The Soldier s Military Service - 1799 Words

The Soldier’ s Story As a United States Soldier, one of the first things learned is the Soldiers’ Creed. The focus of the creed is loyalty, duty, and respect. The Warriors’ Creed is also found within this creed (in italics). The memorization of this statement of beliefs is mandatory and is learned during basic combat training. A soldier is expected to know and be ready to recite it during drills, formation, ceremonies, and upon request, but most importantly, a soldier is expected to live it. This essay is an account of a real-life experience of a United States Army soldier. Throughout this paper, I will refer to him as â€Å"the soldier.† Is this paper, I will discuss the soldier’s military service in relation to the Soldier’s Creed, how disability shifted his position as a soldier, how the shift revealed the Army’s practice of ableism, how the soldier’s current use of cyborg has eradicated him from the impairment of diabetes, thus moving him from disability to able-bodiedness, and lastly how cyborg could have salvaged his military career. From a phenomenological view, the soldier’s body as subject theorized how his body interacted with the world, acquired meaning and gained access in the world, specifically access to his successful military career. According to Merleau-Ponty, (as cited in Patterson and Hughes, 1999) â€Å" it is through the body that people gain access to the world† (p. 601). 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