Final Project

My final project "Soldiers Tale Weapons of Mass Destruction" is finally finished. I enjoyed putting this project together for several reasons. First and foremost have Matt tell history was eye opening. I personally have never taken the time to talk to Veteran about his or her experience. We take for granted as civilians, what the enlisted soldiers do to protect our country. I think every American should talk to a veteran about his or her experience in the military. Often the solider becomes invisible, it may be because as citizens to often we believe we are above the soldiers that protect our country of that we just don't care and take for granted what these men and women sacrifice for our freedom.
I also enjoyed polling the students hearing what they had to say about the education they are receiving, and how they perceive their world and ours. Democracy became the topic of many of my conversations with older students, many had not grasped the idea of democracy. I though it was important to stress the fact that they ponder this thought. Those going off to college will be confronted with the ideas of democracy on a daily basic.
Researching my argument has made me aware of many facts that I did not know about Iraqi war. I will continue to research other finding I have come across, so as to further broaden my knowledge about this subject.
This assignment was one of the more difficult task I had to undertake. I often found myself panicked that I was not follwing the formula for this assignment. The following is the link for final assignment:
http://soliderstaleweaponsofmassdestruction.weebly.com/

This is the link to my most recent Digital site
Soldiers Tale, Weapons of Mass Destruction http://soliderstaleweaponsofmassdestruction.weebly.com/

Due to the many complications I have faced trying to put the Vietnam related project together, I have made an executive decision to change my argument. I have been working closely with Matt Davis who severed in the Iraqi war. Matt served in a special unit "Bravo Company J" this sector searched for weapons of mass destruction in Baghdad and Fallujah. This sector of the service is small and only consist on 10 teams. My guiding question will be where is Baghdad and Fullujah? This is a question that many civilian can not answer. I will answer this question and also answer why the US military is their combating an enemy that has many faces. Matt has provided me with a personal interview as well as photos and video coverage. I will be building my site with the aid of weebly.com, which provides a simple format for me to built a website to present my findings.
http://whereisiraq.weebly.com/

Where is Baghdad?

Here is a glance at the Webpage I have thus far created
http://silentveterans.weebly.com/

Closed Communication The Silent Veteran

For most of this project I have been pursuing Vietnam Veterans that would commit to an interview. My objective was clear, I would be presenting questions that only dealt with the health care services that were available to Vietnam servicemen after they had served their tour of duty. This seem a harmless task and I was fairly confident that I could find a veteran to speak with me about this subject, but much to my chagrin, this was quite a difficult task. Vietnam Veterans are silent vessels. Some of the veterans that I came in contact with had never saw the battlefield, but they were still reluctant to speak to me. Of course this just made me more determined and curious as to why these servicemen chose to be silent. I need a new approach and came in contact with a father and son that had both served in the military. The father served in Vietnam as a pilot and his son Matt served in the Iraqi war. Matt was willing to do an interview with me and tell me his dads story as well as his own and how the two wars have many similarities.

The Questions:
What kind of health care was available to service men after the Vietnam war and the Iraqi war?
What in your opinion do you feel went terrible wrong with the system, and do you feel the health coverage sector has changed for servicemen since the Vietnam war as opposed to the Iraqi war?
These wars that you and your father partook in both have had serious mental health repercussions, have you or your father suffered from heath issues of this kind as a result of your service duties?