A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Napoleon could some times been see as a hero and sometimes can be seen displaying tyrant. During this time period France need a good leader that does not spend its money on parties and a leader that treats all […]
I really didn’t know what I really wanted to do when I graduated and it never crossed my mind until my senior year. It wasn’t up until like October of 2018 when a Army recruiter and talked to us in Mr. Pierson’s economics class. And usually when a Army recruiter comes and talks to us […]
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Get startedIn recent years the Army developed focused attention towards decentralized subordinate leadership. In the Army’s collective mind, the complex battlefield of the future requires a leader to understand the situation quickly and seek the initiative before higher issues orders. A leader is a passionate professional who executes daily self-assessments, seeks the initiative and earns the […]
As the longest serving Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA), Kenneth Preston left a notable legacy on the United States Army Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps. The goal of this paper is to provide an understanding of Preston’s characteristics and competencies. Preston is one of the best examples of an army leader, because he represented all […]
Moving to Austin,Texas I’ve met a lot of veterans compared to the small amount I met in Houston. In Houston all the veterans that I met was at my previous job Panera Bread and they were mostly middle aged. Here in Austin on the other hand, most of the friends I’ve made are veterans and […]
The Military has always been a dream of mine that I have been longing to fulfill ever since joining JROTC at my old high school. There are numerous reasons on why I want to be part of the most dominant force the world has ever seen, the United States armed forces with a special emphasis […]
When I was thinking about doing the book review, I was torn between D-Day and the moon landing. Both incidents are Iconic American resilience, leadership, and tactics. I eventually chose the D-day for my paper because doomsday could be traced as one of the most significant events that turned the tide in favor of the […]
A new kind of warfare In recent years, the nature of warfare in the United States has gone through a major shift from physical to online due to a major increase in state-sponsored cyber-attacks. Cyber warfare refers to the use of cyber-attacks by one country to disrupt the computer systems of another. Future wars will […]
A memoir, To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy, and a non-memoir The Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley were fantastic books. The books To Hell and Back and the Flags of our Fathers are super detailed books that have interesting events and day-by-day details of the war that occurred during World War […]
Aachen, the city that was notoriously known for being turned into a fortress by the Germans during World War II due to the rich, sentimental value Hitler saw in it; it is heavily guarded and protected by its vast array of barbed wiring, pillboxes, anti-tank obstacles, and other barriers, was penetrated by American forces. Also […]
This was had two sides at first that were known as theaters that were being fought, the European theater and the pacific theater. The cause of World War II was when Hitler’s re militarized Germany invaded Poland and since Poland this also led for France and Britain to declare war on Germany hence the European […]
From 1939 – 1945, World War II changed many peoples’ lives. Several of the major countries worldwide, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, and the United States were involved in this conflict. Not only did men help to fight this war, but women also played a big role. They fought, worked […]
World War 2 was a war marked by great levels of devastation and anguish, taking 17 million soldiers and even more civilians. The war began in 1939 on September 1st with the Nazi invasion of Poland. In total, more than fifty nations were involved, with the Axis powers consisted of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan […]
World War 1 was one ofthe most brutal and tragic wars in the early 1900s which caused a lot of pain and suffering for man. this war occurred in 1914-1918. This war was between European allies.. Both sides were fighting for land. This war had many reasons for occurrence. Militarism, Alliance Systems, and Nationalism were […]
Europe avoided major wars in the 100 years before World War 1 began. In the 1800’s, the force of nationalism swept across the continent that helped bring about the Great War. Nationalism was the belief that loyalty to a person’s nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty.. Nationalism led […]
Multiple countries became involved in the fighting of World War 1, though each became involved for vastly different reasons. The fighting originally began when Austria-Hungary began trying to regain their status as a world power and decided to start by taking over Serbia. Austria Hungary had sent in Archduke Franz Ferdinand to tour through Serbia, […]
World War I was a devastating war that caused over 16 million deaths worldwide, including over 60,000 Canadian deaths. War experts initially thought World War I would be a short war and last only for a couple months, but it lasted for over 4 years, from 1914 to 1918. It was called “the great war” […]
There were many contributing factors to the ignition of World War One or as it was also known, The Great War. One of the main causes was the Alliance System. The Alliance System was a number of treaties that countries such as Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Italy had signed for protection. These treaties […]
World War 1 was not just due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, although this could have been considered the triggering short term cause; it was actually the result of multiple short and long term causes, which stretched back far into the 19th CE. Kaiser Wilhelm II ruled over Germany. However, the whole world […]
July 28, 1914, the Great War began. Whether one thinks that the rivalry or the break of trust between two nations were the real cause of the First World War. Historians all over the world believe that there are four main reasons as to why the Great War came to be; militarism, imperialism, nationalism and […]
The United States of America has come to depend on their massive military machine throughout its relatively short history. During the Revolutionary war, only men fought bravely on the bloody battlefields of New England, while the women performed their much-needed duties at home. They ran the household, and tended to their flocks, while their loved […]
It is vital to fully understand the events that led to this time in history for the reader to gasp the seriousness and sheer brutality of the War of 1812. These events had a major influence on the undeveloped country and its society which caused complications for the nation down the line. In the spring […]
The War of 1812 was motivated by many different factors. The matter of conflict with Native Americans was one of them, and it was more important to face because of the growing suspicion that Britain was arming them against us. Warhawks, young Republicans, were those most strongly advocating for the war. Impressment, the kidnapping of […]
America’s most defining moment is not in how they explored their own territory, or staked claim to their hemisphere, but how they showed the strength of their nation against invaders with a strength much greater than their own. The War of 1812 pitted the Americans challenging their old aggressor, the British, over the matters of […]
A just war is one that is declared in order to right a wrong that has been done – not one to promote random aggression towards another country; wars should promote peace. A war is just when it is waged after diplomatic attempts are made at reconciliation. The War of 1812 is a war that […]
The Revolutionary War in 1775 and the War of 1812 are both similar and at the same time different. The Revolutionary war and the War of 1812 are similar in that, they both were fought mainly by the British and the North American colonist. At the same time, the two wars are different because, they […]
It is hard to forget the events that took place on September 11, 2001 that shook the United States to its core. Ever since 9/11 happened, the U.S. has gone after the one person who orchestrated and financed the terrorist attack, Osama Bin Laden. The United States also wanted to capture Saddam Hussein, the dictator […]
On November 24th, a Russian Su-24 fighter plane was shot down near the border between Turkey and Syria by Turkey for violating their airspace. Russia has contested whether this was true, and different countries with different biases have reported on the event differently. The Russian Moscow Times released a surprisingly short report on the event. […]
The times of Jefferson and Madison were a turbulent time for the United States. Many events took places that eventually lead to the War of 1812 with Britain. Many of the causes of the war happened in North America, but some reasons why we fought happened on the open seas or in Europe itself. The […]
The War of 1812 was a result of the conflicts overseas between France and Britain. Both France and Britain were trying blockade each other from supplies and thus seized many American ships. Although Americans were outraged with the idea of the powers in Europe seizing ships they were furthered angered with England for impressing American […]
