Essays Tagged: "Special Forces"

Ways of Knowing; describe how you have knowledge by participating, by observation, or by participation and observation?

n and in the military. As a kid I can remember wanting to do that when I grew up. When I joined the Special Forces in 1989 I knew my chances were greatly increasing for me to participate in skydiving ... gn troops in unconventional warfare all due to shortage of personnel on operational teams. Our job (Special Forced Intelligence Sergeants) has been referred to as the jack-of-all-trades, master of not ...

(3 pages) 86 0 4.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Writing with an Informative Aim

Distance Learning Pros Vs ConsObtaining my college degree has been an on-going struggle, as a Special Forces Soldier in the United State Army. Ability to attend a university during typical semes ...

(2 pages) 91 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Project Management withing the United States Army.

except those in an IET (initial entry training) status and those who serve in Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces units.Mission and ObjectivesThe whole idea of the beret started with one man's vision ... ive duty soldiers came from soldiers assigned to airborne units, members of Rangers, and members of Special Forces. The black beret has traditionally been the organizational headgear of Ranger units s ...

(5 pages) 159 1 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Research paper on benefits of distance learning

ional school (Computer Colleges: Distance Learning).Time is very important to most students today. Especially for the student who is returning to school to help better themselves in their current job ... o assist them. For example, a person that cannot operate outside of a wheelchair must struggle with special equipment to get out of their house, into a car, and then get to school. Although schools ar ...

(6 pages) 206 0 2.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

This paper was written about the US Army Special Forces Branch. It was written for a military science class. A-.

Branch PaperSpecial ForcesIn the last century, the shift from conventional fighting to more aid and peace-keepin ... reign policy that now calls upon small, highly trained elite units. That is where the United States Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets, come in to play.The Special Forces were created ... mall corner of Ft. Bragg in April of 1952. At the helm of this new unit was Col. Aaron Bank, an OSS Special Operations veteran of WWII. On 20 June 1952, the 10th Special Forces was formed (later to be ...

(5 pages) 85 1 4.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

The Dirtiness of War - An In depth look of "The Things They Carried."

ong with the six Greenies. They didn't return for nearly three weeks. When Rat saw her entering the Special Forces hootch that evening her eyes no longer seemed blue but instead had a green glow. "I s ...

(5 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Problems facing cross cultural communication.

that you will find thru out the world, the problems are alive and well in the middle east. Being a Special Forces soldier for the last twelve years and training thousands of their troops, interfacing ...

(4 pages) 131 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Assasins

Special forces and their assassination missions.Hi my name is Vexx I am a trained assassin. I am one ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Defending The Homeland" by Jonathan R. White

olice. For example, Mohammed Atta was a suspected terrorist, and was being watched by United States Special Forces. Atta was spotted by a Washington state trooper early in the morning on September 11, ... local and state police are not the FBI or the C.I.A. Intelligence work is the responsibility of the Special Forces, not the local and state police. The police officers have their own jobs that they ar ...

(10 pages) 75 0 5.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Analysis Of Apocalypse Now

rough the eyes of Captain Benjamin L. Willard. He is sent on a mission with the objective to kill a Special Forces colonel, Walter E. Kurtz, who has disappeared into the jungles down a river outside V ...

(9 pages) 23 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

War Critique

merica, in trying to destroy the Taliban, is deploying mass air raids, scattered ground troops, and special forces in order to successfully dispel Taliban influences. America?s generals are not naive ... the Eastern nations rely on scaring their people into supporting their cause, the Western nations, especially America, allow their citizens to form their own beliefs. In turn, the nation is a melting ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Should women be drafted into war?

e military serve as contract workers, nurses, dietitians, typists, clerks, drivers, communicational specialists, and other kinds of jobs that don't involve frontline combat or Special Forces positions ...

(2 pages) 10 0 3.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Vietnam War

in 1954 after the battle of Dien Bien Phu; then, the involvement of US military advisors and small special forces in the late 50s and early 60s to finish with a full military involvement and war from ...

(6 pages) 20 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars