Aside from disease and starvation, heavy gunnery has been the largest cause of wartime casualties. During the Civil War, artillery was used as a weapon of mass destruction and psychological warfare.(Source 1) The sight of the large weapons struck an enemy with fear, the noise of the cannon chilled to the bone, and impact from a projectile was most certainly fatal. The Civil War was a time of innovation in the artillery branch, more so on the Union side than the Confederate. With its more advanced
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protected. Military service men and women throughout the country work and fight hard everyday to help protect and keep us out of harms way. Those men and women who give their life and their time to protect ours should have the chance to be honored for everything that they do for us. Military appreciation is a period for citizens as as well as other service members to display thanks and gratefulness for those who are fighting for our country, and as well as our freedoms. National military appreciation
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Military Police Officers versus Flight Attendants Many career fields have a set standard for dealing with the operations within an organization. Each field has specific requirements that an individual must possess to be qualified to work in each position. Some individuals obtain a degree in order to work as an engineer or teacher. Others may have to attend training that shows them the correct procedures to do the job. The purpose of this assignment is to discuss various aspects of the military police
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activated days after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, with Predators reaching Afghanistan by September 16th 2001, and armed Predators reaching the country on October 7th (Shaw). The large increase of missions and production of the unmanned military planes being used in the Middle East has caused UAVs to be under a large amount of media scrutiny and for good reason. There are lots of reasons why people want drones to be heavily controlled if not all together removed. Starting off with people
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Lycurgas could have created these reforms with the motives of giving the young boys a strict life style to live by so that they could become great men for military purposes. One line in the story of the reforms talks about how they encouraged the boys to steal food, and if they were caught stealing food they were starved and severely punished by the elder Spartans. This reform to me shows that not only did these reforms encourage the young boys to be strong militants but they wanted to show them
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those individuals are currently serving in the military. In 1916 the Articles of War made homosexual conduct a military crime. Thus, the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. "Don't ask, don't tell" was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration. Homosexuals were not allowed to speak about their sexuality in service and higher ups were forbidden to ask. “While senior military leaders say the change has had no impact on readiness
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D-13 Leave and Pass: The 201st Regiment (MF) RTI leave/pass program is designed to allow all AGR/ADOS Soldiers to use their authorized leave and pass program to the maximum extent possible within the constraints of operational military requirements. a. Battalion Commanders/ NCOA Commandant will make every attempt to place command emphasis on granting leave or pass after prolonged periods of training (such as after BLCs and MOS-T Courses (11B/31B). b. Where it has seemed evident that leave
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Imagine you’re in a battlefield during a war and all of the sudden you see at least 60, 14-6 year old kids charging at you with guns. Do you shoot them or give them amnesty? Child soldiers should be given amnesty because it traumatizes their lives, they’re just kids, and they need a positive environment instead of punishment. While some might argue-no they shouldn’t be given amnesty, they forget that in the text it says that they were beat, drugged, and manipulated into joining the war. Child soldiers
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The Marine Corps’ command philosophy of mission command and maneuver warfare are rested in several tenants one of which being the single-battle concept. The foundational constructs and very nature of the MAGTF ranging from task organization, capabilities, assets, and employment models across the spectrums of warfare, warfighting functions, and domains characterize and achieve this concept of single-battle. This inter-connectivity of assets and capabilities all couched within a Commander’s Design
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In today’s Army we as Soldiers are professionals. We sacrifice blood, sweat and our lives to protect the freedom of the United States of America. This is conducted by Professional Development, institutional Training and Organizational training. The Army’s professional development establishes an organizational framework to develop the next generation of competent and committed NCO’s. It remains a key component of leader development as the focus is directed on the professionalism of leaders
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