O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried” details the struggles of a platoon that represents the entire U.S. Army throughout the war effort in Vietnam. O’Brien writes about of the strange tactics of the people within First Lieutant Cross’ Platoon; whether it is bad leadership‚ drug use or the struggles of being Native American within Vietnam. O’Brien addresses the issues that were taking place in Vietnam by using the platoon to mirror what he saw was wrong. The initial issue O’Brien saw when he
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SUBJECT: Platoon Sergeant Duties 1. Students serving in the position of Platoon Sergeant in the Transportation Deployment and Distribution Senior Leaders course are responsible for the successful completion of the following duties: a. Maintaining good order and discipline. b. Conducting Platoon accountability formations in accordance with FM 3-25.5‚ Drill and Ceremonies. Reports any Soldier absences to SGL. c. Maintains Student First Sergeant‚ adjacent Platoon Sergeant
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I want to be a platoon Sergeant because I want to push the squad leaders to do everything they are capable of for helping the Let 1’s succeed in the program. In addition‚ I want to make sure every squad leader is taking their job seriously and is completing all their assignments. One of my favorite things to do is to motivate cadets and students to do more than they think they can do. It may be hard at the moment to give it your all‚ but when you’re done completing the assignment or task it will
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Students are taught about what war was like in the past but they have never been able to see what it looked like. Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon showed the main character (Chris Taylor) and his companions throughout the war. The movie showed what happened during the Vietnam war and how it changed the view of soldiers from the beginning of entering the war to the end. Some major themes were Empathy vs. Ruthlessness because we see Sergeant Elias being understanding when taking over the village because
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Sebastian Junger is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. Who‚ within a time period between 2007 and 2008 follows an American platoon deployed to Afghanistan. Korangal Valley to be exact‚ which is roughly twenty five miles from the border of Pakistan. The United States goal was to put our American troops there to over throw the Taliban regime. We intended to help Iraqi’s clear and secure neighborhoods‚ and to protect their local population. Sebastian followed the second of Battle Company‚ part
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Upon receiving the order‚ I immediately directed the mobilization of Platoon-1‚ marching on foot one soldier at a time with a maximum safe distance between soldiers. I anticipated that we would be the target of the enemy’s sniping and artillery shelling along the way. By dawn of the next day‚ just as we were near the edge of a village‚ VC (Việt Cộng) guerrillas ambushed us. They opened fire from thick bushes on the right side of the road. The dry sound of heavy discharges from CKC‚ red-butt rifles
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American Perseverance The Vietnam War is a controversial subject no matter which way you look at it. In 1986‚ Oliver Stone released a movie that gave a unique perspective of Vietnam. His movie Platoon was written based on his experience in Vietnam as an infantryman. Stone tells a side of the war that only a veteran can tell and he does it without a sugar coating. He tells of the all the great people that fought alongside him as well as things
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Family System Paradigm between the Jarrett Family (Ordinary People) & Meecham Family (The Great Santini) Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey R. LaCure‚ Psy. D‚ M.S.W.‚ LICSW Cambridge College CCP 722 SP01 Emma J. Woods July 21‚ 2014 Abstract Families can have a significant influenced on a child’s mental health. The family therapy is a treatment modality that can be used alone or in combination with other treatment modalities. Family therapy strategies include psychodynamic‚ structural
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Network protocols for vehicle platoon control and management Part 1 Introduction to vehicle platooning Vehicle platooning is a promising application in the transportation industry to improve the safety‚ efficiency‚ and comfort for passengers with innovative capabilities. 1.1 How Vehicle Platooning Works Vehicle platooning is a convoy of vehicles with a lead vehicle driven with a professional driver and other vehicles closely followed. [pic] The main goals of vehicle platooning are:
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Platoon was a movie of the 1980’s that focused on the Veitnam war. Platoon was written as an anti-war film‚ showing a lot of the negitive aspects of the war. Platoon was a special film because of the 360 degree filming style that shows all angles of the war. The film was written and directed by Oliver Stone‚ who fought in Vietnam. He had a dream to make a movie about the war that is not fictional but how he actual remembered the movie. This movie has a sumwhat hard to fallow plot trying to emulate
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