During the icy brutal seasons of the war‚ conditions inside the trenches became atrociously loathsome. Previously‚ before the war the front lines were beautiful and now the once picturesque landscape was tarnished with artillery shells‚ Scattered among the rotting carcass of their own fellow soldiers. During “The Battle of Somme”‚ in 1916‚ German soldiers was trained to spot how British officers dressed and was ordered to kill them. I also know from my own knowledge that before the battle had started
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http://downloads.army.mil/medalofhonor/monti Official Citation Staff Sergeant Jared C. Monti United States Army For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Staff Sergeant Jared C. Monti distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop‚ 3d Squadron‚ 71st Cavalry Regiment‚ 3d Brigade Combat Team‚ 10th Mountain
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World War One Propaganda Propaganda was used in World War One to make sure that people only knew what the Government wanted them to. To make sure everyone thought the same way as the government all information was controlled. Newspapers were expected to print what the government wanted and the newspapers started using emotional headlines‚ even if they weren’t true. Some examples of these headlines are: -“Belgium child’s hands cut off by Germans” -“Germans crucify Canadian officer” Anyone caught
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Siegfried Sassoons Glory of Women is a poem depicting the roles which women played during World War I. The poem is made up of a series of sarcastic statements about women. Sassoon attempts to use these statements to convey the cruel and ironic side of the war that women do not tend to see. Glory of Women is a war-time lyric‚ constructed of 14 lines‚ with a varied rhyme scheme of ABABABAB CDECDE making it a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet. It is divided into two sections‚ the octave which consists of
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Importance or Personal Responsibility and Accountability Personal responsibility and accountability go hand in hand. Each just as important as the other. Without one you cannot have the other. Essentially they are the same thing. Having responsibility basically means being accountable for your actions and or personal items at all times. Being accountable means knowing were all of your things are at all times. So basically without one you cannot have the other. Both are important to being
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Importance of Securing Items The definition of sensitive items is anything that considered classified or a mission essential item. They range anywhere from protective wear‚ maps‚ patrol routes‚ nods (night vision goggles) or simply your weapon. The meaning of securing your sensitive items mainly is maintaining accountability for opsec (operation security)‚ mission success and a soldiers overall readiness. If an item is lost and the enemy gets his/her hands on that item it could compromise the mission
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AFVB-RFB-SOP 8 February 2014 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 1. PURPOSE This SOP defines how 3rd Platoon will conduct clearing‚ disassembling‚ cleaning‚ inspection for serviceability‚ and lubricating and reassembling of the M4 and/or the M4A1 carbine on a weekly basis. 2. APPLICABILITY: 3rd Platoon‚ C Co‚ 1-36th IN‚ 1ST SBCT‚ 1ST AD 3. REFERENCES: Lubricate order (LO); STP 21–1–SMCT; TM 9–1005–319–10;
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As men left jobs to fight overseas‚ they were replaced by women. Women filled many jobs brought into existence by wartime needs. As a result the number of women employed increased from 3‚224‚600 in July‚ 1914 to 4‚814‚600 in January 1918. Nearly 200‚000 women were employed in government departments. Half a million became clerical workers in private offices. Women worked as conductors on trams and buses. A quarter of a million worked on the land. The greatest increase of women workers was in engineering
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Trebuchet A Trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the middle ages. It is a modified version of the catapult that uses a counterweight to throw a large stone or blunt object. This means the only power it uses‚ is gravity. This invention brought about the end of knights‚ and castles. It’s usually made out of wood and some other materials‚ so it’s fairly simple to create; which means‚ most if not all societies in the middle ages had one. The trebuchet is often confused with the earlier
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World War One was a war that consisted of many casualties. In trench warfare‚ not all the casualties were from the opposing trench‚ they came from your own in the form of diseases and infections. These could travel via the water at the bottom of the trench‚ in seems of clothing‚ in the soldiers hair‚ or by animals that lived in the trenches along side the soldiers. The trenches were a very unsanitary place. So unsanitary everything is cleaned once a day and things are still able to be distributed
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