There was a time when the Cheyenne had no formal government. The people were disorganized, crime was rampant, and they were attacked regularly by other nations. Sweet Medicine, a Cheyenne cultural hero, wanted to see his people unified, free of crime, and protected from attack. He developed a civil government to oversee the people, and several groups of warrior societies to act as the police and military forces. There were six of these warrior societies created. One of these warrior societies, known as the Dog Soldiers (or Dog Men), rose in power to become the most powerful of all, and became the dominant police and military force of the Cheyenne.
The Dog Soldiers were known for their harsh punishment of criminals as well as their ferocity in battle. Among the Dog Soldiers as a select group who wore a sash around their necks, at the end of which was a stake. They were worn over the right shoulder and under the left and trailed behind on the ground. The sashes of the two bravest men of the society were elaborately decorated with horizontal bands of yellow and red porcupine quills and eagle feathers. The other two wore a less conspicuous pair. A red painted wooden picket-pin was attached to the bottom end by a braided buckskin thong. These men served as a rear guard to protect the Cheyenne people. They fought off the enemy while the people made a safe getaway.
These "stake soldiers" would drive their stakes into the ground and from that spot would stand and fight to their death. Once the stake was driven into the ground they could not pull it out or move until they had been informed that the people had gotten safely away, or until relieved by another "stake soldier". These men had great fighting skills and incomparable courage. Dog Men always carried a bow and arrows. When they danced they let their hair hang loose and blew their whistles constantly, moving forward rapidly in a stooping position, bending each leg forward alternately.
In the movie Wag the Dog they do just that. ... They would then make the soldier and the President a hero by having the President save the fighting soldier and bring him home. ... They do, they find a soldier with the name of Schumann. ... Wag the Dog represents this manipulation in a very real way. ... In conclusion the movie Wag the Dog was a very, very good movie. ...
Dear soldiers, To all those entombed in the USS Arizona. I am writing a letter to all of the brave soldiers trapped underneath the ocean in the battleship, the Arizona. ... That lesson is that neither dog will win. ... That's what war has done for human beings since the time of barbarians and cavemen to the present day veterans of war and the soldiers fighting in Iraq. ... All we understand is that by going to war, we gained something such as goods, peace between allied countries, or a gold medallion that goes around the neck of a brace soldier. ...
Another concern comes from choosing a method of training the soldiers. Socrates suggests that they be trained in a similar way to how you would train a dog. He chooses a dog's training because like a soldier, dogs are trained to be aggressive and loyal. ... Socrates then goes in to a discussion of how human training and dog training is similar. ... He then proceeds to say that if the two trainings are similar than you could train a soldier much like how you train a dog. ...
"Steel My Soldiers" Hearts" Col. ... Machine-gun ammo buried in mud, troops wandering around with rusty weapons, "hippie" beads worn along with their dog tags, graffiti covered helmets and a base that smelled or raw sewage greeted him (p. 8). ... Soldiers had difficulty telling the "good guys from the bad guys" (p. 16). ... The soldiers also distrusted the ARVN soldiers, not sure who was truly a soldier and who may be a Viet Cong. ... The battle resulted with forty enemy dead and fifty American soldiers were wounded or killed (p. 170). ...
The English called these dog bulldogs. ... It is a friendly dog and is usually okay with other animals. ... In the wrong hands, the pit bull can be trained to become an aggressive and non-social dog. ... They targeted a whole breed of canine because of the actions of one dog. ... BSLs identify a dog as dangerous based upon breed and not the dog itself (2004). ...
Psychology is also a major contributing force in helping soldiers deal with the things they see and feel during combat. As shown by the vast majority of soldiers that returned from Vietnam with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome this is a problem that can affect anyone and severely harm them mentally and emotionally if not dealt with. This has cause the development of new methods in Basic Training to prepare soldiers for what they will have to deal with if they are ever faced with combat. Before this type of training there were soldiers that would just break down and could not function in combat s...
Like Wolff when he was young I too, role played as a soldier, both the good guys and the bad guys. ... I would take two old towels, roll them up and tie them around my dog. I would put the leash on my dog, and we would go exploring, searching for treasure. ... In role playing as a soldier, when I joined the military, I had this perception from a child as to what a soldier was suppose to be and do. ...
After a slapping incident during the Sicily campaign and a stay in "the dog house" Patton was sent to Europe and given command of the American 3rd Army. At the end of the war in Europe Patton looses command of the 3rd Army because of his attitude towards the Russian allies and we see our hero sullenly walking his dog into the sunset. ... Patton insists that all soldiers wear a helmet and leggings and that all officers wear a tie. ... Patton, upon learning from the soldier that his nerves are shot and that he "just can't take the shelling anymore", slaps the soldier and calls him a "co...
