Psychology of Writing

“The Psychology of Writing”

I have been in the military for quite some time now, and as years have gone by, I have learned to do plenty of research in multiple areas whether it was for a small presentation to an information about some type of equipment, regardless it is hard to keep Soldiers interested in what you are presenting to them.   During my last assignment, I assigned the task to write an informative paper on 120MM Cannon Tubes.   Army arsenal is composed of various pieces of equipment, from a small machine gun to a 120MM cannon.   During the last three years the Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) have been having problems with one specific piece of equipment, one of their Stryker models has a 120MM cannon mounted as part of its defensive posture.   My task was to gather as much information about the cannon failures and how can we remedy a fix to the problem.   This was no easy task for my area of expertise lies within construction equipment and had no clue on how the Stryker system worked.   My last Warrant officer said to me every piece of equipment has a theory of operation and with that note, I began to school myself on the Stryker system and writing every piece of information, I came across.   From a proper service to an inspection prior to put the equipment into operation, every piece of equipment comes with a manual on either how to assemble, disassemble or properly fire the equipment.   Brigade Combat Teams are all over the United States.   During my visitations to the different BCT’s I started by gathering the information on how many pieces they were in overall and diving them to see the percentage that had malfunction or were completely damaged as well as the facts of who, what, when, why, and how.   Once I had that info it was a down slope from there, I was able to get support from the manufacture and their support element, my contact information broaden a bit more because many Warrant officers started to assist me in the process, due to the fact they wanted...