Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Overall, I would say the edublog experience was positive. However, I did have minor technological difficulties. A great thing is to be able to use new and improving technology. Had it not been for this class, I probably never would have had an experience to use edublogs. However, in the future if the choice is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008 7 Comments »
Whether you consider yourself a religious person and believe in God (or some higher power) or are not affiliated with religion, everybody believes in something. Solidiers use their beliefs to make it through everyday struggles. After reading several milblogs, poems, memoirs, novels, and watching several movies it is suprising how many references there are to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008 5 Comments »
Week after week in class the tragedies of war become more immune to our conversation. In the first couple weeks of hearing stories of families at war that have lost their loved ones, recieved a completely different reaction from the class as a whole there were more comments regarding sympathy for the family and friends. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
After watching Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July an individual begins to understand what life would be like for an injurgied solidier returning from war. Injuired war veteran Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) returns to his hometown of Massapequa, New York after suffering substantial injuries that left him paralyzed. He comes back home only [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
In history it is questioned how one person can make such a huge difference, after all it’s just one person. How did George Washington lead the United States to independence against the British and then go on to become the first president of the United States. Harriet Tubman risked her life everyday to help her [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2008 9 Comments »
Military blogs are become a very popular means of communication. Just image the knowledge and information the world would have had military blogs been around during the civil war, the revolution war, even World War I and II. They are not only a great means of communication for soldiers with there families but it also [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
No individual can argue that the concept of war is anything other than a conflict between nations, states, or individual parties. What makes it war is that they choose to settle this conflict with the use of force either by land, sea, air, or a combination. However, one could argue the strategies and tactics of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
The number of casualties increases daily. Families all over the United States watch their sons, daughters, husbands, moms, dads, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends get on a plan and ship off to the Middle East. All that is left in their minds is the strange wonder if they will ever come back. For many the story [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 2 Comments »
Many individuals will state that they signed up for the army, marines, navy, etc., under false assumptions. The advertisements and the brochures all looked one hundred percent like it was the best opportunity of their life. However, when signing up no one every told them how bloody and gory a war could actually be.
The one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
Why is it that every advertisement, book, or article online generally portrays the life of an army member as a male? Are we still living in a society where females do not have rights? If this is the case then why are there females signed up for the military whose voices are just not being [...]
