Check Point: In Your Own Words If I were to try and explain frequency to a common foot soldier‚ I might go along the lines of something he would clearly understand; guns and bullets. To start‚ I would talk about firing a belt fed .50 caliber machine gun being fired at a lake with only every other shell being live. He would probably give me some guff about how the gun wouldn’t work because of the blowback required by each shell to cock and re cock the weapon‚ but I would ask him to just
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being a responsible Specialist. Soldiers must be and act disciplined in every situation they may find themselves in‚ whether it’s in or out of uniform. Responsibility increases when soldiers believe that they have personal control over their mission performance‚ performing out of desire to do well instead of just following orders. Discipline and Duty are two of the main factors in being a successful Soldier in today’s U.S. Army. You must be a disciplined soldier if you want to make it through deployment
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An essay of Soldier’s Home Whenever soldiers return from war‚ after years in service‚ it is often very difficult for them to adapt and function in society‚ in addition to that it is also hard for the environment and family to understand and give the right support to returned soldiers. This is also the case in “Soldier’s Home”. “Soldier’s Home” is a short story written by the award winning American writer Ernest Hemingway. The story was published in 1925. It is a social and realistic short story
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are times in one’s life that they can look back upon and be truly proud of themselves. Laying the wreath at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier is one of those opportunities. Not only does one get to honor all who have fought and died for this country‚ but they get to do it in a way that is remembered and cherished for the rest of their lives. And honoring these soldiers allows one to do something greater than just in their town‚ something greater than in their school‚ and something so great‚ that it
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taken every year‚ it would be all over the news. But that’s not the case in Uganda. For over the past 20 years 30‚000 boys and girls have been abducted and used as child soldiers by a rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda ("Military use of children - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia"‚ n.d.). Child soldiers are used as porters‚ slaves‚ fighters and worse for sexual purposes. Why is it that if children in Uganda are abducted it can go on for over 20 years but if it ’s in Canada
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look back and remember all the good times they had growing up. However‚ this isn’t always the case. For some kids growing up in times of war‚ they completely lose out on their precious childhood. Not everyone is familiar about the issue of child soldier and whether or not they should be prosecuted. In countries in the Middle East and Africa‚ such as Sierra Leone‚ governments and rebel groups are recruiting and using children in battles. Due to this‚ these children are exposed to shooting guns such
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Are Soldiers Paid Enough For the Sacrifices They Make? Bernard A. Downing Mr. Horne The discussion surrounding the debate as to rather or not soldiers are under paid for their sacrifices and services has been a debate that has seemed to linger for some time now. The everyday sacrifice that a soldier has to make seems to go unnoticed when compared to the compensation received by professional athletes for their time away. We live in a country whereas the same people who fight for your everyday
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The Soldiers War Alexander Hamilton once said‚ “When the sword is once drawn‚ the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.” The American Civil War came into being due to these “passions of men”‚ and the average men‚ who went into the war with such gusto‚ got slapped into the harsh reality of war. The Civil War ushered in a new era of fighting‚ with new tactics‚ new weapons‚ and new strategies. However‚ as the first of major changes‚ the transition took time‚ and that time cost the lives
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First and foremost‚ most child soldiers are taken against their will to fight in a conflict. In his BBC article‚ Child Soldiers Still Being Recruited in South Sudan‚ Tom Burridge (A BBC correspondent) wrote about the recruitment process for child soldiers in South Sudan’s ongoing civil war. During his visit to South Sudan‚ Tom met with a few boys who have been child soldiers‚ and one of them was a boy named Stephen. Rebels closed in on Stephen’s unsuspecting school while class was in session. “Stephen
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don’t know the entire context of some children’s life‚ so this is why children should be given amnesty to fighting as child soldiers. One of the first big reasons children should not be prosecuted for fighting as child soldiers is their age. The average time for someone’s brain to fully develop is at the age of 25. This is way higher than the average age of child soldiers‚ which is 15-17 years old. This kind of age allows these poor‚ vulnerable kids to be manipulated in ways they don’t even understand
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