The Code Red By Lance Corporal Harold

Colonel (Col) Michael Steele’s resolute beliefs regarding how to prepare his unit for combat and his bravado demeanor commanded respect from other bemused military officers. While serving as Commanding Officer (CO), 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Col Steele aggressively cultivated a command climate focused on three core principles: personal protection, precision, and lethality. Although these three core principles narrowly aligned with the Army's "Soldier's Creed", Col Steele’s principles did not reinforce the Army’s individual and organizational core values. 3rd Brigade’s disassociated ethical subculture fostered a toxic environment which compromised both subordinate commanders' and individual soldiers' moral standards to various extents. Col Steele’s vague guidance concerning proper ethical behavior during the execution of high stress Counter-Insurgency (COIN) missions resulted in subordinates failing to conduct kinetic operations in accordance with established Army ethical standards. The military establishment shall remember May 09, 2006 as the day the revered "Rakkasans" failed to personify the unit's motto of "Ne Desit Virtus," meaning "Let Valor Not Fail". For on this day, four soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, known to the “Rakkasans” as the "Kill Company", murdered eight unarmed Iraqi citizens during Operation Iron Triangle. These four soldiers failed to understand the nature and consequences of their iniquities as they could no longer distinguish

This leads Kaffee to defend his clients on the basis on which they simply followed orders from a higher ranking officer, Colonel Jessup (Reiner). According to Milgram’s experiments, even normal, harmless people are able to inflict pain on another individual. The military is based on a chain of command, the Colonel at the top, Privates at the bottom, and everyone else in between. Milgram argues that, when in problematic circumstances, people are proud of doing a good job for their authority (Milgram 221). In other words, they want to obey the orders given in order to please the person holding authority. Could this explain why Dawson and Downey executed the “Code Red”? This is precisely similar to the argument Kelman and Hamilton present in their article “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience”. According to these authors, “American military law assumes that the subordinate is inclined to follow orders…” (Kelman, Hamilton 270). The soldiers in My Lai, although possibly interpreting the orders differently than intended, ultimately did what their commanding officer ordered. The Marines in the film may have also been under the impression that they would not be responsible for any harm which Santiago may endure. Again, Milgram could attest to this argument. He states, “The essence of obedience is that a person comes to view himself as the instrument for carrying out another person’s wishes, and he therefore no longer regards

Symbols and themes play a major role in novels. The symbols and themes can help with getting a better understanding in novels. One novel that has many symbols is The Red Badge Of Courage. The author of this novel is Stephen Crane and the genre is historical fiction. In the novel the main character is Henry Fleming. Henry is also known as The Youth. Henry joins the Union in the Civil War. Henry joined the army to have glory. When Henry first gets on the battle field he is scared, but he overcomes his fears. Another novel that has many symbols and themes is A Separate Peace. The author is John Knowles and the genre of the book is a novel. The main character is Gene Forrester. Gene has a friend named Finny. Gene

June 6, 1944, known infamously as D-Day, was the largest amphibious offensive in military history. The strategy and planning of the battle that turned the tide of World War II was an operation that took months of meticulous planning, worry and sacrifice. The Allies crossed the English Channel to the beaches of Normandy, France with more than 5,000 ships, 11,000 planes, and 50,000 vehicles carrying 150,000 service men and equipment that would change the world forever. Waiting for them was the Atlantic Wall with a German Army with more than fifty divisions at their disposal. Attempting to breach the concrete gun emplacements, anti-tank obstacles, mines, tripods and large weaponry would prove to be deadly, but ultimately a successful invasion.

The Red Badge of Courage is a classic story that stands the test of time. It is about a heroic young boy named Henry Fleming. He is excited to finally enlist in the war and get his “red badge of courage”, a wound from combat. He wishes to impress friends and females alike. But what makes Henry flee from the war?

The “Red Badge of Courage” is a story written by Stephen Crane. The events of “The Red Badge of Courage” took place in Chancellorsville, Virginia, happening during a course of a couple days in May of 1863. It takes place in the Battle of Chancellorsville on a field of battle during the Civil War on a field of battle.

In the beginning of Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Henry Fleming or the “youthful private” is a farm-boy who has left the farm against his mother’s best wishes to enlist in the Union army. The novella begins after Henry has enlisted and joined with the 304th New York regiment encamped across a river in Virginia from the enemy. The date is May 1863, two years after the Civil War has already begun, and the scene is set for the upcoming Battle of Chancellorsville. Through the course of the weeks leading to Henry’s first battle, Henry is brought to question his beliefs and learn his place within his own regiment. Through the use of naturalism, irony, and the literary point of view, Crane grants the reader a look into the harsh realism

Prior to the Civil War, combat on the battlefield was portrayed as glorious and as something that molded heroic figures for the future to praise and behold. Back then, some Americans believed that going into war would instantly make them into heroes and was the best way to pay tribute to your country. However, after the Civil War, the perspective of war was redefined among many Americans. Many stories of warfare show the way some Americans viewed the idea of war. In the following texts: The Red Badge of Courage, Across Five Aprils, Civil War Journal, and the Sullivan Ballou Letter, many Americans had to deal with the pain of war and were faced with the cold reality that changed America forever.

The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, is a fictional novel that portrays the Civil War through the life of Henry Fleming, a young soldier. The reader follows Henry’s coming of age story through a strand of events and choices. The fashion in which Crane develops Henry’s story, is by using distinctive literary techniques to establish the theme of courage throughout the novel. Henry, as the main character, would not have developed over the course of the novel without Crane’s use of courage.

Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage thirty years after the Civil War had already taken place. I found this book confusing at first with all of the flashbacks, it had throughout the story, but as the book progressed I found it interesting with all of the details he used. I felt like I was in the war myself; he is a descriptive author. If I was going to suggest this book to other readers, I would tell them to be patient because it seems to be very confusing in the beginning, but it will get better as the story goes on. Stephen Crane is a fascinating author with his detailed work because he was not even at the war and everything seemed so real throughout the book. During this time period writing about wars was done primarily through first person experience. The novel was written in third person limited, which means he knows everything about one character, but only knows the other characters externally. Although Crane was not there to witness the Civil War, his realism in the novel gained him notoriety for writing about a fictional battle that seemed so real. A reader would think they were actually there during the story because he was so descriptive with his work.

The Civil War was a pivotal event in American history. It drastically changed the American outlook on life and liberty, while also being the bloodiest wars in American History. The Civil War also inspired authors to write about the war. One of the most famous of these authors is Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage depicted the war from the eyes of a common soldier, Henry. Crane uses Henry and the setting of the Battle of Chancellorsville to accurately depict the Civil War in all its brutality. In Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane shows a unique perspective on the true nature of war, both physically and mentally, by graphically depicting war both through the setting and through the point of view of Henry and his comrades, thusly making Crane a true historical writer.

    Stephen Crane once said “Let a thing become a tradition, and it becomes half a lie” (Maggie, A Girl of the Streets 230).  This sentiment proves true in how he describes the tradition of heroism in his novel The Red Badge of Courage.  While Crane writes what is considered to be one of the most important novels about the Civil War, his views on the war and the heroics of those fighting the war are mostly critical.  Like Ernest Hemingway, Crane writes a story that shows that those fighting “will die like a dog and for no good reason.”  At times his novel seems to satirize the traditional view of war making men more manly or brave.  In addition to discussing the traditions

In Stephen Crane’s novel, The red badge of courage, it tells the story of a boy named Henry Fleming. This boy is fascinated in the fact that he wants to join the Union in the Civil war. So one day, Henry decides to make the decision without his mother’s consent. “Ma, I’m going to enlist” (Crane 3). Even though his mother didn’t agree with it, “Henry, don’t be a fool” (Crane 3). He is so excited to get into camp and begin his trek through fighting like a real man. So his mom packs his rucksack and he begins his journey, into the Union Army, as a young soldier doing a man’s job.

The Novel, The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, is about a Union Regiment during the civil war that is stationed along a riverbank. Henry Flemming is a newcomer who is bothered about his bravery because there is a rumor the regiment is going to go to battle. The only reason Henry was drawn to enlist was because he wanted to become a war hero. The main conflict is internal. When Henry has to go into battle and risk his life, he realizes that there is no turning back, and he could not run if he tried. The climax occurs when he is enraged by another soldier, Jim Conklin, and takes out his anger on the confederates, impressing the lieutenant. Additionally, Wilson, his friend, and him hear another lieutenant say that the 304th regiment fights like “mule drivers.” The two friends set out to disprove his claim. For example, when the regiment’s color bearer dies, Henry assumes his duties. After continuing to face more adversity from the lieutenants, they work harder and harder to become the best in the regiment. The resolution occurs when Henry finally realizes joining the war is not about reputation or becoming a hero, it is about fighting for a cause that is worth fighting for. At the end of the novel, Flemming reflects on the war and on how he learned the meaning of true courage. (251 Words)

Two marines were ordered to give Santiago a “code red” which is an illegal form of punishment and in this instance, resulted in the death of PFC Santiago. Santiago was given a “code red” because he found out about something he should not have, and he wanted to be transferred to another marine base. Downey and Dawson were assigned a lawyer named Lt. Joanne Galloway to help them with their case. She was assisted by two other lawyers named Lt. Daniel Kaffee and Lt. Sam Weinberg. One of the naval lawyers wanted to them to take a plea but Lt. Galloway said if that happens Colonel Jessup would get away with all the crimes he’s was suspected of committing. He wanted to prove them Innocent and to force Colonel Jessup into admitting to giving the order for the “code red”. Another one of Santiago’s missteps was that he went to Colonel Justice Superior, who was Colonel Jessup’s boss to request the transfer which upset Colonel Jessup and led him to order this