Welch Regiment

SSG Arroa’s squad moved cautiously down the path that the Sergeant had marked to the main gate at Fort Indiantown Gap. The rest of the first platoon had held back as well as the company to provide cover for the advancing squad. SSG Arroa had cleared about a hundred yards past the main gain without any problems. They encountered no resistance, but several booby-traps, which they disabled. Their orders were that once they were able to breach the main gate, they were to begin to remove the barricades

This paper will examine how a unwavering adversary and difficult terrain combined to negate the effects of American technology. The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War which was fought by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnamese Forces from May 10–20, 1969. The battle took place on Ap Bia Mountain in the rugged, jungle-shrouded mountains along the Laotian border of South Vietnam. Ap Bia Mountain anchors the northwest corner of South Viet Nam's A Shau Valley

young men were willing to fight just to kill or to see if they were able to kill another human being. Summary The Red Badge of Courage starts off by describing the scenery of the camp where Henry, a young private who had never seen battle, and his regiment stayed. A soldier then comes running with great news for the next day. As the rumors

LTC (P) Pete Owens is faced with numerous challenges and issues as he is preparing to take command of 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT). The 4th ABCT has command climate issues and disengaged leadership that needs to be addressed immediately because failure to address and correct these issues has the potential for the unit to be unprepared for the Regionally Aligned Forced (RAF) mission. LTC (P) Owens first challenge is to frame the problem set and develop an initial vision for the 4th

The story of the Black Hearts Brigade, told by Jim Frederick, starts out with the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in the summer of 2005. The author starts with a brief chapter of the events that unfolded when four soldiers of this battalion went to a house, raped a girl and killed her and her family. In the first part of the book Frederick explains the grand strategy the US was taking in Iraq at the time, the history of the area named the triangle of death

BLACKHEARTS REPORT Blackhearts is a novel describing the deployment of the 502nd Regiment, known as the “Blackheart Brigade”. The deployment was to the central region of Iraq to occupy and secure the area known as the “Triangle of Death”. This region was deemed so because of the escalating and unrelenting violence that occurred there during Saddam Hussein’s decline from power. The novel primarily tracks the movements of Bravo Company during the occupancy. The book itself is centralized around a

Early October 1917: The returning Canadians who fought at Ypres in 1915 and 1916 are shocked at the scenes in the salient. Everything is destroyed, nothing green remains. The dead of the earlier battles are everywhere and the ground is a maze of interconnected, water-filled shell holes. Canadian soldiers have heard rumours about the upcoming battle and are unnerved. October 17, 1917: Canadian engineers and pioneers begin to extend the transport system, construct artillery positions and move ammunition

“Do not change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.” Every single day of my life I have lived by this quote and have felt the effects of it but it was not until two years ago that I understood it. “MARGARET ANNE BECKETT get your butt out of bed!” my mom screamed from outside my door. I trudged out of bed in desperate need of caffeine. I have never been fond of the morning but this morning I was desperately hoping would just disappear. You know that day

There is a common misconception that the Civil War was fought between “the northern blue and the southern grey”, when, in reality, uniforms in the Federal Army ranged from grey, blue, green, to even bright red. Each regiment, many were state militias, varied largely in appearance because of esprit-de-corps and location from which men volunteered. To preserve individuality and maintain pride in units, enlisted infantry uniforms from II Corps, Army of the Potomac, were

and cross reference all mail and signals. My 2nd posting was to the 14th signal regiment (EW) I was posted here because I had just been security vetted. And the regiment was in a sore need of a good documentation clerk. Which was my speciality as the regiment had failed its last 2 audits. It was in serious trouble of been put into emergency measures when I arrived, I started to sort out the entire regiments personal documentation. This included up to 700 soldier's and officer's personnel