Apache Wars

Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock was the most accurate Vietnam War sniper. “I was crawling… inch-by-inch, the goal in sight, I take aim and…”Carlos Hathcock was very sneaky. During the Vietnam War he was never caught before, during, or after a mission. Due to his experience with hunting animals for his family lead him to be able to sneak, since he was a young boy. Hathcock was extremely patient. Carlos could wait for hours or days just to take someone down, for example he crawled for 4 days to get

McCarthy describes the Kid as a savage animal rather than a sympathetic protagonist. Yet instead of representing an ideal hero, the Kid is shown to savage, uncaring, and inhuman. The first description of the Kid as a child and of the night of his birth. He is described as “incubat[ing] in [his mother’s] bosom…who would carry [his mother] off” and that he already has “a taste for mindless violence” (1). To “incubate” refers to dormancy, usually applied to viruses developing inside a host. In calling

“Give War a Chance” is an article written by the American economist, historian and military strategist Edward Nicolae Luttwak in 1999, in the American magazine Foreign Affairs. It make an easily understandable “buzz”, since its main assumption is that most kind of peacekeeping or humanitarian operations are, in an objective point of view, a bad thing for the peace, and that it tends, paradoxically, to slower its establishment. We will analyze here the main hypothesis that Luttwak is developing among

In 1969, US troops began Operation Apache Snow with the goal of clearing the People 's Army of Vietnam from the A Shau Valley in South Vietnam. Located near the border with Laos, the valley had become an infiltration route into South Vietnam and a haven for the Peoples’ Army of Vietnam forces. A multi-phase operation, the second phase commenced on May 10, 1969, as elements of 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne moved into the valley. Forces were the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 501st

AH-64A Apache Helicopter. During the process 1st Battalion of the 101st Airborne Air Assault Division where sent to Fort Hood, Texas to

Introduction Operation Anaconda was the first major joint combat operation against the war on terror that the US was committed to winning. This operation would test our military’s readiness for joint operations against a hardened and willing adversary. The primary mission was to kill/capture Taliban/Al Qaeda forces occupying towns and villages in the vicinity of Shahi Khot in order to gain control of the valley.1 The US needed the towns, villages, mountains, and more importantly, the intricate

intelligent, and passionate man. He is dedicated to what he does and has taught me quite a few lessons in the past. Here he is, 16 year old Ian Hanson. Imagine yourself in a war torn country, there are bullet holes in the walls, craters in the ground, and bombs ringing off in the distance shaking you seat with every blast. What if that war torn country you were in was America. Unfortunately this is a likely possibility if we don’t act now and end these terrorist groups before they have a chance to strike

the Vietnam War you think about Hamburger Hill. This battle was one of the hardest fought battles in the Vietnam War. The battle on Hamburger Hill had a very important role on why President Nixon implemented Vietnamization, a policy to reduce American ground combat and put the responsibility on the South Vietnamese Army. This battle is the reason why we shouldn’t have been in Vietnam War and why the American people should have honored the Vietnam veterans that fought in this unpopular war. Throughout

Describing the Action of Battle of Hamburger Hill Without a doubt the Battle of Hamburger Hill is a heard of and will never be forgotten battle that took place in a war lost by politicians. Then Major General Melvin Zais, commander of 101st Airborne Division utilize his prior leadership skills to meet requirements to seize key terrain and bring the fight to the enemy. From containment mission to attrition mission, it meant to find, fix, and destroy the enemy and their installations. Hamburger Hill

We only have limited information we received from the anthropologists. The information are based on the environment and climate they live in, the food they eat, their family and children, books and arts and their social aspect and attitudes toward war that the Eneon tribe are live in. According to the report provided by the anthropologists about Eneon, there are three words for “terrain” designating “absolutely flat,” ”rolling,” and “slightly hilly”. Therefore they all live in a place that is surrounded