It was September 20th of 2011 when I stepped aboard a bus heading to Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois. It was rather dark in the bus as I sat there next to other young men looking just as nervous and scared as I was since none of us knew what our ordeal would be for the upcoming 2 months. I was thinking to myself “man what the hell am I even doing here?” and then without me even paying attention to where we were outside; the bus came to a halt. As soon as the bus stopped this man came aboard and said to all us “get the fuck out the bus right now!” and all of us got up as quickly as humanly possible and started exciting the bus double-time. As we were heading into the building at a rather spry pace, the man kept screaming and swearing at us making us even more nervous for none of us had a clue on what would really be happening in the upcoming months. “Line up against the wall recruits” is what a man started screaming over and over again as he walked out of this room at the corner of the hall. This man kept screaming and yelling things at us, but I barely got word of what he was actually saying since I was in another world. “What is going on?” and “am I going to get to talk to my parents at all?” were all common thoughts that kept going through my head as this was all happening. However I was soon brought back into the world of reality when he started saying things that I actually cared about. “Alright recruits you’ll have 10 minutes to call you folks to tell
a. This particular industry has a constantly increasing cost. There will be an increase in the demand for input factors for one key reason. Every day, new companies will be introduced into this market of remodeling, economic profits being the encouraging factor. Because of this, there will be a bid up on input prices for the companies in the industry of remodeling. “When a market is characterized by a large number of small producers, the demand curve facing the manager of each individual firm is horizontal at the price determined by the
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The soldiers ahead were walking quite fast, urging everybody to hurry. Buildings full of people became empty in a matter of minutes with the soldiers knocking from house-to-house, telling everybody to leave. Once we left the city, they split us up into groups of fifty and told us to walk on a specific route. My dad was looking at some of the soldiers and their uniform: completely black with a red & white scarf. No badge and no identification, yet they were holding rifles. He suddenly started removing his badge and wallet; throwing them onto the side of the street, where no one could see
Chris murry 3rd and hes team of navys on may 5 2009 we was sent to pakanstan to kill osama ben liden. I came to the army because of 9/11. I wanted to be the one to take the leader of 9/11 down. So from 2002 to 2009 i was training. But that year i knew we was going to catch him. We was getting the helacoter ready for the mission and my sargent gave me two other people to go with me. We was on our way to pakastan. The helacoter put us 10 miles from the hide out. So we walked for 10 miles and there it was the hide out. There was a big wall and it was quiet. We clamed over the wall and was attacked. We hide behinde this big rock. And while my partners was distrating them i ran behind the hideout and clamed in the north windeo. Then i started to
We were stationed in Camp Taylor, Kentucky until the call came in that we were being shipped over to France to help hold the lines. They had lost a great number of soldiers after the battle of Verdun. The last few months it had been raining relentlessly and no one had seen the sun in days. The sun finally showed itself. We were glad. I thought that day would be the day everyone could finally get everything right “GAS! Gas! Quickly men!” I screamed at everyone in the showers. They all ran outside wearing nothing but skin and put on their gas masks. They still didn’t meet the time
The same soldier came and picked me up, I hugged and kissed my family goodbye. I was heartbroken but I was helping the union, defeat the rebels. I heard our front door shut behind me, and I promised myself that I was going to make it back. After 3 days of traveling we made it to the camp, and my canteen was empty. The general was there to greet me and told me the plan. I settled in for that night and ate dinner. It was definitely worst dinner I have ever had. I turned my lamp out and I snuggled next to my dog in the pup tent to keep warm than I was snug as a bug. It was a burdel cold night. Early that morning, soldiers woke up and most of them had frostbite on their fingers and
One day he was summoned to the Squadron Office and told to report to Technical Sergeant Tullos. Now this is another of those instances where growing up in a small town pays off. The Master Sergeant instructed Private Willis to take a seat. When he had, the Sergeant asked him “are you really from Neshoba County, Mississippi?” Private Willis answered “well I sure am”, to which the Sergeant replied “so am I”. Then the Sergeant asked him if he knew Danny Tullos. Private Willis replied “Yes I do. I played basketball against him in school. He went to Forestdale High School”. The Sergeant replied “That’s right, he’s my brother. Next time you see him, tell him I said hello”, and with that Private Willis was dismissed. Two days later when the daily listing of permanent duty station orders were posted, a listing which was always in alphabetical order, Private Willis found his name at the top of the list. He had been assigned to Headquarters Second Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base. Now Private Willis had never heard of Barksdale but was pleased to learn it was located in Bossier City, Louisiana and later learned that it was the closest Air Force facility to where he had grown up. Serving in the military, you met, eat, sleep and perform daily functions with people from all across this
Before Rosa Park started the Bus Boycott. There was a young woman her name was Colvin Claudette. Colvin was student at Booker T. Washington High School. On March 2, 1955, she boarded a public bus and, shortly thereafter, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Colvin was coming home from school that day. At the same place Rosa boarded another month later. She was sitting two seats from the emergency exit. Until four white people boarded the bus , and the bus driver ordered her, along with three other black people. Colvin still did not move. She said, “ I was thinking about slavery fighters she had read about recently during Negro History Week in February.”
We heard approaching footsteps so we hid inside some bushes. Later in the day, we ran into heavy German resistance. We heard a German shouting to us. One of our guys translated the German into English; "YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SURRENDER OR WE WILL SWEEP THE DITCH FROM BOTH ENDS, AND THERE WILL BE NO CHANCE OF ANYONE SURVIVING." Lt. Bodak gave the order to surrender, but a few of us slipped through a hedgerow and fled towards a barn. As we entered the barn, three German Soldiers were trying to get out of the same door. We grabbed the German Soldiers and pulled them back inside. We had them as prisoners. While the prisoners were being guarded, I slipped away alone to another part of the barn. I pulled up a loose floorboard and stuffed my package which contained General Falley's command post flag, replaced the floorboard and covered it with straw. With our German prisoners as insurance, we left the barn safely. After travelling a few hundred yards, we came face to face with a German Tank, which fired its big gun at us. A shell exploded just behind our group, wounding many. One of the prisoners although bleeding from his wounds jumped up and waved cease-fire gestures to the tank commander. The insurance paid off, the tank commander decided to take prisoners rather than kill us. After being taken prisoner, we walked several miles to a chateau where there were about 250 prisoners, American, British
Have you ever considered taking the buses, not the car, to your destination? According to his essay “The Bus, a Modern Panacea,” Lester Detroit states that the VTA system offers a fundamental solution for not only the SJSU student but includes most people who commutes to school or work. He claims that cars have the negative side effects for the environment problems; furthermore, cars are the problem of both traffic congestion and wasting time and money. He insists that students should “drop their car culture and create a new bus culture.” Bus is the “cure-all solution” for students. As for students, I strongly disagree with Detroit’s point of view that VTA system is a suitable transportation for students to commute. It is important for students to realize that not a lot of people know how to transit, taking the bus is inconvenient, safety concern, and pollution.
A few days ago, during battle, we were battling Vietnamese soldiers. When I was about to kill a soldier I began to think about the Vietnamese village and the innocent lives that I killed. I froze and a Vietnamese soldier shot me in the chest and in the leg. When I was shot, I thought that this was the end for me. The Lieutenant, Dennis Rider, immediately asked for help to take me to the hospital. While was being drove to the hospital in a Jeep, I wanted to be with you guys if I was going to die. I began to regret joining the war because I wanted to be with you guys if I died that day. I prayed to God to let me live because I wanted to keep writing to you guys to continue telling how I’m doing and how I’m surviving in this environment. When I woke up two days later, the doctor told me I barely made it. When I was out of the hospital, I couldn’t battle for a few days. When I was back up on my feet again, I went to go the lieutenant to thank him because he was the reason why I was able to live. I believe that I will very soon be finally coming back home. When I heard this news, I knew I immediately had to write to you guys to let you guys know. I learned a lot through these experiences I had to go through in Vietnam. Many innocent soldiers here had to die, but they died with pride and did all this for their country. I’m grateful to be alive, and realize how the war has changed me in
Have you ever considered taking the buses, not car, to your destination? According to his essay “The Bus, a Modern Panacea,” Lester Detroit states that VTA system offers a fundamental solution for not only the SJSU student but includes the majority who commutes to school or work. He claims that cars have the negative side effects for the environment problems; furthermore, cars are the problem of both traffic congestion and wasting time and money. He insists that students should “drop their car culture and create a new bus culture.” Bus is the “cure-all solution” for students. As for students, I strongly disagree with Detroit’s point of view that VTA system is a suitable transportation for students to commute. It is important for students to realize that not a lot of people know how to transit, taking bus is inconvenient, safety concern, and pollution.
I will never forget the morning of June 8, 2004 in Baqubah, Iraq. The morning started with a bang, literally, as a vehicle born improvised explosive device charged the front gates of Forward Operating Base Warhorse. It was 0800, and all the troops on the base camp were preparing for change of shift in their various departments, including the aid station. The front gates were filled with local nationals who had contracted to work on the base camp as well as American soldiers and civilians. It was one of our most vulnerable times on the base, and the worst timing for a disaster to strike.
With this oppression, the black community could not take any action because they were in fear of not following the rules. Based on Lerone Bennett, the bus company called Jim Crow travel implemented rules, which says no color people seat on white seat. “ It was a common sight in those day to see Black men and women standing in silence and silent fury over the four empty seat reserved for white .” white people had more privilege; of course it was their country before any color came in the America. Black women stood to led white people (males and females) to sit, so they cannot get in bad situation (violent rules). How terrible it was to be black or counted as black in those years. The segregation was counting its ending days, and the resolution
The people on the huge transportation bus watched on as the beautiful young woman with the cane made her way up the many steps of the bus. She paid the bus driver her five-dollar fee, and used her hands to find the seats, walked down the aisle and found an empty place to sit. Once she settled in, she placed her bag on her lap placed her cane next to her. It had been two years since Gertrude, twenty-four, became blind. One day she just couldn’t see anymore and she fell into a dark pit of despair and self-hatred. She never understood why this had to happen to her; she was so young; it just isn’t fair.