Fort Huachuca Is A Training Base Just Outside The City Of Sierra Vista

As I have learned over the past seven years that I have been in the Army is that accountability and responsibility are the two

From the age of two till I was five I lived in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This is where I gained my southern draw (which still comes out if I happen to be speaking to someone else who has one). At the age of six to nine I had the opportunity to live in Anchorage, Alaska. This is where I learned to want to always be outside exploring or building things. At the age of 10 my father was stationed to Fort Hood, Texas where I followed suit. Texas would eventually be where I would call home. I went to middle school at Smith Middle School and High School at Ellison High School. I graduated Ellison High School in 2002 and worked various jobs from a warehouse manager to a janitor. While some of the management jobs paid well they did not have any sense of fulfillment or pride. Just after graduating High School I began to date my now wife Marissa. We had met at a BBQ that one of my fathers soldiers had been throwing. Both her father and my father were in the same unit together. I moved from Fort Hood to Fort Huachuca when my father was

An older man is slumped in a rigid metal chair. He is barely visible over the multiple rows of people surrounding him. His hands clasp his seat, trying to steady the rest of his body. A few tears trail down his rough cheek. The final notes of taps echo across the gymnasium. My brain takes a while to adjust to the fact that I had just seen my grandpa cry. I had never seen this tough yet loving man break down like that. I wanted to rush over to hug and comfort him. He located me in the crowd and shook his head, smiling. This was his moment. He finally acknowledged the sacrifices he had made, and was feeling true appreciation for his service. A simple middle school Veterans Day program was what it took to break through some of the pain of his

I had learned the art of being a big guy that could be tinier and quieter than a field mouse. I had learned my lesson and now began the practice of listening before speaking and it was worked wonderfully in my favor because I hadn’t received the wrath of any of my drill instructors. I started to realize that the military was teaching me valuable tools that would help me throughout my life, not just a means for me to survive basic training.

soldier tries to gain a reputation as a respectful and kind person by welcoming the reader

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once wrote in a letter to President Harry Truman that, “No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.” As civilians it is hard for us to imagine the unspeakable horrors that soldiers face while on the battlefield. It is equally hard to understand how they come back home so very different than the men and women we saw off at the airport all those years ago. Many soldiers have said that they went to war as a boy and came back without a mind; even though they ‘won the war’, the costs outweighed the benefits because they have to carry all of the things they did in the war zone with them the rest of their lives. In The Things They Carried, Vietnam veteran Tim O’Brien repeatedly says that he has an intense need to write down the stories of his oversees experiences even though the memories are too painful to think about. With that in mind, this essay seeks to answer the questions: Does writing about their experience help soldiers cope? What about Tim O’Brien; does writing about his experiences seem to give him any sort of relief at all?

Phil Klay is a United States Marine Corps veteran. In January of 2007 to February 2008, Klay served as Public Affairs Officer in Iraq’s Anbar Province. (“Bio | Phil Klay” para. 1). In addition, in 2014, Klay’s book Redeployment won the National Book Award for Fiction. Redeployment is a collection of short stories that portray the reality of the combats in Iraq and Afghanistan, specifically the traumatic experience that a soldier faces during the war as well as the aftershock. (“Bio | Phil Klay” para. 2).In “Redeployment,” readers get the opportunity to learn about a soldier who returns home from combat. The soldier’s state-of-mind is no longer the same. For instance, the readers learn that the soldier has just returned home from Fallujah and

Mike asked me to pick out all the items I could afford that day, so I did. I had picked out an Xbox 360 and a small 32’ TV. Mike nodded his head and asked me what I wanted, well the list grew long. He priced out everything I wanted and it came out to approximately $2,500. I scoffed because the price was outstanding and would leave me broke. He then led me through a new plan that would allow me to take everything I wanted and pay nothing up front. In disbelief, I asked how. He explained that if I wanted to buy a home someday I needed great

To begin with, arriving at Ft Sill, Oklahoma from Florida was a drastic change in cold weather, elevation, and environment. “Welcome to the US Army, privates”, I remember the Drill Sergeants saying with smirks on their faces. Everything went from being peaceful and calm, to sudden screams, and rushing as if the world was about to come to an end. We were escorted out of the bus with eyes watching us from every single angle. As soon as everyone lined up, we had to unpack our bags and throw every belonging on the floor in order to be checked. The next day, an

Living in Mississippi for the longest out of any other place felt comforting, and it was odd to be leaving. Moving because of the military was quite annoying at times, my dad had just completed 15 years and had been given sets of orders a couple times before California but they had fallen through. We had the chance to be stationed in places such as Italy, Hawaii, or Japan, which sounded much more fun and exciting to me, however they had fallen through because of family issues. I did not enjoy the adventures of moving and didn’t realize the valuable lessons and experience it would give us. Admiring my parents for always seeming so adventurous and believing they could do anything, nothing affected them for a prolonged period of time, they would always make the best out of everything that occurred. Realizing how much they had to endure from the military made me wish that I could exert the same behavior, but I didn’t know how they had such a positive attitude about the military life., how they stayed so

Francine went to the army base one clear day in July, and called for the general.SHe asked him if there was anything she could do to help out in the army.”sure, said the general.”You can help with feeding soldiers”.She thanked the general and got to work on her plan.

It is now the end of the war and I feel that I have changed a lot over the course of these five years. At the beginning of the war I was a small, boy who loved to go to school and listen to Shad’s lessons. My top priority was learning and then helping my mother on the farm. (Hunt, 13) Once my brothers and Shad left for war my family was divided, with Bill on the Confederate side and everyone else on the Union side. (41) As the war goes on and Shad stops being my teacher I don’t like school as much as I did before. My father has a heart attack and I need to step up to help my family more. (91) The most important thing to me now is making sure my family is all right, school is enjoyable but not as important. Getting letters from my John, Eb,

When people think of the military, they often think about the time they spend over in another country, hoping they make it back alive. No one has ever considered the possibility that they may have died inside. Soldiers are reborn through war, often seeing through the eyes of someone else. In “Soldier’s home” by Ernest Hemingway, the author illustrates how a person who has been through war can change dramatically if enough time has passed. This story tells of a man named Harold (nick name: Krebs) who joined the marines and has finally come back after two years. Krebs is a lost man who feels it’s too complicated to adjust to the normal way of living and is pressured by his parents.

There are times you just don't understand why you are getting "punished." I used determination and dedication to get through the conflicts of basic training. It was always a dream of mine to be a solider and I just couldn't give up on my dream. I used the fact that I could respect myself if I didn't give a hundred and ten percent to reach my dream.

When Warren was little his uncle took him fishing every Sunday, and when he had turned ten, on December fifth, Warren’s uncle planned a birthday party to celebrate. It was a couple days after Warren’s fourteenth birthday. Nancy had just gotten home from her shift on the airbase when she got called back to work. It was her boss “I’m very sorry Nancy, but we need you back on the base, the helicopters just flew in with injured soldiers and we’re shorthanded.”