I attend a volunteer youth organisation which represents the Royal air force called Air Training Corps (Royal Air Force Air Cadets) my squadron is 1846 Southall squadron. I go there every Monday and Thursday from 7:10PM to 9:35PM but they ask people to be their early so the register is done fast. Do you agree with these timings? We learn different skills and activities to benefit and prepare us, on our future careers either in civilian life or on the military life. I started attending Air Cadets
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BANG! BANG! “Sargent! Enemy at 130 North East is firing shots in our direction, should I take him out?” I said. Throughout all of the times that I’ve been shipped out here, to the wonderful country of Iraq, no enemy has ever taken fire at me before we’ve even landed the helicopter. “Private Austin, how dumb are you? Those shots are nowhere near us. It’s more than likely just some terrorists having a dispute.” Either Sargent Peppers is going insane, or I am, because I can clearly hear bullets
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SFC Young arrived a short time ago to the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment but has already solidified himself as a structural pillar within the battalion. Since his arrival, he has been charged with conducting one javelin range, one M4 known distance range, one M320 range, one Carl Gustaf range, and was selected above his peers to be the Company 1SG during the 2nd Brigade Falcon Strike FTX. SFC Young’s tactical experience and expertise is only outshined by his physical fitness, being frequently
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In 1942, a man named Philip Johnston met with the commander of the Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Major General Clayton B. Vogel. He proposed a secret communication system that will be nearly impossible to decipher. Philip Johnston was a civil engineer who was also a veteran in WWI. Johnston’s complexion was that of white man, although he also spoke Navajo. This is due to the fact that he was raised on a Navajo reservation because he was the son of the Christian priest who lived and worked with
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The Army Crew Team Introduction: This case is about a frustrating situation that Colonel Stas Preczewski also known as Coach P., the coach of the Army Crew team for the United States Military Academy at West Point, who faced with total twist between his two teams. The Junior Varsity (JV) crew boat - consisting of the bottom eight rowers beat the Varsity (V) – top eight rowers, during practice and in some races. This was not supposed to happen, because of the speed, strength and coordination of
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CPT Bates influenced the 201st Afghan National Army (ANA) Corps G4 and G4 Tech Sections, the Corps Support Battalion (CSB), and the Forward Support Depot (FSD) in every aspect of property accountability. She performed 15 expeditionary advising missions to Bagram Air Field in order to conduct Estimated Cost Of Damage (ECOD) vehicle turn-ins with the 201st Corps through the Defense Logistics Agency demilitarization facility; she was able to turn in over 200
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Lauren Colon AMH 2020 10/22/14 Prof. Mack With the Old Breed I truly enjoyed this book because it was the first book that I have read in a long time that made me feel as though I was right there on the front lines along with all the other marines. E.B. Sledge did a perfect job re-creating every single moment that was placed in the book. I also thought that the pictures in the book definitely added on to the dramatic feel of the book. I thought that it was interesting reading this book because of
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Dance within these walls, little male puppets. Google “The Citadel” and the images we are graced with are of young men, sharply dressed in Confederate grey, marching a perfect march. The Cadets are running with looks of joy, as they have earned the privilege of happiness. Arising like a mighty fortress from a pristine landscape of lush green are the huge buildings that will be school, home, purgatory, and one day a place worshipped by those that survive their years studying as cadets. Within the
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Second Battle of Fallujah Mission Command Analysis Introduction The 'City of Mosques,' more commonly known as Fallujah, is located about 30 miles east of Bagdad. During the Invasion of Iraq, in 2003, Fallujah was bypassed on the way to Bagdad. Fallujah garnered a reputation of being a rough city and was left mostly unaffected until 2004. Hostile actions inside the city mandated a Coalition response which resulted the First and Second Battle of Fallujah. Success wasn't achieved until after the Second
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole Imagine yourself in a situation where you’re given a mission to lead a large group of soldiers and you get ambushed by the enemy forces. How would you then lead your soldiers to safely complete the given mission? After researching Lieutenant Robert G. Cole and his actions that lead him to a Medal of Honor, I came to an ideal of how I would handle an occurrence like this. Therefor I will summarize the situation and action performed by Lieutenant Cole, next, discuss
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