Page 6 - A Soldiers Exposition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION

THOUGHTS
SEVEN QUESTIONS
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
SPEAKING MY MIND – FROM MY HEART
WHO WAS I?
LIFE LEADING UP TO BECOMING A SOLDIER
UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU
ARMY VALUES
A SOLDIER
ACCORDING TO THE ARMY
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS)
WELCOME HOME SOLDIER
AN EMPTY COFFEE CUP CHANGES EVERYTHING
FOURTEEN YEARS MISTER
WHERE DID YOU SERVE SOLDIER?
COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT
HUMANITARIAN AID
WOUNDS THAT DO NOT BLEED
IMAGINE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT
MEMORY
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
SOCIETY AND THE ALL-VOLUNTEER MILITARY
SOCIETY AND HEROIC MEDICAL CARE
MY CHALLENGE TO YOU
RETURNING HOME AND RE-ENTRY
THE FAMILY
THE PARADOX OF MILITARY SERVICE
EDUCATION – NO EXCUSES FOR BEING SECOND-RATE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

RESEARCH, READING AND REFERENCE
CODA – EPILOGUE
FINAL THOUGHTS
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN
OUR NATION’S DEBT TO OUR VETERANS

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