Essays on Soldiers

Conceived at St Peter Port, Isaac Brock grew up finding out about war systems and strategies. With early involvement in European wars, he was sent to Quebec, where he was relegated to battalion an obligation in 1802. From his first day, he committed himself and...

In America many children under the age of 17 get to have fun and make money. However in other parts of the world children are being bought, sold, and forced into the army, where their fates and evenings are left at stake. Today there over...

The impact of physical and psychological turmoil is of profound significance to survivors of both World War I and II. Lasting effects like physical incapacitation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), completely altered the quality of life soldiers experienced post war, contrasting considerably with their...

Promoting Soldiers in leadership roles with little experience may cause negative consequences to the army. As I look back to the date I joined the United States Army, Noncommissioned officers who were in leadership position, knew what it meant to be an NCO. They have...

Gunshots whistle through the air. The medical team loses no time putting themselves in danger to save the wounded. The adrenalin rushes through the gunmen’s body’s making sure they hit the crucial shots to save the men who save our lives. The troops lose parts...

June 1914. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire, made bad European relationships even worse. There were a few Serbian conspirators that planned the assassination. Afterwards, Germany, Ottoman Empire and Austro-Hungary created a union and unleashed a military campaign against countries of...

The Civil War came at a time when there were very few developments in medicine and wound and ailment diagnosis. Even some of the most basic life-saving techniques at that time, such as CPR, had not been learned or developed. While medicines and techniques were...

Have you ever experienced that feeling that a person around you seems really suspicious, maybe even so suspicious that you think that the person you are with is really your enemy? That happened a lot in the Civil War. Why? Because spies were lurking everywhere...

The American Civil War can be described as one of the most vicious and fatal wars in American history. 2,750,000 soldiers fought, 620,000 died, 180,000 African-Americans gave battle, as well as 70% of 2.75 million being under the age of twenty-three with twenty-five being no...

Growing up, my household has always been unorthodox from other households. Staying at home, my dad would cook, clean, and braid my hair; while my mom was the Soldier who went to work every day. Today it is not much different; my mom is still...