Heroes Don’t Run: The Unseen Challenges of Military Recruitment and Training
Explore the dual role of military recruiters in promoting enlistment and the emotional complexities they face. This chapter delves into the concept of "heroes" who embody resilience and strength, juxtaposed with the psychological toll of recruitment. We analyze the impact of societal perceptions on military service, with vivid examples of how individuals cope with the pressure of serving and the harsh realities of boot camp training. Encounter terms related to commitment and the challenges of navigating expectations in both military and civilian life.
Heroes Don’t Run: The Unseen Challenges of Military Recruitment and Training
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Chapter 3-4 Heroes Don’t run
Recruiter • A person who promotes joining the military • A person who helps others to join the military
Campaign • Military operation (action)
To beckon • To make a sign to come
To insist • To demand, to say continuously • When Asians eat at a restaurant, each person insists on paying the bill.
The creeps • The feeling of being frightened or disgusted • Clowns give me the creeps. • Creepy: having or causing a feeling on your skin when you feel frightened or disgusted • Clowns are so creepy!
To object • Object (noun): something you can touch or see • Do you think UFOs (Unidentified Flying Object) are real? • Object (verb): to refuse, to say no • The ex-boyfriend who was still in love with the bride objected at the wedding.
To demolish 1. To destroy 1. To eat completely
Bossy • Description of someone who gives orders all the time • My little sister is very bossy; she tells me to do this and that all the time.
Foul • Disgustingly unpleasant • Stop using foul language in the classroom! • When the skunk released its gas, the whole park smelled so foul, people could not breathe.
Stump 1. Lower end of the tree when the main part is cut off 2. Part of the body after the rest is cut off
To fetch • To bring back • My dog and I play fetch so it can exercise.
Nuts • A dry fruit • Crazy • I go nuts over chocolate. • You drive me nuts when you speak in your native language in English class. • Be in deep love with (be nuts about) • He’s nuts about his new girlfriend. • He is nuts about computer games.
To put off • To postpone, to wait until a later time • Even though the teacher gave the students one month to finish the project, the students put off their work until the day before it was due.
Boot camp • A basic training camp for new recruits (soldiers)
A physical • About the body • All high school students must take a physical education class • A physical examination, a check up at the doctor’s office
Can hardly see straight “Can’t see straight” “Can hardly think straight” • If you can’t see straight, you are not thinking calmly and clearly about something • This usually happens when you are very very happy or very very angry