Benefits in Joining Military
Some people think that joining the military endangers the life and safety of the new servicemen due to exposure in war zones and battlegrounds when they are deployed overseas in cases of wars and military conflicts. This issue began after the second world war and again after the Vietnam war and most currently after the 2 Iraq wars. The above previous wars resulted in so many horrible deaths, casualties and injuries that destroyed the lives of so many families and left a big scar in the societies’ psyche just because of the devastation of peoples’ lives in general. The tragedies they saw and hear on television, radio, magazines, and internet media are so heartbreaking, painful, and traumatic that is planted permanently
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Everyone joins the military for different reasons. Some will join because of economics and lack of opportunity to go to college on their own because of financial burden. Joining the military will open the opportunity of enrolling in college during or after 4 years of duty, Others joins because of job security and financial stability. In the military, they can earn their pay and enjoy all kinds of free incentives like free housing, free food and supplies, free utilities and lots more of benefits like being
Able to shop very cheap at any military commissary (shopping store-grocery) anywhere around the world. The basic pay scale is not huge But considering all the fringe benefits, anyone thats frugal can save a lot of money. Others would join for the opportunity to travel around the world for free. Some also joins with the motivation to serve the country and they are proud to be a
More than 180,000 people join the military each year, you might think that a lot of people but it’s not. The U.S. military is 241 years old and is bigger than it was when it started but if more people do not start joining it will soon cease to be in existence. The U.S. military has issues with wussification, their budget, tactical training, and regulations.
Historians have tried to figure out why soldiers enlisted in the Civil War. Soldiers from both the North and South enlisted in the Civil War because of feelings of nationalism and to gain experience and maintain their society’s beliefs in bravery and duty. On both sides, soldiers continuously enlisted in the war because of their personal and their society’s beliefs. Henry Fleming, a young sold the Union, struggles to find his courage and encounters the truth about what war is really like.
The Killer Angels: Why Did Soldiers Fight? In late June of 1863, General Robert E Lee led the Confederate Army north into Pennsylvania to draw the Union Army into battle. Thus beginning the largest and deadliest battle ever fought on American soil. The 3-day Battle of Gettysburg, from July 1 to July 3 1863, would leave an estimated 50,000 dead, wounded, or missing on the battlefield.
Like many military men, they joined when they were still boys (fresh out of highschool). They did not think about the issues they might have for the rest of their lives. So when you are 18 years old; high on adventure, and you get asked if you want to jump out of airplanes, you are going to say “Hell yeah!”. This is called the Airborne Division, you are selected to be apart of this group. Little did you know that you would have knee complications for the rest of your life and that the VA; the department who is supposed to be there supporting you, will not pay for therapy or surgery.
Joining the war the war can be one of the scariest things to happen to someone and can be really discouraging. During war time getting drafted is a life changing thing. “ I remember a sound in my head. It wasn't thinking, just a silent howl. ”(O'Brien, p.26)
Throughout history, countries are inevitably pulled into conflicts that result in war. These conflicts usually occur because of interests in: economic gain, territorial gain, religion, and nationalism. America, like every country, needs a military to defend itself, especially when tensions arise in other parts of the world and when militia numbers start to decrease. This then allows the government to draft its population to serve in the military. People argue that young men and women’s bright lives are often cut short, and not allowed their Constitutional right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”, but there are many benefits for the nation and the individual by serving one’s country.
The praises that you receive shouldn’t be based on the mere fact that you join but maybe for those who actually wants to serve and protect. In contrast, he says “Make that choice without looking back to see the cheering faces of those who tell you your duty is to do what they are not doing for purposes you may not know nor share” (Gillman 680). None the less, the author let the reader know that these young men and women risk their own lives for purposes which may not be of any value to themselves or the country. As a result, those purposes doesn’t deserve the praises that are
The benefit was created help servicemembers and other eligible veterans cover cost of tuition and other education for them once they return home from active duty or for their children. The GI Bill has several major active programs that are specific payments and scholarships for educational benefits which are, Post 9/11 GI Bill, Active Duty Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve and Guard Montgomery GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Program. (Military) Being in the military often puts a toll on the men and women who fight for our freedom mentally, resulting in PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the only benefit guaranteed to veterans for PTSD is access to a Peer Support Group.
Why did People go on crusades? There are many reasons why people joined the Crusades. Depending on the type of person you were, you would hold certain reasons to be more important than others. This is why so many people decided to join the crusades. The trip held much more value than just a success over opposing religion Islam; it also gave an immense chance for personal gain.
(Tonkavich, LA Times) Recruiters will make promises to young students that they will receive further education, respect, make friends, and more positive aspects of the military, but never mention the negative; death and murder. Although Tonkavich only mentions negative issues of military recruiters going to high schools, there are various positives. Military
Soldiers receiving a draft letter for war is typically a very hard and stressful time in their lives, especially the draft for Vietnam, the only draft America has had so far. Most of the men being drafted were young and unexperienced in war, making them hate it even more. They were taken and dropped into some of the worst circumstances the U.S. military has ever seen and expected to fight alongside people they had never even met before. As the war went on, the platoon members would bond, and have to watch their new friends get injured or die right in front of them, and wonder why they didn’t die as well. The harshness of the war made the soldiers look for any kind of escape from reality or way to make war easier, and they found drugs to be
From the moment I was born I was considered a military brat, I was born in Hawaii at tripler hospital because my mom was in the army and stationed there, my biological father was in the marines. When my mom remarried when I was 7, she married a man who was in the Navy. Everyone thinks being a Military brat just means you know more than other people because you 've been more places and seen more things and you get a lot of stuff you want. This is not true at all. Coming from a military background means you never have stability, you are held to a higher standard than all the other kids, and sometimes it makes you want to be in the military and only focus on that.
Throughout my childhood and adolescent years, I always had a dream of joining the military. Though it was a choice, I still did not have any inside information of what it would be like, and the requirements and specifics of the Army. It wasn't until 2005 when I decided to join the United States Army that all my concerns and questions were answered by a recruit; and I was guided through the whole process to enter and prep for the Army. If it was not for the confidences and motivation of my recruiter back in 2005, I might have not made my leap and probably would not be in this uniform today. Becoming a member of the United States Army recruiting team means having a physical and mental toughness in order to perform efficiently.
Andres Sackmann Ms. Katherine Muniz World Literature 5/14/2015 Lost in Paris Non-comprehended, lost young men and women thrown into a world that is no longer relevant to them; a generation of disappointed expatriates that were trying to live a normal life (according to social standards), when all their values had been clouded and their certainties were gone. “You are all a lost generation,” Hemingway quotes Gertrude Stein in the epigraph of one of his most famous novels The Sun Also Rises. When you hear his name, and those of other authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, and John Dos Passos, lost wouldn’t be the first term you’d use to describe him, (considering his huge success) but he certainly was; they all were. After World War I, this group of young American authors disillusioned with society, horrified with what they’d seen and experienced, rose. Living in Paris, rejecting all sorts of American materialism, and creating some of the most significant
War brings loss to both soldiers and civilians, which establishes many difficulties for people long after the war has passed. War is relative to the person experiencing it; a war that ends with a peace treaty for one could be a life long mental fight for another. Jobs, homes, and loved ones are subject to loss during times of war. As resources and goods are shipped overseas, people living on domestic home fronts suffer the backlash of the fighting. The ones who inevitably experience the most loss are the soldiers fighting within the war.