Professor ENC1101 10 October 2013 Combat High This essay is based on Combat High written by Sebastian Junger first published in Newsweek Magazine in 2010. The article was adapted from the author ’s book War which describes life in a platoon in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. He spent fourteen months during 2007 and 2008 embedded in the platoon. Junger points out the costs of the war in terms of the soldiers psychological aspects‚ explaining how being in combat can be damaging. Another cost of
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Should Women Serve In Combat University Professor Should Women Serve In Combat Although it has long been argued that women could not serve in combat alongside men for various reasons‚ I contend women should be allowed to serve in combat because they have been serving in combat-related specialties for countless years. They are already serving in combat zones around the world‚ which continually puts their lives in harm’s way. Women have always contended that without “real
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1102 Dr. Neidbalec 06 December 2012 Combat Ready Whether it is as enlisted personnel or as a commissioned officer‚ everyday more women are signing up for the military. Women want to serve their country as much as men do‚ despite all of the hardships and roadblocks they will face on their chosen career paths. Women in any job face harassment and denials for certain job positions but especially in the military. Women in the military get denied for combat positions and because they can’t get these
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amount to anything‚ but he proved he could by defeating Grendel and his mother‚ two vicious monsters. People thought little of Beowulf‚ so did the great warriors‚ but he grew strong and courageous (ll. 2183-2189). Beowulf fought with Grendel‚ locked in combat. He defeated Grendel by tearing his arm off‚ then Grendel ran to his swamp and died (ll.745-819). When Beowulf grew strong‚ he proved his strength by defeating Grendel. When Beowulf defeated the Swedes‚ he proved his strength as an adult. In Geatland
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1.1 INTRODUCTION OF STUDY Combat engineers primarily supervise‚ serve or assist as a member of a team when they are tackling rough terrain in combat situations. They provide their expertise in areas such as mobility‚ counter mobility‚ survivability and general engineering. A combat engineer also called field engineer‚ pioneer or sapper in many armies are a soldier specialist who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions. Combat engineers are a key role in all
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Women in Combat Women in combat is an issue that I believe should be given a little more thought and attention. I personally feel that women should be allowed to be in ground combat operations if they desire to do so. I do not feel that it is fair to exclude someone from performing a job within the military simply due to their gender. I do feel that women who want to go to combat should be able to perform the same physical tasks as the men currently in those positions. This issue hits close
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Topic 4: Women in Combat Although female soldiers have recently been allowed to take jobs in previously all-male battalions‚ over 250‚000 combat jobs still remain closed to them. Some argue that this unfairly limits career growth‚ while others contend that women are not able to withstand the physical and psychological nature of combat. Do you think that women should be able to serve in combat positions? Why or why not? In this essay ethical I will state my personal opinion‚ on why I think
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John Carlo Pamintuan Michael Sagliano ESL 21/22 November 9 2013 Women in Combat Thesis: Women should be allowed to serve in combat. I. Introduction- Background to issue II. It is a women’s right to be able to serve honorably in combat. A. Women have been in combat for a long quite a while. B. Liberty is something America lives by III. Mixed gender will generate a better discipline military. A. Men behave better when women are around. B. Better treatment of women in the military will
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Grace MacDonald Pd. 6 Should Women be Allowed in Military Combat? Imagine‚ as a male‚ in frontline combat with a female on one side of you‚ another male on the other side of you. Who would you trust most? A majority of people would trust the male over the female because of a male’s strength and endurance‚ and that is the trouble. Although it is proven that most women are physically weaker than men and have forty pounds less muscle mass and thirteen pounds more fat than men‚ it does not mean
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Women in Combat The Myths and Controversies Clarice Snowden ENG122: English Composition II (ABE1308F) Instructor: Jonathan Berohn February 24‚ 2013 Members of the U.S. Armed Forces have never appreciated and acknowledged women in the history of this country as they are today. When people‚ especially politicians pay tribute‚ they almost always refer to our “brave men and women‚” a recognition of the fact that women now comprise 14.5% of the nation’s 1.4 million active duty military
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