1961 as the subject of this study. I have chosen this subject because I am an African living in Ireland and this event involved Irish soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Africa. The aim of this study is to describe the events that took place in Jadotville and also the subsequent treatment by the Irish authorities
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The document‚ Steel of Storm‚ by Ernst Junger‚ an English lieutenant in the Great War- or WWI- tells the story of a young soldier in charge of leading other Englishmen to their potential deaths‚ all united by the goal of defeating the German soldiers and restoring peace to their European home. This piece explains why Junger believed his experience of fighting as an English soldier to be a positive one‚ what the average experience of a soldier in the trenches was like‚ as well as how the Great War
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Was life in the trenches “Hell On Earth” in WW1? In this essay I will be discussing the different points that are pro and con to the statement that life in the trenches as hell on earth during the first world war‚ there are many points arguing both ways but I will be concentrating mostly on the main points. I will talk about the conditions of living‚ moral‚ sleeping to name just a few. Life in the trenches was a filthy thing with constant rain and boots churning up the ground. There was mud
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Essay The Great War‚ later renamed World War One‚ was mainly a battle between the German and the English troops. Millions of soldiers died in the trenches. Others suffered from severe psychologically traumas. The majority of the soldiers‚ who suffered from psychologically traumas‚ were never able to return to the battle field. Experts were desperate to find a cure‚ but the regeneration hospitals remained unsuccessful during the war. Many of the soldiers‚ who suffered from shell shock‚ were haunted
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I‚ Bin Yang‚ like all the other 10‚000 soldiers camped along side me in the bitter cold of winter‚ could not get any sleep. We were all too anxious for the battle that was to take place when the sun arose. Just before the dawn broke‚ the camp was in dismay. There was a rush to prepare for battle‚ as the enemy was approaching quickly. With the enemy mere minutes away‚ the scramble to prepare was complete. As we observed‚ and heard‚ the enemy slowly approaching‚ fear rang in the hearts of every soldier
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