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    will not crush or shape the patrol cap to form peaks in the front or rear of the cap. The rank and the insignia on the beret and patrol cap are different for officers and enlisted personnel. The beret for officers and warrant officers wear a non subdued grade insignia centered on the beret flash. Enlisted personnel were their distinctive unit insignia (DUI) centered on the beret flash. On the patrol cap officers and warrant officers were non subdued grade insignia on a patrol cap in garrison environments

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    You can’t miss the nip in the air, and as the year draws to an end, the mercury is going to dip even further. This also means it’s time to pull out all those colourful woollies that have been languishing in the cupboard, and maybe buy some new ones to stay in sync with the season’s trends. Gone are the days when the over-sized woolens came in monotonous and boring winter shades. Now, you can splurge on colours and watch your child radiate the brightness. Red is big for girls and boys, and the metallics

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    of the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) in the struggle against despotic insurgency. On October 12, 1961, Kennedy visited Fort Bragg and the US Army Special Warfare Center. After he saw an impressive capabilities demonstration, the Commander of Chief sent a message to the General. Soon after he sent this, the president authorized the “Green Beret” as the official headgear for all US Army Special Forces. These forces were soon called “The Green Berets.” Kennedy would further show

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    Carlito Bonita Mr. O’Brien LA, PD8 2/29/24 The importance of feelings for heroes. What feelings do you think Hero’s feel? Well in three separate resources, a poem, “The Ballad of the Green Berets'', which is about the brave men who are navy seals fighting for our country, an article,”How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line”, which is about how Jackie Robinson’s wife kept supporting Jackie Robinson through his rough times in baseball, and finally there is a chapter

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    Colonel Kurtz Green Beret Colonel Walter E. Kurtz is an archetypal evil genius. He has a deep understanding of war, and has sacrificed his morality and helplessly resigned himself into a lifestyle of horror. His insanity is subjective. His brutality can be seen as madness, yet it could be argued that his methods could be considered sane in the context of a war which, in itself, is insane. An outstanding member of the US Military, Kurtz was punished for the murder of some people who he believed (and

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    He has also raised the most money. However, he is being punished for wanting to take "non conservative" actions by doing something about illegal immigrants. This is expected to hurt him in the primary and help him in the general. -War Hero and Green Beret says that the army is retaliating against him and he is facing the court because of how he handled hostages. In 2010 the war hero was assigned to figure out a way to bring Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl home but apparently he never had a plan to do so.

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    Comparison of Charge of the Light Brigade and Green Beret The Charge of the Light Brigade is about an army of six hundred men on horseback going into war without a say on whether they want to or not. The poem is structured into six stanzas and the rhyming scheme is A,B,C,B,D,E,C,B. Someone in charge had " blunder'd " and called out orders for six hundred British Calvary to storm a full Russian battalion Suddenly they were surrounded; " Cannon to the right of them" " Cannon to the

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    especially when talking about Vietnam. The Ugly American, directed by George Englund, and The Green Berets, directed by John Wayne, are no exceptions. The Green Berets propose a strong support for the war while The Ugly American tended to blame the United States for being in an unnecessary war. Nevertheless, while both movies differ strongly in their views, both tend to convey the horrors of war. The Green Berets was a movie that continuously encouraged its audience to prolong the Vietnam War. Just

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    Depicted on the cover of Quixote’s Soldiers is a group of Mexican- American men and women in protest formation. They carry with them signs that say “Justice for La Raza,” “Ando sangrando igual que tu,” and “Cops out of our communities!” David Montejano argues that Mexican- American reform groups are often left out of the Civil Rights Movement taught in a classroom. San Antonio was the birthplace of the Chicano movement. Here, various organizations were formed to encourage the government to increase

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    Mexican Americans in Texas have a long and detailed history spanning from the arrival of Cortez all the way to the present day. Through historical events, the culture and identity of Mexican Americans have shifted, diverted, and adapted into what people chose to identify as. The rise of the Chicano identity during the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement was an adaptation as a culture to oppressive and unjust treatment from white, Anglos that had almost all political and social power over all minorities

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