I enjoyed hearing about Sergeant Schardt’s time deployed in Iraq. I have never heard a female veteran talk about their time. She proves that people are capable of great things. The only limitations in life are the ones that you set for yourself. She was able to serve her country and gain an education in her lifetime. Even in the short amount of time she spent in our class I was able to taken in a great deal of information. Before we talked about it in class I did not know women would be discriminated like that in the military. I have never heard my brother speak badly about women when he served alongside. He treated everyone as equal and did not expect for the other soldiers to look down upon them. I know that the military has issues with …show more content…
As a child I knew that the enemy used suicide bombers. When they mention a suicide bomber being a child they are usually an older teenager. This does not make it acceptable in any way but, at that age they have a better idea of what they are doing. A child only knows what their parents tell them. I was never informed that they used children to throw grenades or holding detonators. I have heard of past militaries using such tactics. I know that the North Vietnamese used children this way. This was a controversial subject during the war in Vietnam. American troops would give candy or food to children and not know that the kid had a bomb attached to them. The third piece of information I learned about was the lifestyle they had in Iraq. Sergeant Schardt described each day being different from the other. She informed us that every day was different from her first day there to the last. It contrasted with Benner’s time in Vietnam. When he spoke of his time he seemed to have more of a solid schedule. She also said that when she was first deployed that they did not have ideal housing. They typically slept in their cars and were always on high alert. At other times they slept in old building. Communication to the United States was limited until her last time