Army National Guard Essays

  • Career Research Paper: Army National Guard

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    Career Research Paper: Army National Guard The Army National Guard is a whole new way to serve. It’s all about commitment to help communities in need. It’s solid dedication to the country in war and in peace. They form an elite team that shares similar core values, convictions, and beliefs. To be in the National Guard can mean serving the country part-time, one weekend a month and two weeks a year as most Guard members serve. This is what makes them different from the other branches of the military

  • The Army is a Profession of Arms

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    The US Army campaign issues in todays world are growing more relevant by the day. As a result it is increasingly important for the US Army to launched the Army White Paper the Profession of Arms. Have you ever hear about this campaign before and are you part of it? This white paper should meet a common understanding beyond the US Army soldiers, however the Army as a profession of arms it self. its has some meaning to fully understanding. In this essay, we are going to prove that the army as a profession

  • A Time When My Mind Was Changed and How This Was Significant

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    thought could benefit me so much was when my mom joined the Army National Guard. At this age, a lot of change had already occurred in my life. My mom had just recently gotten married, and while she began her training, I would stay at home with my step-dad. I am not an only child, but since my two sisters are significantly older than me, I’ve been raised for a large part of my life as an only child. During the time when my mom joined the guard, I was not close to my sisters so I can remember how hard

  • American Soldier Interview Essay

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    John, family is everything. His family always took vacations and every summer, he gets to travel around the United States for Army training. John grew up in a military family. His Father works as a Warrant Officer in the Minnesota National Guard and his Brother, Curtis, is in the Marine Corps and is also deployed right now.John has always wanted to serve his country

  • napoleon

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    position remained unchanged for 15 years. Napoleon was very dedicated to his military career and received a much deserved vacation. So he went on leave and moved his family to Corsica an island near France, But still dedicated himself to the Corsican national guard. (World Book pg.14) Although in another country Napoleon was still an active member of the Jacobions, (who had just overthrown and murdered the King of France Louis XVI) which angered the monarchist the King of Corsica, who declared the

  • Biography Of Cesar Sandino

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    with Nicaragua’s new president, Sacasa. He and the president discussed this issue and Sandino agreed to a cease-fire. On the way to a gala that the president invited him to, his car was intercepted and he and his men were shot by soldiers of the National Guard. About 30 years ago another liberal group began fighting for equality. They called themselves the Sandinista. Sandino gave people hope that they would not always be bound by other countries and that someday they could pull out of their recession

  • I Am Proud to Be An American Soldier

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    this process is choosing your military branch. There are four main branches in the military; the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. The Army is the branch that I chose. The Army is the largest branch, in terms of the number of soldiers, with an impressive five hundred thousand soldiers on active duty, five-hundred thousand in the Reserves, and three-hundred thousand in the National Guard. The Army is responsible for the majority of land combat in a War. These soldiers are also trained to occupy

  • vietnam conflict

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    The Vietnam conflict Part of French Indochina, Vietnam was occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Ironically, America's first involvement in the region was in support of a Vietnamese patriot named Ho Chi Minh, the leader of a small nationalist movement which had been waging a campaign against the Japanese since 1941. At the end of the War, Ho and his "Viet Minh" movement actively resisted France's attempt to regain control of Vietnam, and turned to the Soviet Union and Communist

  • Why vote for George Bush

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    George Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, CT. His religion is Methodist. George Bush went to Harvard or Yale, for four years each. He was also a pilot for the air national guard. He has also been the Governor of Texas for eight years, and still is. Al Gore is also highly educated, but not as much as bush. He served in the army during Vietnam, but wasn't in any combat, or even in the country of Vietnam. I think George Bush has a better personality than Gore. One of the main issues that will

  • National Constituent Assembly

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    To what extent did the reforms of the Constituent Assembly create discontent? The National Constituent Assembly solved some of Frances short term problems, but caused significant discontent due to its inability to resolve long term problems, that had been destroying France economically, politically and socially. There were some groups of society that were quite content with the reforms of the Constituent Assembly, such as a majority of the bourgeoisie, peasants who gained from the abolition of

  • Brainwash Training in the Army

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    Brainwash Training in the Army I never would have imagined I would leave the Army brainwashed. Everyone has the preconception that basic training would be kind of hard and that you would leave in shape. Everyone finds boot camp challenging, and the reward you get for completing it? You leave a brainwashed killer. I joined the Army National Guard while I was a senior in high school. I was tired of Bristol and my unfulfilling life in Tennessee. I could not wait to leave and go far away from

  • African-american Troops In The Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts

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    Troops in the Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in early 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew. As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of

  • Bedford Boys

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    An Evaluation of Leadership Principles from _______The Bedford Boys________ In deed on June 6, 1944, the little town of Bedford, VA, suffered a tragedy that would never be forgotten. But through the pain and hardship some of officers who leaded the Bedford boys displayed remarkable leadership’s principles. One of the basic functions of leadership is to unite people: bring people together to achieve common objectives. There is truth in the statement, where there is unity there is strength. This

  • Latin American Dictatorship

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    training future dictators and assassins in the School of the Americas, for example. Here is a rundown of some of the major dictatorships: In Mexico, Porfirio Díaz ruled from 1876 to 1911. In 1930 Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, from the US-trained national guard, became dictator of the Dominican Republic, and lasted ... ... middle of paper ... ...er "real" or as an excuse to protect economic interests, provoked strong intervention in supporting dictatorial regimes during the Cold War. Bibliography

  • Loyalty Conflicts between Family and State in Homer’s Odyssey, and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and

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    and polis. 2 This essay will present the separation of loyalty between oikos and polis as is evident in early literature and in decisions of today. A modern example of the conflict between oikos and polis at a time of war can be seen in one National Guard soldier, Ryan. In February, 2003, Ryan was twenty-one years old and had just received a degree from a two-year college. He had met the woman he wanted to marry and had recently proposed to her. The couple had not set a date, but was looking

  • The Presidential Election of 2004

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    on the way down. For example; the coverage of Howard Dean's presidential race. In an ideal world, the 2004 campaign should have been conducted without the vicious Swift Boat Vets ads tarring John Kerry and the exaggerated furor over Bush's National Guard service instead of demanding the candidates convey their platform and debate real issues. Although Bush took office in 2001 after a disputed election, he benefited from the traditional presidential honeymoon to win passage of his sweeping tax

  • national Guard

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    What is The Pennsylvania Army National Guard? The Pennsylvania Army National Guard is a branch of the United States Army that is mostly used today for homeland security. Although the National Guard is not active like the Reserves or Active Duty Army, they still have the same requirements and same responsibility. More than 22,000 men and women make up the Pennsylvania National Guard and Air National Guard today. They reach from state quarters at Fort Indian Town Gap in Lebanon County to about 100

  • A Eulogy For Son

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    He excelled at both and became a poster soldier for the National Guard. He received an honorable discharge from the Air Force. But, in the long run, the military was ill-equipped to deal with the disease. Despite his disease Adam had passions, passions for hockey, for music, for his family. He worked out three

  • Southern Comfort

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    the national guard and not fighting in the war, that he cast aside to and now had to lead a bunch of misfits in routine training exercises he believed would never put to good use. The fact that he Allowed his men to steal canoes from locals displays his weariness of the service because no normal commanding officer would allow such acts within the US Reese was decidedly the proverbial rebel without a cause. He displayed an apathetic attitude since he was a new addition to the national guard in

  • USA In The Second Half Of The 19th Century

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    protesters and bystanders were killed by the local militia. Engulfed in rage, the laborers rampaged through the city destroying all things pertaining to trains. Only after Hayes was called for help did the real action begin. In Pittsburgh, the National Guard was called to quell another... ... middle of paper ... ...ailed including Eugene Debs, leader of the American Railway Union who ordered the workers to stop pulling the Pullman cars. The government prioritized a strong healthy economy over