Essay - What is a Soldier? Introduction the Purpose of This Paper...

What is a Soldier?

Introduction

The purpose of th***** paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the *****pic of a soldier in tod*****y's army. Specifically, it will define what a soldier is, w*****h an ideal target audience of college-age readers. The news media seems to show soldiers in fight*****g regalia, always at the ready for a skirmish or a war. While this media ideal is certainly part ***** the soldier's life, it is not the only thing soldiers do each day - a soldier is much more complex th***** simply a fighting machine.

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I. What is a *****?

*****. Black, wh*****e, male, female.

b. Cook, driver, secretary, fighter.

II. The Army depends on *****.

a. One soldier does not make the *****.

*****. The Army is a team.

III. A soldier is a symbol

What is a *****?

A soldier is m*****y things - depending ***** who you talk to. The news media usually shows soldiers in times of war, and so they are depicted as fighters with guns who are keeping the country (or ***** w*****ld safe). However, soldiers ***** much more than ***** machines. Soldiers come from every lifestyle. They can be black, white, Hispanic, Asian American, or anything in between. Being a soldier is ***** about what color you are, or what sex you are, it is about wanting to do something for ********** country, and for yourself. Being a soldier is prob*****bly one ***** the hardest jobs *****re *****, ***** once you make it as a soldier, you know you can do just ***** anything you choose to do, *****ther it is in the Army, or ***** civilian life.

***** are not ***** fighting machines either. It takes all kinds of people to run a modern Army, from secret*****ries to cooks, drivers, and everything in between. The Army is like a bus*****ess, ***** there are ***** kinds ***** support personnel behind the scenes. They ***** sure everything runs ***** smoothly as it can, and that every soldier has what ***** need to ***** their job, and protect their country. The ***** at her desk is every much a soldier as the man in the tank with a m*****chine gun by h***** side.

The Army depends on *****s, and soldiers depend on the Army, but ***** individual soldier is not his own *****, he is part of a well thought out ********** organized team. One soldier would not be able to accomplish much against another *****, but when he is part of a *****, he ***** ***** miracles. The Army is a te*****m, and it ***** ***** its' soldiers to always perform as a team. Without soldiers, there would not be an *****, and without teamwork, the soldiers could not survive.

The Army is divided in***** platoons, companies, and div*****ions ***** ***** all a p*****rt ***** the entire team, and ***** must work in the spirit of teamwork for the Army to be effective. Soldiers who do ***** want ***** work in a team environment have