Essays on Soldiers

A Most Undisciplined Profligate Crew Protest and Defiance in the Continental Ranks 1776-1783” written by James Kirby Martin examines the behaviors and backgrounds of the Continental soldiers who fought in America’s civil war. Pinpointing the New Jersey army defiance of 1779, Martin shows the astonishing…

Operation Anaconda took place in Afghanistan in March of 2002; the goal was to eliminate the Taliban and Al-Qaeda who were in the Shahikot Valley. The operation involved two separated offensives that were ‘Hammer and Anvil,’ in which the Task Force Hammers’ objective was to…

It has been a long journey encountered with a lot of challenging moments, scenarios and activities. I had no idea about the military neither did I have a close relative nor friends who had served or were serving in the military and therefore I had…

World War I was possible because of the soldiers, and so it should be because of them we are here today. However, it was not only the soldiers that had caused us to succeed but also many other factors that have also contributed to us…

In their article, Carole Blair and Neil Michel argue that the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama is an important cultural landmark because of the way it embodies the history, as well as present and future significance of racial injustice in the United States. They…

Indeed, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. It all started way back in October, 2015, a journey to this noble profession, a peculiar profession in which one puts the interests of his/her own country first above all, a profession in…

In the article, “Reflections on Veteran Suicide, Veteran Resilience and Tribe,” Shauna H Springer unravels the reasoning behind the significant amount of suicidal veterans. The article was first published on Psychology Todays website on October 15th, 2016. Springer describes the level of trust created amongst…

Friendship is one of the key themes in the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, which takes place behind the German frontlines during World War I. Erich Maria Remarque uses symbolic events in order to portray the importance of relationships between soldiers and the…

Those who serve and protect this country are always placed in situations that could eventually lead to their own deaths. They do this to gain honor and respect from fellow Americans, and of course to guarantee their protection at all times. Now how should the…

The United States should assist in efforts to improve children’s lives by intervening in child labor and child soldier practices. For this to happen, one must: be aware of what human rights are, understand that children cannot advocate for themselves, be aware of cultural differences…

I chose to read this text as I knew Katherine Mansfield was a very famous author and I had heard great things about this particular text of hers.“The Fly”, by Katherine Mansfield, is a short story which can be understood best as social criticism of…

To the world, any war is considered to be successful when cities are conquered and the perceived enemy has been subdued, probably from the count of the casualties. The Battle of Okinawa could have passed as the most successful mostly because it put an end…

Soldiers will suffer more psychological damage than physical damage in their careers. It is no wonder why mental institutions have become so popular over the past few years. Even though this topic has been more talked about over these years, soldiers have always suffered mental…

Although women were initially forbidden from enlisting in the United States military, some secretly served as early as the Revolutionary War. However, the duties they were permitted to perform often only included tasks in medical and food supply units. Over the course of the last…

The battlefield, where the soldiers put their lives on the line between life and death in the trenches during the Battle of Chateau-Thierry in 1918. Sing Lau Kee, who was working in the message center at the time, has to run miles between the lines…