Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Essays

  • Captain Kappus Accomplishments

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    Kappus is enthusiastically recommended for the Meritorious Service Medal for her outstanding meritorious service while serving as while serving as Operations Officer and Mission Commander, 701 Combat Mission Team (CMT), Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group (MCCYWG), U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER), Fort Meade, Maryland from August 2014 to June 2018. Due to the nature of the cyberspace operations environment, many of the details of Captain Kappus' efforts, accomplishments

  • Eugene B. Sledge Biography

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    fall he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in December 1942. He then attended boot camp at the recruit depot in San Diego, California. Boot camp for Marines is the longest and the toughest military branch out of the five branches if you consider the Coast guard a military branch. Marine Corps boot camp will test you both mentally and physically through 13 weeks of strenuous obstacle courses and many sleepless nights in order to mentally prepare Marines for future assignments that they may

  • How To Write An Essay About Marine Corps

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    Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps is self-sustaining force that is a department of the navy. The Marine Corps has earned its distinguished title by serving in many American war and conflict. Marines have the ability to rapidly deploy anywhere on a moments notice to fight on foreign soil. “As of 2016 the united states marine corps have 182,000 active duty members and some 38,900 reserve marines” (marinecorps.com). The marine core is the smallest of the US armed forces in the United States

  • Jack Lummus: A True Military Hero

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    Andrew Jackson Lummus Jr. was one of only two NFL players to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Known as Jack, he was a talented, young end for the New York Giants. He was more than just a great end, though. He was a military 1st Lieutenant and a hero for our country. He left being an end with an inspiring future to help our country win one of the most savage battles in U.S. history, Iwo Jima. In this battle in Japan, Jack Lummus led his troops like a great leader. He sacrificed his life for

  • Creative Writing: The Battle Of Washington

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    The C-47 circled over New River Marine Corps Air Station in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It had been over a year since any aircraft had flown over the air station. Ten minutes later the aircraft rolled up to the terminal where Lieutenant General Patrick and his staff, to include Colonel Flat and the Seal Team Commander, Lieutenant Williams waited. Within minutes Brigadier General John Clayton and Colonel March popped out of the plane to greet the men, five later President Washington stepped out

  • Into Thin Air Wild Analysis

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    compare the various dangers in the three books that some may consider “humankind’s worst fears” and contrast them and go in depth of their differences. In Into Thin Air they had the task of climbing mount Everest. Before they even had arrived to base camp they arrived at a lodge to rest at Lobuje. Lobuje

  • Critical Analysis: Short Summary: The Parable Of Sadhu

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    I. Overview The “Parable of Sadhu” revolves around group of people, with different nationalities, who dream to reach the top of Himalayas. As they were on their climbing expedition, they found a Sadhu; shivering and suffering from hypothermia, almost near death. From that point on, the mountaineers face complex situation for which an immediate action was necessary. To show humanity, all the mountaineers from each ethnic group helped the Sadhu by offering food and drink and some warm clothes to cover

  • George Orwell 1984 Essay

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    Written task Name: Ivette Spieker Teacher: Miss. Derksen Date: 05-06-2018 Novel: 1984 by George Orwell Task: A newspaper article on comrade Withers before and after edited by Winston Word count: 938 Rationale word count: 286 In today’s dayorder, bb praised the doubleplusgood company FFCC. The FFCC is a company that supplies cigarettes and other comforts to the sailors in the Floating Fortresses. Bb said: ‘we are all knowfull of the fact that the fighting partly takes place round the Floating

  • Hacksaw Ridge: Movie Analysis

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    “Please lord help me get one more.” Those were the words repeated by Private Desmond Doss a man whose story of saving the lives of 75 men and being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor is told in the 2016 war film, “Hacksaw Ridge”. The movie follows PVT Doss (Andrew Garfield), Sergeant Howell (Vince Vaughn) and Captain Glover (Sam Worthington) through the Battle of Okinawa, and the struggles PVT Doss had to overcome as a conscientious objector. “Hacksaw Ridge” was directed by Mel Gibson, produced

  • Symbolism In Full Metal Jacket

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    Full Metal Jacket portrays the journey of a group of marines during the Vietnam War as they endure boot camp before joining the warfront. Their intensely demoralizing drill Sergeant constantly insults and abuses them, leading one soldier, Private Pyle, to go into the bathroom one night, loads a gun, and kills both the Sergeant and himself. Soon after this, they are all shipped off to Vietnam. The focus then shifts towards on one marine in particular, a journalist, named P.T. Davis, who others refer

  • Commentary On The Film 'Full Metal Jacket 1987'

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    Full Metal Jacket 1987 is the A two-segment look war film based on Hasford 's 1979 novel The Short-Timers produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The story follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their training and the experiences during the Vietnam War. The film was released after 7 years from The shining 1980 and it stars Matthew Modine, as Private/Corporal/Sergeant James T. "Joker" Davis, Vincent D 'Onofrio as Private Leonard Lawrence "Gomer Pyle", R. Lee Ermey - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman

  • Personal Narrative: Joining The Army

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    He is a 40 year old retired Marine Veteran. After 20 years of service he retired last year as Master Sergeant. Dan Williams was born and raised in Indiana and joined the Marine Corp at the age of 19. His parents were very happy about his decision. As he said: “I had to get out of the house. When you are done with high school you have three choices: 1. Go to college, 2. Go to work or 3. Join the military. I joined the military.” He chose the Marine Corp as it seemed the most challenging

  • Marine Stereotypes Essay

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    Guns, violence, ignorance, and marines; how do these all link together? Over periods of time certain groups get stuck with reputations, which are either good and bad. Humans have a tendency to make assumptions or make sense of things, so individuals categorize people into groups. Many of these groups share common characteristics and abilities which can be misunderstood by individuals. This is where stereotypes and misconceptions are formed. Stereotypes are a widely believed mental picture of a group

  • Marcus Luttrell's Life In Lone Survivor

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    What is courage? John Wayne said that “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” The word courageous does not accurately describe United States Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell. I have admired Marcus’ life for a number of years. His life and experiences help keep me motivated during challenging times. Many of you may have heard of or seen the movie, Lone Survivor. Lone Survivor is a true account of an extreme gun battle, where Marcus Luttrell was the only survivor from the team during

  • Chris Kyle Research Paper

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    Chris Kyle was a U.S. Navy Seal Sniper in the U.S. Military. He became well known for his excellent marksmanship. He even had a bounty placed on his head by foreign places. He wrote his biography "American Sniper" which later became a best-seller and also became a Hollywood movie down the road. I think he is a modern day American Hero because, out of the comfort of his home, he enlisted into the U.S. navy and fought to keep the US safe and to put his life on the line. Chris was born on April

  • Rebirth Of An American Solider Analysis

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    The fiction story that I wrote about was titled, “The Rebirth of an American Solider. The basis of this story was about a solider and how he was able to transition from his secondary position with the Army, right into being a well awarded sniper. The idea that I used for this story was two folded, first off at the University of Akron where I attended classes before transferring to Cuyahoga Community College. I was enrolled in a pair of composition classes that were military based. What that means

  • Real Heros In The Military

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    Real heros don 't have caps and spandex. They have combat boots and uniforms. The heros I 'm talking about are the men and women who serve in the United States Military. All the training sacrifices, and courage it takes is something not a lot of us think about. As a student in JROTC, I understand the passion you need to train for the military. You have to be in mental and physical shape. They do not play around about being in shape. The patalen leaders push you harder at PT than anything

  • Vietnam Movie Analysis

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    same mistake that they did. They do this by speaking and protesting. This is a major part in all of the anti-war movies that we have seen. In this movie we see a little of both. We see both Luke protesting by physically locking himself to the Marine recruiting base as well as speaking to the group of students. This is the focus of movies that are produced in the late 70’s. They push anti-war themes in many ways. Whether it’s highlighting the soldiers such as Luke or such as Bob who at the end of the

  • Marine Corps Future Plans

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    “Make no mistake marines are ware fighters. I mean they are really good at what they do. The only time they are not good at what they do is when someone puts shackles on them.” My dream is to become a marine, and learn all I can so I can pass my knowledge on to someone else. Marine Corps, The Corps, has been known to be the first to fight and will expand my knowledge about opportunities provided to me through military service. After high school, I plan to enlist in the Marine Corps to be a part of

  • MG Fredendall's Verbal Orders

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    Orlando Ward, Fredendall often bypassed his headquarters and made direct coordination with the Combat Commanders. 11. This practice had disastrous consequences with the II Corp operations order for the defense of Sidi Bou Zid. The order specified the exact locations of Combat Command A’s battalions and some companies (thus, II Corp not only bypassed the division HQ, but also bypassed BG Mcquillen’s Combat Command HQ). To make matters worse, since MG Fredendall rarely left his HQ, this overly directive