such as Colonel Aaron Bank, a former OSS operative, and Colonel Wendell Fertig and Lieutenant Colonel Russell Volckmann, both of whom fought as guerrillas in the Philippines, used their wartime experience to formulate the doctrine of unconventional warfare that became the cornerstone of SF. By 1958, the basic operational unit of SF had evolved into a 12-man team known as the SF Operation Detachment Alpha (ODA).
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WW1 Project Dear Diary, I miss home. Today seems to be worse than the other days. I had a dream last night that I was sitting on the back porch and mum called me in for Sunday Roast. Oh, I can’t wait to go home and see my family and friends. (And mums cooking of course) The weather has been exceedingly bad lately. Between snow and rain and freezing temperatures the trenches are full of mud and slush which makes it difficult to get around. They have placed planks of wood on the ground. It does
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Essay - ”Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada” Friendships are very important to have in life. You need a friend to rely on when the going gets tough. When somethings are bothering you it often helps to talk about it. In the short story “Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada” published in 1996, we meet Gary who is deeply affected by his memories from the Vietnam War. He stay closed up almost the entire story but he learns that there are ways to cope with this pain he
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At dawn on August 19th, 1942, “six thousand and one hundred Allied soldiers, of whom roughly five thousand were Canadians”, landed at the French port of Dieppe in their first major test of the defense of the German-held coastline (Government). A combination of inadequate planning, insufficient fire support, and lack of communication, through air, naval, and land made for a very poor attack, and one of Canada’s worst defeats in World War Two. First of all, the Battle of Dieppe was poorly planned
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According to the Ebola Response Roadmap (2014), their objective is to halt the spread of Ebola within 6 to 9 months; ultimately preventing the Ebola virus from being spread internationally. Due the rapid transmission rate of Ebola in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, WHO launched an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan on July 31, 2014. It has been reported that over 3,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Virus and 1,400 people have died; many of them being volunteer healthcare workers
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Bioterrorism in the United States of America Bioterrorism in the United States of America Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States has made great strides in emergency response preparedness for terrorist attacks, however, one area that is still lacking is preparedness for a widespread biological terrorist attack. The threat of a bioterrorist attack in the United States is a very real and potentially convenient method of attack for numerous terrorist organizations. An attack
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The Cold War was a conflict wherein two very powerful nations threatened each other with nuclear weapons. The war got its name from American journalists in 1948 to describe the tension relationship of The United States and the Soviet Union. They were allies who became enemies. They had differences, miscommunications, and conflicts for more than forty years. The Cold War includes many events like the development of the hydrogen bomb, production of nuclear weapons, and many more nuclear developments
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The Battle of Polygon Wood was a joint military operation during the First World War between seven divisions of the British and Australian allied forces, collectively. The battle was part of a greater military operation during the third Battle of Ypres (later known as the Battle of Passchendaele). The battle was lead by the 4th and 5th divisions of the Australian army and its objective was to advance over one-thousand metres to seize a major portion of the German defensive line and to secure the
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BIOSECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT ONE PROF. EDWARDS INSTRUCTIONS: Please answer the following in a complete, yet concise, manner using APA format for your citations and references. Single or double-spacing for your four or less page response (excluding references) may be used. A traditional font (e.g. Calibri, Arial, or Times Roman) in an 10 or 11 font size is preferred. Remember to clearly delineate quotations and paraphrasing through the use of quotation marks or other
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In the novella Animal Farm, George Orwell explores the augmentative nature of power and its susceptibility to corruption through his fable allegory of the Russian Revolution. Orwell exposes his audience to the inevitable escalation of power, especially in socialist societies where the motives of individuals are tainted with a lust for power. Through the symbolic character of the pigs, in particular Napoleon who symbolizes Joseph Stalin, power is initially seized through the corruption of food rations
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