that the training was going to be hard‚ because normal age for joining the Army is eighteen‚ and twenty-year-old kids‚ straight out of high school. The basic combat training was challenging was physically and mentally. I was the oldest female in my platoon‚ so the drill sergeants were extra hard on me. I never once told anyone that I was a daughter of a retired Army Colonel. The reason being‚ one they would think that I was going to use my father’s rank for special treatment‚ and two I didn’t want
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AUTOBIOGROPHY My name is Colin M Grant I was born Aug 23 1986 in Attleburg‚NM. I have to younger siblings‚ Brandon who is 23 years old and Taylor she is 18 years old. I grew up in a small town thirty miles south of Roswell and went to a very small school. While in school I never got into any kind of trouble in or out of school. I was a student athlete and kept my grades good. I graduated highschool in May of 2005 and decided to join the Marine Corps 5 months later in October 2005. I went to MCRD
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OCS Book Report War‚ Sebastian Junger 09 May 2013 War is the account of reporter Sebastian Junger’s time spent with the men of 2nd Platoon‚ Battle Company‚ 2nd Battalion‚ 503rd Infantry Regiment‚ 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Korengal Valley‚ Afghanistan. The reporter spent time with the unit between 2007 and 2008. Junger focuses on the psychological effects of war on the men who fight it. “The core psychological experiences of war are so primal and unadulterated‚ however‚ that they eclipse
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Carley Argentieri Literature 101 Quinn Rough Draft The Things They Carried By: Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a series of short stories that focuses on the lives of a platoon of soldiers during the Vietnam War‚ the items they carry; both mandatory and not‚ and how they deal with the hardships while serving. Of course the items that these military men are required to carry are extremely important to their survival‚ I have chosen to focus more on the smaller more personal
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Uniformity Introduction and Thesis On that same morning‚ I was not in the right uniform. We will now talk uniformity and how lack of it can affect you and the team. Uniformity of a squad‚ platoon‚ company‚ unit‚ and the Army itself is important for unit cohesion/fighting as a team‚ combat readiness/performance ‚ and professionalism. The importance of uniformity is to make everyone become and look equal. When everyone is uniformed correctly it displays DISCIPLINE and promotes esprit de
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leadership roles and responsibilities for the planning and execution of divisional functions‚ to include the professional and personal growth of personnel within that division (e.g.‚ positions such as leading petty officer‚ squad leader‚ assistant platoon commander‚ etc). Again‚ previous completion of the PO1 LTC satisfies leadership development requirements for PLDP position assignments. The Advanced Leadership Development Program (ALDP) replaces the CPO LTC. Attendees are defined as: those Sailors
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Fighting Vehicles and Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the front lines. It took two days to get from Kuwait to Baghdad and another two days to get back so the HETs could pick up my brigade’s equipment. After eight hours of rest‚ I was reunited with my platoon and we loaded our Bradleys on the trailers and I headed north again. Two days in the back of the Bradley‚ on the back of a HET‚ with nine smelly brothers. Good times. Upon arrival around Baghdad‚ we were told to head north to Tikrit‚ Saddam’s home
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Vietnamese monks who in 1963 set themselves ablaze in order to call attention to the atrocities caused by the war. In the Buddhist culture their actions showed great discipline and sacrifice. The Things they Carried was a short story about a platoon of American soldiers in Vietnam. The author‚ Tim O’Brien had served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. In the story he described the vast differences in what each soldier carried and how they viewed life and death. It is unclear if the
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commitment. You have to have honesty because if someone is doing something wrong you need to be able to have honest feedback. You need communication because you need to be able to command your platoon. You need to have commitment because you need to stick with it and create a relationship with your platoon so you‚ and they‚ will feel more
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following instructions‚ but also it can put others at risk too. Like your N.C.O. in charge of you‚ to your Team Leader‚ to your Section Sergeant‚ to your Platoon Sergeant‚ to your 1st Sergeant‚ to your Company Commander‚ to your Brigade Commander‚ and so on. Not only can your N.C.O. in charge of you‚ your Team Leader‚ your Section Sergeant‚ your Platoon Sergeant‚ your 1st Sergeant‚ your Company Commander‚ and your Brigade Commander could all get into trouble for your actions of not following direct instructions/orders
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