...their society, but also to the general public. Conformity pertinence in the military acts a guide to military sociology by enforcing their obedience to the governments in which they serve and to how their conduct their training and operations in their role of ensuring international security of global territories. Conformity is instilled into soldiers in the advent of their recruitment in the forces and the control of their social relations in the military society. 2.0 Indoctrination Process The indoctrination process involves the inculcation of ideologies and attitudes towards a certain notion to change a person’s behavioral characteristics. In the military context, soldiers are stripped their previous personalities and develop new personalities by internalizing new values. Several techniques are applied during the indoctrination process in relation to the social psychology of human beings. The aftermath of such a process is the attainment of a strong and powerful identity vulnerable to higher authority. The indoctrination process takes place through three significant processes; persuasion, group dynamics and identity development. 2.0.1 Persuasion Extreme persuasion processes are intensely introduced to new comers in the military society. This process...
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...Drones, Ethics, and the Armchair Soldier This is an article by the philosopher John Kaag about how the military is dealing with the changes in today’s environment with military warfare and the affects it has on the ground pilots that are driving drones to eliminate targets and terrorists. 10 years ago the Iraq invasion was a remote control game for the soldiers, very similar to how we use our remote controls for channel surfing on the TV or video games today. Many people use remote controls to play games, shoot animals, and blow up buildings to entertain themselves. The military uses similar remote controls to direct and deliver devastating military assaults against enemies and terrorists. Today the operations of the traditional chain of command is similar to writing directions for robots but without having to think about ethics behind it. Now soldiers do not have to be carrying pounds of gear while fighting and fearing for their lives, instead they do their jobs sitting down, they have something in common with philosophers who do their job sitting down. John quoted, “For the first time in history, soldiers have something in common with philosophers: they can do their jobs sitting down.” This provides the remote control soldier additional time and ability to think about how they will use a drone to eliminate a target. Soldiers today need to work their way through arriving at the logical answer of their orders and decisions while working through existential responsibility...
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...Today’s National Guard Alan Wilder COM/150 15 March 2012 Jennifer Hutchinson Everyone seeks to improve their own way of life and strive to provide for their own future. Through the National Guard one can find those answers that they seek. These improvements either they be educational, trade skills, or just to improve one’s mind and body can be found here. These military intuitions, such as the Army National Guard, could give these things to many and bring out the best in those who wish to reach for those goals in life. Only through these personal sacrifices and sheer dedication can they achieve their own personal goals in life. The National Guard has provided that for all those who wish to explore and challenge themselves in that way. It is a wonderful opportunity for those who make this decision to show their true merit and leadership capabilities. The National Guard has provided this service for many generations and will continue to do so as long as people wish to do so. The benefits of today’s National Guard contribute to improving guardsmen’s everyday...
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...Training Management 809F0023 Developed by: Maneuver COE, DOTD, TDD for Maneuver SLC Last updated on 05 MAR 2010 Slide 1 Reference • Field Manual (FM) 7-0 (Dec 2008) Training for Full Spectrum Operations, establishes the Army’s keystone doctrine for training • Field Manuel (FM) 7-1 Battle Focused Training (RESCINDED 1 JUL 09) Slide 2 The Role of Training SPECTRUM SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT Increasing Violence Stable Peace Unstable Peace General War Insurgency OPERATIONAL THEMES FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS Offense Offense Stability Stability Defense Defense Offense Stability Defense Offense Stability Defense Aim point for Army training and leader development Slide 3 Meeting the Challenges • Challenges: – Where Army forces will operate? – What the mission will be? • Core METLs or CMETLs Slide 4 Change in Mindset • Step one – Cdr to Cdr dialog to discuss: – Training condition & corresponding – – – resources Proportion of efforts (Offense, defense, stability, and civil support) Risk to readiness Training focus to prepare for directed mission Slide 5 Change in Mindset (cont) • Step two - Training briefing during which the senior commander enters into a “contract” with subordinate commanders addressing: – Task to be trained – Training conditions – Risk associated with training – Resource requirements Slide 6 Stability Tasks • Provide essential services and...
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...Annotated Bibliography Bonsor, Kevin. "How the Future Force Warrior Will Work." How Stuff Works. N.p., 18 Aug. 2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. With the development of a bionic uniform for its soldiers, the U.S. Army is planning for a change in the logistics of war with the development of a soldier suit. Chao, Terry. "DVICE." DVICE. N.p., 09 Oct. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. In an effort to provide its Special Operation Forces with enhanced mobility, protection and surveillance abilities, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) challenged researchers to develop a suit that would combine nanotechnology with endurance for the ultimate suit of body armor. Freedberg, Sydney J., Jr. "Breaking Defense." Breaking Defense. N.p., 21 Oct. 2013. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. TALOS has already gotten a lot of attention: 80 companies, 11 universities, and four government-funded laboratories participated in an August planning session. This has lead to the much increased hype about this new project. Hornyak, Tim. "Military Hunts for Real-life Iron Man Armor." CNET News. CBS Interactive, 10 Oct. 2013. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. US Special Operations Command chief William McRaven has been asking industry, academia, and entrepreneurs to collaborate in building the sci-fi like armor. Lynch, Terrence P. "Man Magnifier The Ultimate Paratrooper." Design News 47.8 (1991): 84- 91. Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. The media has created a new hype about the military making...
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...expert and I am a professional”-Soldiers Creed. The military has been working hard over last few decades to trademark our organization as a profession. Many have heard the horror stories of Vietnam Veterans returning home after fulfilling their duty to remain unemployed. I believe that branding the military as a profession adds marketability, value, and purpose for Soldiers. According to the article, ‘The Profession of Arms’, a profession delivers expertise in a certain field. The military provides our clients, the American people, a specialized force tasked with the duty of safeguarding this nation. How does an organization become a profession? The workforce must produce professionals. Soldiers must be subject matter experts in security. The military has revamped its doctrine on training Soldiers. Noncommissioned Officer Education Systems (NCOES) is the new wave of training programs. These programs prepare the Solider with basic Soldiering skills along with a wide variety of high level skill sets to include; leadership skills, critical thinking, and decision making. NCOES provides both online instruction, Structured Self Development (SSD), along with, resident courses offered at military schoolhouses to train the Solider. What does this do for the Human Resources (HR) Noncommissioned Officer (NCO)? Improvement in the...
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...requirement by all military personnel. This enables the soldiers maneuver through their daily endeavors of protecting a nation. The nature of the job on the contrary places soldiers at the risk of injuries some of which may materialize at the most unwarranted moments. The military therefore require a highly mechanized medical service, one that secures quality (Patrick,1998). Quality in the provision of medical services encompasses a number of factors key among which is accuracy in diagnosis, treatment and drug prescription. Additionally, data in the medical spheres require secure and integral storage. Most of the diagnoses especially those associated with terminal recurrent illnesses depend largely on the patient history. All the patient details therefore require a secure database and an appropriate filing mechanism. Initially, all these activities were performed manually or mechanically with the medical system relying on paper back files and manual diagnoses. These had a number of pitfalls given the dynamic nature of military operations. Soldiers keep moving from place to place depending on the security needs of the country and they will always need to have their medical services with them. Mechanical administration becomes cumbersome in such conditions with portage prove difficult. It also becomes difficult to keep a sequential filing system for references (Marion, Ball & Joan, 2004). Technological developments have revolutionized a number of sectors in the economy...
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...West Point; it is a direct violation of the schools highly held honor code. The honor code is a West Point tradition, and has helped mold military leaders with high integrity and strong values. Due to the sheer number of individuals, who were alleged to be involved, and where the scandal was happening, the event garnered national attention. Due to the uproar in the press and across the country, more pressure was placed on General Sidney Berry, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy by bureaucrats and politicians alike. Diagnosis West Point is not your ordinary school setting. It is a breeding ground for training our nation’s best and brightest future military leaders. In the United States Military, it is imperative for soldiers to lead with character, while remaining calm under fire. It seems West Point, at the time of this event, concerned itself more around punishing for crimes than it did developing character. If West Point was truly interested in developing leaders with high character, it would not utterly dismiss individuals for any perceived violation of the honor code. “[E]ach organization is embedded—more or less—in its own tradition, and the core virtues in one tradition will not necessarily be the same in another” (Dufresne & Offstein, 2012, p. 576). The storied traditions of West Point seem to have stymied the institution from keeping up with the times. Theory In the 1990’s, there was a survey...
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...research and development. By doing that, the U.S. will make itself the most superior military force in the world. The most devastating aspect of the battlefield is death. Recent wars have proven this but it seems as time goes by the death toll does as well. There is currently a variety of research and development underway to lower this right now. One of them is called the “Radar Scope”, which gives a soldier the ability to see through walls. DARPA expects the scope to be sent to squads conducting building searches. The device has the capability to sense movements, even breathing, through 12 inches of concrete and 50 feet further into room. This device alone will cut back on deaths with the advantage of knowing where people the door is broke down. An even more advanced version of this device is in the making. It is called the “Visi Building” and it will be able to actually see through many walls to give of location of people as well as objects. Visi Building will improve surveillance by allowing people to drive or fly by to see inside. Even though the Visi Building is years away from use, it is certainly a step in the right direction. Another way to lower the death toll is by incorporating robots into the tasks undergone in the field. The Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System engineered a weapons a platform on a Talon robot. The weapons can be exchanged with the M16, 240, 249, or 50 calibers, or a 6mm rocket launcher. The soldiers will then...
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...are to operate within an ethical code, to make a lifetime commitment to professional development, and to maintain constant evolution to ensure the trust of clients. The Army of the United States meets this criteria, and to be a member of the Army means to commit oneself to a lifetime of learning, developing, and being a servant to the people of the United States. Within a profession, a moral or ethical code can be defined as “unwavering, deeply held values on which to base its Ethic. Those values, when well internalized, are manifested in the character of individual professionals.” The Army is designed to enforce moral and ethical standards among the ranks throughout the entirety of a Soldier’s career. This begins at basic training with the inculcation of the seven Army values, the Soldier’s Creed, and the Warrior’s Ethos. It is reiterated throughout a Soldier’s career through training on morality, equal opportunity, and a wide array of other topics. Furthermore, it is put into practice on a daily basis, and conduct seemingly unbecoming is a punishable offense. Finally, it is put into practice during combat, through the utilization of rules of engagement. These standards absolutely meet the requirements of an ethical code for the Profession of Arms. Professions require a very unique skill set within an expertise. To be in the Profession of Arms, this is absolutely imperative, as a Soldier must be trained in his military occupational specialty as well as in the basics of Soldiering...
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...about one of science fictions classic conspiracy theories, Super Soldiers. When I say Super Soldiers, I mean the kinds that were genetically enhance. I have found that when someone hears “super soldiers’ their minds automatically go to Captain America or Master Chief from the Halo game series. Captain America started as a small lanky soldier that gotten injected with some type of serum that turns him in to the perfect solider. Master Chief taken from his family as a child and was train for eight years before scientist started their genetic testing. Is the military trying to make their own Captain America and Master Chief with a few extra abilities? If so, who is leading the testing and what types of powers are they trying to give to our soldiers? To try to answer these questions I had to start with where did this conspiracy stemmed from. The Beginning of the End by Micheal T. Snyder has led me to the DARPA (the defense advanced research projects agency). Let us have a quick insight into this agency. The DARPA is an agency of the United States Department of Defense that is responsible for the development of new technologies for military use. Established in 1958 their original mission was to prevent technological surprises for example the launch of Sputnik. Over the years, the mission has expanded from preventing surprises to making technological surprises of our own. Could they be talking about super soldiers? Is it possible that this agency is not just working on technology...
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...Cost Cutting in the Military-the Consequences Ripple On http://www.standupamericaus.org/military-news/cost-cutting-in-the-military-the-consequences-ripple-on/ By: Scott W. Winchell and Denise Simon February 7, 2012 Abstract The DoD will reduce military spending by $1.2 trillion within the next decade, and will do so in two parts. The Obama administration proposed a $450 billion cut and because Congress couldn’t agree on a deficit budget by the November Deadline, the Pentagon has to make an additional $500 billion cut. The first round of cuts will include a reduction in force (military and civilian sectors), base realignment, cuts in research, several retirements with in the fleets. Both the Army and the Marine Corps will be reduced by approximately 100,000 troops, these forces will be approximately the sizes they were in 2001. The Air Force and the Navy are going to loose a significant amount of their fleet, however the cuts are not going to affect the increase of un-manned aircraft. Unemployment rate for veterans in December 2011 was at 13.1%, and you will have these troops coming home to no jobs. The government contracted companies are also going to take a hit, and this is not just those companies that provide security. The areas of Tyson’s Corner, Virginia; Bethesda, MD; Fort Meade, Mad; Silicon Valley in California; the route 128 corridor around Boston, MA; and the Research Triangle in North Carolina will all be dramatically effected. These areas house the...
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...PROGRAM (AWCP) ........................................................................................ 6 2.1 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Main Points ................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Company Commander Responsibilities........................................................................................................ 6 2.3.1 General Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 6 2.3.2 When a Soldier Exceeds Both Height/Weight and Body Fat Requirements ......................................... 7 2.3.3 The First 6 Months of the AWCP .......................................................................................................... 7 2.3.4 After the First 6 Months in the AWCP...
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...he Red Badge of Courage: Wilson Quotes Wilson and Henry Fleming are both young soldiers in Stephen Crane's 'The Red Badge of Courage'. Wilson's development parallels Henry's as the two face the enemy together. Their friendship is forged in battle, and both Wilson and Henry are transformed from boys to men. Who Is Wilson? Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, set during the American Civil War, focuses on young men experiencing war for the first time. Wilson is one of the young soldiers serving in the U.S. Army regiment with Henry Fleming, the novel's protagonist or main character. Like Henry, Wilson undergoes a transformation as he encounters the dangers and horrors of war. Before the Battle As the regiment awaits its first encounter...
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...Why was Alexander able to conquer a vast empire in a short period of time? Savaiki Sale Su’a History 3661 Brenden Bliss Aug 28, 2012 There are multiple factors that historians argue about how the expansion of Alexander’s Empire became rapid and effective. Most historians have labeled him “Alexander the Great” because of his ability to conquer a huge empire as well as a military commander that had never lost a battle. Alexander was only 10 when he tamed a fearful horse that captured the eye of his father Phillip who had this to say, “My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambition. Macedon is too small for you.” Alexander would grow up to be one of the world’s most legendary military commanders. His battlefield tactics are widely studied in military schools today. Within 13 years, Alexander conquered most of the known world with an empire that stretched 10,000 miles and encompassed the Mediterranean, most of Europe and touched the borders of India. However, there is still one question that most military commander would want to know, “How did he manage to conquer a huge empire in such a short period of time?” First, he should thank his father Phillip’s innovation and military for setting up the stage for his conquest. Second, Alexander’s early education jump started his character as a leader. Finally, Alexander’s psychological and social strategy helped bolster the rapid conquest. These above factors contribute to the spread of the Empire in a short period of only...
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