Gregg Zoroya’s book, “The Chosen Few,” provides a comprehensive account over the small skirmishes and the three major battles that paratroopers from Chosen Company—and soldiers from sister units, pilots, and faithful allies who assisted—of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade fought during their fifteen-month deployment to Afghanistan that ended in the summer of 2008. Paratroopers, from all walks of life, would come together and face some of the most daring
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I work for G-3 mobilization in Sacramento and have been for a few years now. I utilize my personal values on a day-to-day basis because of the personnel I work with, and the work environment at our California Army National Guard (CA-ARNG) State Headquarters office. My personal values include many different ones and they include honesty, integrity, commitment, caring, and many others. When a unit is sourced to mobilize within the CA-ARNG, we receive their Notification of Sourcing (NOS) documents
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In under a minute, when we moved forward again, the two pikemen crossed their long pikes barring our entry. The older of the two, a mountain of a man in his forties said, “State your reason for entry.” Scratch stepped forward, all business like with his hand on his sword hilt, “We are here at the High Lord’s invitation to take an escort contract.” Julie gave me a glance, we could see that the sergeant’s words had impressed the two men. Both of their stern faces melted. “I don’t recognize the livery
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cultures and militaries. I worked in UAE, Qatar, Germany, and Egypt with nearly every allied nation in the AOR. Learning their cultures, the reasons for how they think and operate were eye openers for me. Although there was much good during my time at CENTCOM, there
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“Child Soldiers are anyone that is under the age of 18. By a state or non-state armed group and used as fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes.” There are approximately 300,00 children fighting in the world. Used as war machines that execute friends and parents. The childrens are not only a member of a armed group who actively participates in hostilities or wears a uniform or carry a weapon. They can be recruited into an group as a cook, carrier
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General Milley’s Future US Soldier The perception of the future of the US Soldier applicable to the near forthcoming venture is multifaceted to say the least. In retrospect, General Milley’s vision of future combat encompasses the multi-domain tactics of fighting in all venues of the enemy’s modern and future approaches. The first being that, future of modern warfare is won on a platform that is effervescent. It is continually displacement of levels that are translucent in nature, yet technologically
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D-Day “The guns were at the top but we were at the bottom” This is a quote from an unknown soldier from D-Day. This quote is saying on the top of the mountain like hill witch was in controlled by the Germans. The allies’ goal was to take the hill and push on passed and destroy the anti-air guns that were preventing air support. (Invasion the story of D-Day by Bruce Bliven) The main forces involved in the war were the United States, France, Great Britain, along with a few others whom played lesser
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human being will be able to. They hover over the area and send back real-time imagery of imagery of any and all activities happening on the ground below it. In these situations, I personally believe that the use of drones provides safety for our military men and women as they do not have to fall victim to any aerial attacks from enemies. Although, during any war situation they will never be completely safe, this is a measure that can be taken to ensure safety in those instances. Also, a positive
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Field Artillery Branch The mission of the Field Artillery is to destroy, defeat, or disrupt the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations. The home of the Field Artillery and the Field Artillery School are at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Field artillery is called the "King of Battle". The history of the United States Field Artillery began in 1775, when Henry Knox was appointed Chief of Artillery of the Continental Army. During the War of Independence
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Staying with the medical units was considered a “sin” to her. “At Antietam, she ordered the drivers of her supply wagons to follow the cannon and traveled all night, actually pulling ahead of military medical units” (redcross.com). She wrote: “I always tried…to succor the wounded until medical aid and supplies could come up- I could run the risk; it made no difference to anyone if I were shot or taken prisoner” (redcross.com). She never feared
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