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Men have gone to war in ships and boats or battle canoes since history began. They been able to do everything, but when coming to a shore where the enemy blocks every way to get in and organized with a mutual supporting arms, the Marines are the ones to come in. In 1896 proposed that the corps be organized in 6 battalions The Marines would say back in the day “if only I could see in the dark and the enemy could not everything would be different”, we have breached the cloak of night we can drop a bomb from an aircraft high in altitude and get very close to the target, it has killed many enemys and less risks for our Marine pilots. Also the Marine Corps are known to do the job cheaper, also known to do more work but less pay. The Marines always try to find ways to save money.

The Marine Corps Experience, pp. 12 – 31 The Corps today, pp 318 – 335

A lot of men see the differences in generations within the military, but few can see that early military formed everything in to the way the military is today. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the Marine infantryman’s basic weapons of the 1940s and today, to include the rifle, machine guns and anti-tank weapons.

In the first chapter of the novel, Steinbeck characterizes the rain as joyous and fortunate, as the tenant children would run and shout “after a rain” (Steinbeck 3). In chapter twenty-nine, the migrant people were terrified of the rain, “shivering and hopeless” (Steinbeck 433). Rain for them as farmers meant crops; rain for them as migrants meant no work. Steinbeck repeats “wind” throughout the first chapter to emphasize the dismay it causes, and repeats “rain” in chapter twenty-nine to express the havoc it causes. The way the people deal with distress and obstacles changes over the course of the novel. In chapter one, the men crouch into the dust to determine the solution to their problems. By chapter twenty-nine, the men gather together to figure out a solution. As the personification of natural elements lessens, the people become more reliant on each other than on the land. Yet, the connection between the people and nature in the first chapter carries on to the

The Marines heading east once out of Norfolk would hit country roads and townships, there had been several militias out this way earlier, but they were cleared out by Lt Colonel Luxon’s Marines and the Naval Special Weapon’s Sailors, which the current Marine force found hard to believe, well about the Sailors, not their fellow Marines. The LAV’s and AAV’s as well as the Humvee’s and trucks were split equally between the two forces. Fuel, rations and water was also spilt, they brought with them fuel pumping devices that would allow them to pull fuel from the underground storage at gas stations. It had been developed

From my room,I had smelt and sensed that rain was about to  arrive and had scurried outside before the drops commenced.Sweet anticipation formed inside as I awaited the blissful raindrops to pelt me on my face and body.The wind rose higher and grew frighteningly violent,swirling throwing rocks and gravel into the air.The thin

I always thought I was a water-resistant plant, the kind with thick, rubbery leaves, intended to withstand burdensome rivers of water flowing over them. However, as the murky sky above the Boston Commons spat, each pelting raindrop withered me. How did this happen? I was the girl who flopped her limbs in ‘rain dances’ on the elementary school lawn and begged classmates to scribble ‘precipitation’ on their Christmas wishlists.

Finding another presence can be thrilling, dangerous or scary. Scientific America states "Our species will for the first time establish a presence on another world. Some people like the idea of another presence. Scientific America also sated "The chance of finding life is what excites people." It would be

Just as the character Mr. Jarvis Lorry finds himself bemusedly contemplating his peculiar circumstances, the weather parallels this in its manifestation of a “steaming mist” (11 bk. 1, ch. 2). As one would expect, rain is also a central subject in chapter ten. According to How To Read Literature Like a Professor, rain can signify a great many things. It can heighten the atmosphere, be used as a plot device, and can even add to the misery of the characters; most importantly, rain can act as an agent of cleansing or a bringer of restoration.

It was a bleak summer’s evening with the shadows deepening on a path that ambled down between bitternut hickory trees and then cut sideways across a field of tiny green grapevines. There was a wind beginning, small gusts that rattled the fence posts and set the dandelions dancing in unison on the broad expanse of lawn. Rain spotted our shirts and glistened on our nylon backpacks.

Storm clouds covered the Vietnamese sky, turning it a dark, angry gray. Lightning tore its long, bony fingers through the black fabric of the sky, stretching the tips for the earth. The light threw eerie shadows of the trees onto the ground throughout the jungle. Thunder rolled across the war-torn earth like a lion’s roar on the open African savannah. Rain relentlessly pounded every square inch of the earth.

It was a clear sky that night, completely black and the stars twinkled like new born babies. The rain had left a soothing fragrance in the air and when mixed with oxygen in the lungs, it felt divine. It felt Nirvana.

The wind pushed the tent back and forth without stopping. Rain beat against the sides of the tent. It leaked through leaving droplets of water on the inside. We could feel the rain dripping on our heads, drenching our hair. We both knew that there was no way of getting back home. Lily and I sat on the air mattress, huddled together with two blankets on top. I also had on my blue sweatshirt. I never take it off. We looked through the little screen window on the side of the tent. The clouds weren't letting up. The pole of the tent shook in the wind, but we didn’t give it much thought. It wiggled. Back and forth. Back and forth. Then - pop!

The downpour recounts an idiosyncratic phenomenon from his childhood that lingered a cherished occurrence on the writer’s mind; watching as the rain drenched earth and everything on it, then becoming shadowed by the vehement thunder to follow, impacted the writer tremendously as the result/damage of the aforementioned coerced an aesthetic appreciation towards this phenomenon. This heavy downpour embarked the unforgettable memories of playing outside in the heavy rain as he reminisced on the vast imagery of nature’s elements along with the striking sounds that followed. In this extract, the writer’s application of stylistic devices and emotive languages such as: his amplification of “The Downpour” in his description, energizing personifications,

“ Hi, I got to go! See you soon!” I exclaimed as I went inside of the house. Lisa was my best friend, she lived in the same neighborhood as I did in the Kingdom and that’s why she had to move out like the rest of us. I went into the cramped kitchen the house provided and started to prepare the rice on the stove for our dinner. While I waited for the rice to cook, I went to take a shower like any other day. Well, it wasn’t exactly like a shower, but it did the job. I used the clean, fresh water Dad fetched from the stream every morning. It was about half a mile away. I poured the water on me and made sure I left enough for my parents’ showers.