Combat Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

For a long time, American women have been restricted from armor, infantry, artillery as well as other combat roles in the military. However, they have found themselves frequently in combat in Afghanistan as well as Iraq. Serving in combat positions in the military has remained crucial to the advancement of one’s career. For a long time, women have claimed that by failing to recognize their actual service, the U.S military has held them back unfairly. Over years, women have expressed their desire to serve in combat roles in the armed forces and urged the government as well as the military ...

Qualified women are entitled to be in the frontlines too. In January 2013, the United States military lifted its ban on women in ground combat positions, a policy that has been in effect since 1994 (FoxNews.com). The 1994 policy defined ground combat as “engaging the enemy on the ground with individual or crew-served weapons, while being exposed to hostile fire” (Skaine, 7). This paper therefore takes the definition of ground combat as the meaning of the word “frontlines” which was earlier mentioned. The 2013 decision generated many opposing opinions about the issue. Different factors such as physical strength, emotional complications, ...

Lugene Rosen

English 100
Women on the Frontline
Following the existing debate on whether or not qualified women are equally entitled to be on the frontlines like men, lots of heated debate is generated. In January 2013, the United States military lifted its ban on women in ground combat positions, a policy that according to the information stated in the sources of Fox News (FoxNews.com) had been in effect since 1994. Skaine mentions that the ground combat positions were defined according to the 1994 policy as “engaging the enemy on the ground with individual or crew-served weapons, while being exposed ...

Women have been involved in combat for longer than many individuals realize. For centuries they have been the backbone and the support behind the troops of many nations. Women have undergone dangerous missions and been placed into life-threatening circumstances quite often. Unfortunately their role has always been seen as supportive, never as combatants. The role of women in combat is changing from passive support to active participant.

There are concerns that go beyond the leaderships qualities that may or may not have

anything to do with the inclusion of women into active combat roles. In a letter written to
National Order of Women, Toledo Chapter of Records (2016) the view that women are far
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Women are not only limited in number in their fields, but they are also limited as to the fields they can fill. Most militaries still limit the occupations that allow women to occupy. For the most part, women are excluded from all combat and some combat-related fields. Traditional observation on women assumes that they do not want to be involved in combat, nor are they in a position to handle such occupations. Most people believe that men are more physically and emotionally suited for roles in combat. Suggestions of women participation in combat fields have variation cross-culturally, and have ...

Introduction

Combat soldiers in Vietnam War had slightly different experiences compared to their counterparts in world war two. This is because, compared to world war two where young men, trained or untrained were ambushed to fight. They had no idea of where they were going and were green on most of the experiences they would later have. It was mainly because of the experiences of their forefathers that the government realized on the need of training and preparing their soldiers for the battles ahead (Longley, 89). However, this does not distinguish them from the after-war experience, which was both traumatizing. ...

Introduction

Child obesity is assuming a worrisome trend in the US. A casual observer will tell you that our children are increasingly becoming obese and unable to enjoy the life of a normal child should. Obesity is rapidly increasing across all ethnic and socio-economic groups thus straining families and the entire nations and also putting the future of America in jeopardy. In spite of opposing voices, parents, teachers and medical practitioners must emphasize strategies like regular exercise, proper diet and concerted efforts between stakeholders to combat child obesity. In this paper, I will present essential statistics of child obesity in the US, ...

Introduction

How much do you love your son or daughter? It’s pretty sure that you won’t allow anyone or anything to harm them. You would give out everything under the sun just to give them the best of everything. These are the ideal treatment that a parent does to their son or daughter. Provide everything that they need or even sometimes, more than what it requires growing a good citizen of the country. But as they grow old, you would then realize that though they came from you, you don’t own them at all. You would really fight for ...

Introduction

Women in military have the history which extends more than four millenniums into past, throughout a variety of nations as well as cultures. Women have been engage in several roles in military ranging from the early warriors to currently serving in various forces around the globe side by side with men. It is a fact that almost all the armed forces of countries throughout the world have majority of men serving as military personnel however the role of women can’t be neglected over men. The military role of women have been controversial since its beginning but still many events in ...

Burma (Myanmar) currently has the largest number of child soldiers in the world. This number is expected to increase exponentially, given the most recent unrest in that part of the world due to religious conflicts between Buddhists and Muslims. This fighting arose between the Rohingya Muslims and the Rakhine Buddhists in June 2012, and erupted once more after the reelection of the President on the 21st of October. Many of the rebel groups put to use child labor and child soldiers in carrying out their illegal activities.

Child Labor

For many societies, child labor was part of life. Many families viewed ...

Introduction

Abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs is a nettlesome problem, as its incidence has risen since the beginning of the century. Long-term regular alcohol abuse sooner or later leads to alcohol dependence, mental shock, nervous system and internal organs diseases. Despite the commonly held belief, active-duty personnel in the military are not quite as tough as to be completely immune to the substance abuse problems that blight civilian populations. However, the exact number of the alcohol abusers is very difficult to determine because people tend not to share this information. Thus, the numbers among civilians are very rough as ...

This paper presents an argument in favor of a United States sponsored full-scale invasion with troops, into Iraq and Syria, for the purpose of confronting ISIS. The term ISIS, for a short abbreviation, represents the ‘Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.’ Recent global news reports indicate a bloody sweep of terror by ISIS organizational members and sympathizers. Nevertheless, counter arguments pertaining to whether or not U.S. troops should enter into a war against ISIS provide opposing opinions. After the counter argument reviews the situation, its stance shall be revoked, and the argument in favor of U.S. invasion shall ensue.

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Pragmatism is a renowned concept of great relevance and application in the modern society. Sentiments presents by other American philosophers incline towards a reformist approach in addressing sociopolitical issues. Pragmatists are constantly motivated by a desire to find solutions through practical application. The idea of pragmatism can successfully be utilized in explaining and understanding socio-political issues and in building knowledge of about effective governance. Understanding the idea of pragmatism especially in America is essential in building knowledge of the current and history issues of social inequality. The paper focuses on establishing whether classic pragmatic have geared adequate effort to address the challenge ...

It is clear that no martial arts would ever need to be banned from a sport that has been calling itself "Mixed Martial Arts." Different to what the opening scene to the first episode of the show called "The Ultimate Fighter: Live" mentions that, the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is something that is considered to be beyond just Boxing, Wrestling Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu. When Mixed Martial Arts first started, the sport was not even looked as Mixed Martial Arts at all, because all that was contained within the "mix" was a list that was full of fighters who were ...

Introduction

Azerbaijan, from the time of independence, usually led a successful foreign
policy in the region with Russia. However, Moscow‐Baku relations have varied
since the collapse of the Soviet Union time by time balancing or bandawagoning. In general Azerbaijanwas able to achieve being renowned as the only former Soviet republic that is neither ‘pro-Russian nor pro-Western'. The country has upheld cordial dealings with Moscow without sacrificing its economy, politics, and foreign policy to the Kremlin’s demands. One more example of the independent decision-making of Azerbaijan is the recent disagreement between two countries of the leasing procedure of ...

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and Fast-Food Restaurants
This study compares situational crime prevention (SCP) strategies against robberies of convenience stores with SCP strategies used against crimes committed in fast food restaurants in and found that crime control strategies used against convenience stores cannot be applied with success to prevent robberies in fast-food restaurants. In fact, many of the target-hardening strategies documented were shown to have no significant effect on the prevention of crime in either type of industry, and those that were found to be useful in one industry tended not to work on the other. Thus, SCP ...

Reilly Dowd, an online reporter for ABC news website, poses a rhetorical “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?’’ in his article “ Young African Americans Support President Obama, but Turnout Not a Guarantee.” He further suggests the existence of a divide among young African American voters in the 2012 elections. From various sources as regards the 2008 presidential elections, President Obama won a staggering majority of the African American vote and a significant proportion of the vote from the young population under 30. It is a shared worry that much of the enthusiasm that helped bring the African Americans in droves ...