It was a cold breezy morning when I walked outside. Goosebumps cover my body because of excitement and nervousness. It was finally here, opening day for the gun hunt.. Grabbing my blaze orange and unzipping the jacket, I put it on. I grabbed my hat and put it on my head. My dad unhinged the gun case and took my gun out.
Left and right, there’s blood everywhere. We run towards the enemy lines anyway. We have to. There is nowhere to hide. We knew what we signed up for.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle got its name after the battle on Breed’s Hill. It was fought on Breed’s Hill because the army thought that they were on Bunker Hill. The general for the Continental army was William Prescott, and the general for the British army was William Howe.
Snow Day War By: Alex, Mike,Tyson, and Jake One day in a frozen wonderland, I exit my garage to clean my driveway, when suddenly four-hundred twenty foot snowmen invade my yard claiming as their warzone. I begin to confront the frozen warriors when suddenly an enormous ice tank rolls in the battlefield. All of a sudden, thousands upon thousands of ice
You can say that my journey with the Military started the day I was born. I was born on April 29, 1998 at the 7th Medical Group on Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. With the love and care I received from the neonatal nurses that were stationed on Dyess Air Force Base I quickly lost the title of ‘premie’. In 1999 my mother and father were both assigned to Landstuhl Army Base in Germany, I appreciated the military letting them be together. I am so blessed having my mother as a Medical Technician, I knew I was always in great hands when I was sick.
Full Metal Jacket 1987 is the A two-segment look war film based on Hasford 's 1979 novel The Short-Timers produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The story follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their training and the experiences during the Vietnam War. The film was released after 7 years from The shining 1980 and it stars Matthew Modine, as Private/Corporal/Sergeant James T. "Joker" Davis, Vincent D 'Onofrio as Private Leonard Lawrence "Gomer Pyle", R. Lee Ermey - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Dorian Harewood as Corporal "Eightball", Arliss Howard - Private/Sergeant Robert "Cowboy" Evans, Adam Baldwin - Sergeant "Animal Mother” And others. Film is very pleasant to watch with great dialogues and fine artists.
December 28th, 1944, near Humain, Belgium. For most of my life introductions were a rarity. I lived on a small farm about fifteen kilometers away from the nearest town, one which we only visited for school, supplies and church. Everyone knew everyone, and if you were a stranger you were not one for long.
Viewpoints across the Armed Forces for many soldiers starts with the most memorable aspect of their training being boot camp. Boot camp is the transitional period wherein troops learn to identify with their branch of the armed forces. A rude awakening to say the least as the day was over and I lay in my rack wide-awake wishing I were in my own bed at home. As I recalled the events of the day, I began to fully comprehend the magnitude of my decision to join the Navy and here are my first three weeks.
What Makes Me an American? Have you ever asked yourself “What makes me an American?”? To me, living on an Army base and hearing “taps” several times a day. And seeing the different types of army vehicles all around the base make me feel proud. I believe that being an Army child makes me feel the most “American. ”.
On the bright sunny day of September 11, 2001 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, I was a 17-year-old young man that was seating in History 1 class in Lawrence County High School. My history teacher walked in to our classroom as the period was about to begin and said, “we are fix to watch history as we speak, so pay attention.” I would have never thought that by watching the tragic events that occurred in New York City against the World Trade Center’s that day, would change the course my life forever. That day as my classmates and I walked the long hallway that entered the cafeteria, I seen a gentleman standing at a small table. The gentleman was very clean cut, slim, with a brown button up blouse on, blue trousers with a red strip going from his brown belt to the bottom of his trousers and had on the shiniest shoes I had ever seen.
Chief warrant officers are the Army’s technical experts in their respected field expressed by SPC (Behringer). Chief Rhodes is a maintenance technical expert he specializes in all maintenance. For example, he supervises us the mechanics, supply, and the fuelers. If one of his soldiers does not know what to do and we cannot find the answer by the chain of command we go to him and he will give us the explanation and proper guidance.
The Hunt My dad just woke me up for our big elk hunt that we were going on. He told me to get ready and we would be leaving in a few minutes. Once I got dressed we went to my grandpas and picked him up. We (me my dad and my grandpa) drove in my grandpa's truck, when we got to the airport, we packed our luggage and got on the plane. When we got on the plane, I noticed we were going to Salt Lake City, I asked my dad why, and he said we were going to have to stop their first.
The Battle of the Bulge is regarded as one of the hardest fought battles of the Second World War. Formally known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, it was fought in the forested Ardennes regions of Belgium, France and Luxembourg. The offensive began with Hitler’s assault against the Allied Western front line on December 16, 1944. The duration of fighting took place in the bitter cold of the Rhine winter, and ended with Allied victory on January 25, 1945. Over the course of the battle, nearly 500,000 German soldiers were deployed, as well as 600,000 Allied troops.