Military Dogs like Max by Melissa Wlostoski I saw a movie called Max which featured a Belgian Malinois name Max being used by marines in Afghanistan to find weapons and other threats. It shows the dog name Max being taken in by his handler's family after the young man is killed. We are treated to what happen next with Max and the family. This film made me interested in learning about use of the dog by the military. Which turns out to have quite a long history to it. The film is dedicated to the
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Transitioning to Civilian Life: Easier with a Community Transitioning to the civilian world and workplace can be challenging move for any soldier. Not only are their lives affected by this change, but so are their family’s. As you or your spouse approach your ETS (expiration – term of service) date, it’s normal to have anxiety about what you’re going to do next in your life, how you will get there, and how you will provide your family financially and emotionally during this tough transition. Fortunately
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After reading both, “In Another Country,” and the interview on the 2005 vet I have noticed some similar and not similar things between the two. One of the same reactions that was in both excerpts would be “trauma.” In; “In Another Country,” the man in the story experiences trauma because he has lost his friend while in battle. And in the interview Powers also loses some of his friends in the Afghanistan battle he was fighting in. They both must deal with seeing their friends die and must find a way
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“Foot Soldiers” left a remarkable change in history for the better. “Foot soldiers” were strong, confident people. They took a stand for something they strongly believed in, even though they knew they were most likely going to get criticized for. Nothing could’ve stopped their determination in receiving the equal right to vote. The “foot soldiers” were known for being protesters/civil rights activists. Civil rights activists were called “foot soldiers” because they fought (aka protested) for freedom/equal
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Prisoners of war in Vietnam were literally surviving hell in the years that they were there. Some prisoners were there for more than six years, and they came back with scars, physically and emotionally, that showed what they had been through. Although they were not treated well in Vietnam, they still managed to have hope in the prisons. Leo Thorsness and the other prisoners of war went through many difficult situations, but were still able to thrive while they were in Vietnam. During their final
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Neverending flashbacks of the surrounding dead bodies, abandoning comrades to survive the battle with the unawareness of the danger at every step can never be truly comprehended through visuals. Military nightmares from horrendous war experience create a psychological corruption which only the affected can remenice. Images poorly represent dreadful events as the images only provide a brief insight, shadowing the realistic fear and therefore remaining clueless regarding genuine experience. The constant
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The final phase comes at the beginning and shows a post-war scene and of a person being able to piece themselves back together after the war. Here, we see Sargent X looking at a wedding invitation that Esme has sent him in the mail. He would love to go, but cannot as his mother-in-law is coming to stay with him and his wife. Again, we see Salinger at work as he has a character who is going to look back upon their past trauma which is not uncommon in PTSD victims, but they rather stay away from it
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The journal of a lowly soldier undermines the usual top down story of World War One in that its fundamental focus is not historical processes, theories, and ideologies, but rather the tale of an ordinary man’s life and struggles during and following the war. The tragedies of the war are brought to the forefront in Dewards diary entries, using words he paints a much more humane picture of the trauma and losses of the war. Also, Deward’s transformation from an enthusiastic recruit to a world weary
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The words “Join the Army” in bold, sit at the middle of the picture immediately attracting your attention. Underneath “For Home and For Country” idolize the soldier, giving off the impression that it's the right thing to do and that your country needs you. Although this picture does a great job of grabbing the attention of the viewer and in many ways helps persuade young men to join the army. I believe it does this in a wrong way, falsely showing the life
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Pat Barker's "Regeneration" captures the misery soldiers are accustomed to. Dr. W.H.R Rivers and the patients at Craiglockhart allow us to see the bigger picture of how war can have detrimental impact on a person. Patients want to be able to speak about what is causing them pain but are instead silenced. They lose their voices to commanding forces and are deprived of their voices. Sassoon and Prior's silence shows the degree in which people will endeavor to silence soldiers.
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