As an American Soldier‚ for the past 4 years I have proudly served my country. With completing one tour to Iraq and endless amount of training being a Soldier is “My Way of Life.” Being a Soldier is important to me because I have the opportunity to serve my country‚ provided a stable life for my family‚ and lastly facing daily adversities and overcoming them. To begin with‚ having the opportunity to serve my country has given me nothing but great pride and joy. The United States of America as
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symptoms that are present in many soldiers returning from war (NIMH‚ n.d.). Upon reintegration into society‚ both female and male marines and soldiers often feel detached and have problems showing intimacy‚ compassion‚ and even having sex. Studies conducted by the U.S Defense Department and the New England Journal of Medicine report similar findings‚ which state that 1 in 6 soldiers and marines return from Iraq with symptoms of PTSD. Less than 40% of these soldiers look for help‚ in fear of losing
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What it means to be a professional soldier Before becoming a professional soldier‚ to become a professional of anything means being dedicated to your professional development both for yourself and for those people who are affected by your work. It is about being trustworthy‚ reliable and committed. Being professional means being an expert. It means being competent and skilful‚ but it also means behaving in an ethical way. It means putting others first‚ and acting in the best interests of the public
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I am an American Soldier. I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States‚ and live the Army Values. I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade. I am disciplined‚ physically and mentally tough‚ trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms‚ my equipment and myself. I am an expert and I am a professional. I stand ready to deploy‚ engage‚ and destroy‚ the
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culmination of the war. Therefore‚ Krebs difficulty in acknowledging his past is because he was indeed a "good soldier" (139)‚ whose efforts in order to survive "The Great War‚" were not recognized by his country‚ town and even worse‚ his own family. After his late return from the war‚ Krebs moved back to the home of his family in Oklahoma. Although this seems common to what most soldiers would do after war‚ Krebs stay away from his family had been an elongated one. This is not just because of
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Hampton Sides. Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission. New York. Doubleday. 2001 The Ghosts of Bataan Hampton Sides succeeded in representing the missing‚ forgotten‚ unheard‚ and often misinterpreted stories of some of World War II”s most dramatic missions. The goal of Ghost Soldiers was to bring together the scattered tales both horrific and heroic aspects of the conflict from a historically factual and unbiased point of view. The situation of the
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Soldier Boy is a fabulous novel as it tells the readers the life Jim Martin had before‚ during and after the war. This is Jim’s strange story of how an inexperienced and excited school boy became Australia’s youngest Anzac. The main theme of Soldier Boy is about the life of war. The story starts with the death of Jim aboard a hospital ship. It explains how he dies and the way the family were notified by the nurse sending a letter to them. Then his story starts from the beginning reflecting
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young boys to prove themselves as ruthless men of war. Embodying the soldier identity takes a lot of grit. A cautious soldier will inevitably be met with failure and disappointment in the daily battles which accompany war. When faced with gruesome reality‚ unfamiliar to Vietnam’s fresh recruits‚ these boys of war must choose to embrace the soldier persona or fall victim of their own cowardice. A young man’s ability to take up his soldier duties determines whether or not the will come home as a hero‚ or
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world. Having written "Universal Soldier"‚ one of the anthems of the 60s peace movement‚ she was nonetheless absent from the big mass protest marches‚ in favor of shedding her light on Indian rights and environmental issues‚ which she still does today. Analysis of the song Universal Soldier Five foot two and six foot four were the height parameters for soldiers in 1961. Fighting with missiles and with spears symbolize the future and the past‚ soldiers are soldiers: only the equipment is different
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1. Child soldiers are any children under the age of 18 who are recruited by a state or non-state armed group and used as fighters‚ cooks‚ suicide bombers‚ human shields‚ messengers‚ spies‚ or for sexual purposes. 2. In the last 13 years‚ the use of child soldiers has spread to almost every region of the world and every armed conflict. Though an exact number is impossible to define‚ thousands of child soldiers are illegally serving in armed conflict around the world. 3. Some children are under
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