military‚ safe from unpleasant situations. Those situations can cause trouble for that soldier and if one soldier messes up‚ they all mess up. So‚ that other individual takes up for his battle buddy and they both share the blame or the rewards. Platoon sergeants assign permanent battle buddies soon after the soldiers are in their units. This can be for a number of reasons starting from the most obvious reason such as: the two or three
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High This essay is based on Combat High written by Sebastian Junger first published in Newsweek Magazine in 2010. The article was adapted from the author ’s book War which describes life in a platoon in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. He spent fourteen months during 2007 and 2008 embedded in the platoon. Junger points out the costs of the war in terms of the soldiers psychological aspects‚ explaining how being in combat can be damaging. Another cost of war is caused by lack of proper medical
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understood he/she acts as a mentor to the class itself. The term for a class president is from the time he/she is elected to the time of graduation. The class president in the class is also in charge of the class guide‚ squad leaders and the two platoons. He/she is also in charge of the class treasurer and keeps accountability of all the funds that have and need to be raised. These funds consist of class PT gear‚ class photos for the plaque as well as the plaque itself also the graduation costs
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equipment‚ ammunition‚ food‚ water and other various supplies are vital to the operation and proper function of the army as a whole. To start with‚ soldiers must be accounted for because they are the responsibility of their team leader‚ squad leader‚ platoon sergeant‚ and so on. If you don’t have accountability of soldiers then when you attempt to conduct a mission you may not have all the soldiers you should have and that could cost you not only failing your mission but your life and the lives of the
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Creed of the Noncommissioned Officer and how it affects leading soldiers The creed of the noncommissioned officer is a baseline for all noncommissioned officers Corporal all the way up to Sergeant Major‚ on how to conduct oneself in the leading of soldiers. It does not outline every single situation you may come into throughout your military career but if you live this creed then you should be set for success. In this paper we are going to take an in depth look into the creed and how you
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particularly troublesome and seemed to be infested with booby traps and enemy soldiers ". After penetrating the area‚ Calley commenced to round up every person he could see‚ civilian or not‚ and unload his machine gun on them. Then Calley ordered his platoon to do the same‚ no one was spared‚ women were raped and children were shot. Some men followed Calley ’s orders‚ others stood back watched‚ and one man even shot himself in the foot so he would have to be medivaced out of the area to avoid the situation
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tell me that “being a woman was a separate job from the military job you were assigned” she used to say that “woman earning respect from the man was a job within the military itself”. I was very lucky when I was put into basic training to have a platoon leader that was a female who showed me this inequality in our military program. I know that in basic training we only had a handful of females compared to men in our graduating class. Not only do woman face that inequality when in the military‚
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They way society is today…being in the Army is one of the wisest choices I’ve made in my life‚ many people take being in the Army for granted and have no clue how beneficial the army can be. Your rent is guaranteed paid every month‚ money for food and your basically approved for anything in the world as long as you serve in the Army or any branch of service. You also gain free knowledge and experience that many outside people in the civilian world do not have the chance or opportunity to be a part
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It started out like any other day on our little fire base. Our small detachment consisting of 1st PLT C CO 1-506th‚ C CO Mortars (minus SPC Goings)‚ and a few more attachments (I don’t remember their roles) continued our retrograde operations for FB Nawa. It was a very small base of operation and I was told it was once the pharmacy for the village. It was also located next to the Nawa police station. Part of our mission was to train the Police and assess the village using SWEAT (Sewage‚ Water‚ Electricity
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The course concept most in line with hard work and care is the bases of power‚ primarily referent power. Referent power is the ability to lead subordinates because they admire and respect you. By working hard and putting thought and care into their work‚ a leader can gain this admiration from his subordinates. Once a leader has this referent power‚ he or she can leverage this power using different influence tactics‚ such as inspirational appeal‚ to get their subordinates to follow their lead (Raven
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