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The Battle of Britain

they would be unable to prepare the embarkation ports, assemble the transports, sweep mines from the sea, or lay new mines (Church...

Military Pay

reenlistment bonuses, overseas moves, and "firefighter danger pay" for those personnel who regularly serve on firefighting crews (...

Savings Plans for Military Families

that result in long separations, all of which put a strain on family finance (NASD, 2006). Military families "are already aware th...

An Evaluation of the American Response to Terrorism

A military action at first is successful, but then, the taking of Baghdad only seems loosely related to the terrorism that occurre...

Leadership Style/MacArthur & Patton

to be so remote as to be unapproachable (Manchester 5). He is described as wrapping "himself in a cloak of dignified aloofness" (M...

Satellites: Contribution To Technology

and diabetes are just two of myriad diseases and conditions that modern medical sensors serve to help in situations beyond the ind...

Human Resource Management: A Comparison Between Civilian and Military Management

warranted, but upon careful examination there are more similarities in military HR and private sector HR than one might think. Fir...

Military Technology and New Personal Defense Weaponry

of the M16s with the M4 which is a newer carbine (Cox, 2007). "The Army started buying M4s in the mid-1990s but mainly reserved th...

Life in the Military

must be made precisely. Guns are cleaned. Everything is done precisely right. They do things like their lives depend on it, becaus...

U.S. Foreign Policy, Just War Theory, and the Persian Gulf War

late Sen. J. William Fulbright advocated neither morality nor realism. Instead, he advocated "humanism" as a primary American for...

“The Private History of a Campaign That Failed”

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

The Importance of Maintaining Positive Control of a Military ID Card

care, or get health care" (Military ID card, 2009). Its also necessary to show current ID in a number of other situations. For in...

Gays in the Military

if the "dont ask, dont tell" policy is maintained. Retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak, for example, actually supported Obama d...

How and Why the U.S. Military is Unprepared at the Outbreak of Hostilities

"Military service"). He saw active service in WWI, where he "excelled as the commanding officer of a field artillery battery" (Mil...

AT&T and Strategy

plan of action and a practical application before success will be achieved. When looking at the way strategy seen in much e...

The Detriments of Isolation

become even more out of control as there are fewer eyes watching them. A well known study done at Stanford University tested behav...

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

United States (2002). The Department of Defense makes the test materials and associated content available at no cost (Baker, 2002)...

Military Chef: Background and Future

military chefs from "Switzerland, Germany, the U.K., Sweden, and five other countries, all gunning for the title of top military c...

Same-Sex Behavior And Attitudes In Ancient Greece And Rome: Providing Help Dealing With Gays In The Military In Modern America

by public desire. In consequence, new (homosexual) variants of existing myths, and in some cases new (homosexual) myths, were gen...

Cyber Intrusions and the US Military

are not exempt from this unauthorized access and sometimes the results can be deadly. Epstein (2008) reports that battleground co...

THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUALITY

if the doctor has arrived. "Not yet," she responds, with a pleasant smile. "Do...

Changes in Military Operations

been bombarded. In effect, the equipment was more refined, the weapons more powerful with airplanes added to the mix, but it was s...

MODEL RECOMMENDATION LETTER FOR MILITARY AWARD

This 3-page paper provides an example of a letter that would outline the accomplishments of a military person for receipt of a med...

Moral Standing and the Instigation of War

up an age-old question, particularly if the two groups are in another country: should a nation risk its own troops to get in the m...

Computers: The Battlegrounds of the Future

and other highly specialized tasks. Information technology and the computers and global network that bind all three together, in ...

Historical Context of 'The Caine Mutiny'

In 6 pages this paper considers the Communist paranoia of the 1950s as depicted in this film's desire to prosecute Queeg during a ...

Middle Ages' Fighting and Military Strategies

In seven pages this paper discusses the Middle Ages' combat techniques and how they influenced military contests and strategies. ...

Why a Draft Should be Implemented (Policy Argument)

there are many opposed to the concept. Yet, ironically, it is for that very reason why the proposal must be accepted. That is, the...

U.S. Military Life in Afghanistan

foreign troops" in Afghanistan at present (Watson, 2008). This brings into play many regions and lifestyles, but also clearly invo...

The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Articles 91 and 92

who are receiving retirement pay, and retirees from the reserves who are hospitalized (Section 802, 2007). Further jurisdiction is...