Respecting a Non-Commissioned Officer Respect is defined as a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important or serious; and should be treated as so. A Non-Commissioned Officer is defined as a subordinate officer (such as a sergeant) in the army‚ air force‚ or marine corps appointed from among enlisted personnel. Noncommissioned officer has through his or hers experience‚ been placed in a position to lead‚ supervise and train soldiers. A Non-Commissioned Officer is a highly
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never thought that being in the war was that intense. Everywhere people went‚ they have to look around for grenades‚ mines‚ guns‚ rifles‚ or even the enemy around because they would never know what or who would be shot first. One day‚ Caputo and his platoon planned to ambush the Viet Minh at a village near Danang. They were settled to fire at the Viet soldiers‚ but they saw many people trying to run away to a place to protect their children‚ they had their doubts. Even when they see the all these Vietnamese
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How did poems convey the first world war? Wilfred Owen and Wills Hall covey war in their own way adapting to the time and circumstances to put across the horror and brutal reality of war. The two texts I am going to refer to‚ to show this are “The long and the short and the tall” by Wills Hall and "Dulce et decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen writes his poetry to get over the trauma of the experience. He has (like many other poets) the burning desire to get the horror of the
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lot of nonfiction stories within the novel. O’Brien also uses characterization of the soldiers in the platoon to illustrate the emotional weight that they carry. Tim O’Brien in The Things They Carried mentions‚” By and large they carried these things inside‚ maintaining the masks of composure”(21). He focuses on Jimmy Cross‚ Mark Fossie‚ Kiowa‚ Curt Lemon and several other soldiers in the platoon including himself. The novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a book about the Vietnam War
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change the direction of someone’s life‚ for the better or for the worse. Intentional deaths in this book are not hard to come by‚ especially because of the war. One such example is the death of Erik Vandenburg. Erik‚ along with the rest of Hans’ platoon‚ went out to fight that day. Hans however‚ was spared. On page 178 it says‚ “None of them came back.” Another intentional death‚ or deaths in this case‚ is the bombing of Cologne. “Five hundred souls‚” is what Death says about how many people he took
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The novels If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried were both written by Tim O’Brien. Tim O’Brien is a Vietnam War veteran and all of the novels he wrote are about his times in the war. He includes the same characters in the stories‚ but changed their names and descriptions. I do not believe that O’Brien wrote the books for any political reason. Both of the novels have very much in common including the style that it is written‚ and the stories that are told. There are also differences
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He is in love with a young girl in the United States. She is always on his mind and because he allows his thoughts to take him away and be with her. Because of this‚ he blames himself for the death of another platoon member even though there was nothing he could have done to protect him. “Lieutenant Cross felt the pain. He blamed himself.” “He pictured Martha’s smooth young face‚ thinking he loved her more than anything‚ more than his men‚ and now Ted Lavender
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The ambulance headquarters element performs route reconnaissance and develops and issues graphic overlays to all its ambulance teams. It also coordinates and establishes AXPs for both air and ground ambulances‚ as required. 2) The ambulance platoon headquarters element maintains communications to direct ground ambulance evacuation of patients. It provides ground ambulance evacuation support for supported maneuver battalions and for supported units operating in the sustainment areas. 3)
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The definition of a sensitive item is a piece of equipment or an item that is potentially harmful or hazardous or is of high monetary value and easily converted to unauthorized use or disposal. In the military it is extremely important to keep up meaning take charge of and know the location of the item at all times. Never should a sensitive item be left unsecured or unsupervised‚ or placed in the hands or someone not authorized to care for such sensitive items. A Sensitive item is an item such as
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how to fight or why the war is even happening. Curt Lemon’s death was ironic with the events that happened in “the dentist” because the previous chapter identifies Curt Lemon’s relationship with a soldier Rat Kiley‚ the first aid responder of the platoon‚ as them being inseparable companions‚ he describes them as “best friends” but that was before Lemon died and where was this so called “best friend” when he had to face his greatest
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