With respect to a standing army, I believe there was not a member in the federal convention who did not feel unworthy at such an institution. What remedy then could be provided?-Leave the country defenceless? In order to provide for our defence, and exclude the dangers of a standing army, the general defence is left to those who are the objects of defence. It is left to the militia who will suffer if they become the instruments of tyranny. The general government must have power to call them
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Niger’s own natural resources. To better understand if such an agreement between the U.S. and Niger would even be a viable option; there are a few variables to consider about the country of Niger that include: Niger’s geography, history and politics, military, transport and economy, demographics and religion. Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa and located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan regions. Niger’s area is 1,267,000 square kilometers of which 300 square kilometers
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I'm 30 years old. I think it is so wrong that 19, 20 and 18 year old Soldiers cannot drink, let alone a civilian population that can join the military if they choose to. All I ask for is there to be one real legal adult age, no more double standards. If at 18 you can vote, sign a legal contract, legally get married & procreate, buy long guns, join the military the list goes on and on. But then you
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The importance of bringing all equipment to WLC is based solely on being accountable and as a leader that in tells a lot. If you you are not accountable as a leader, it hurts not only yourself, but the platoon, company or unit as a whole. Being accountable by Army standards, means being dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time, meeting deadlines, being in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing at the right time, IN THE RIGHT UNIFORM. The Army depends and runs on the
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With the announcement of the big news that there is an opening up more combat positions to women in US military, has been discussed very deeply and widely, whether the military high command could keep the cohesiveness that they are maintaining at present. Reasons to the doubts are as follows. Inclusion of females to the US army is not a new measure. However, up to the announcement, certain positions were reserved only for male combatants. These male combatants are specially trained and strongly motivated
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starts. The best way to find out this information is listening to military blogs. If you have the same level of curiosity that many Americans have wondered all the time what is a military blog, who writes them, what are the pro and cons of military blogs? In the passage, “The Blogs of War” John Hockenberry explains these points with firsthand accounts of soldiers in the war in Iraq. In the passage, Hockenberry defines these military bloggers aka milbloggers as would-be poets. Would-be poets offer
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SOC 802-Section01 (Fall 2010) - Issues in War and Peace | Essay Topic # 4: Soldiers, Freedom Fighters, and Terrorists | | | Wais Ghafoori | 11/10/2010 | There are profound differences between the soldiers, freedom fighters, and terrorists; there are no profound differences between them; the whole issue is a matter of the observers’ viewpoint, or interests | Is there a difference between soldiers, freedom fighters, and terrorists? Some may believe there is. Others believe
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1990’s to the present the CF’s commitments have increased dramatically when compared to the previous decade. There have also been major fiscal cutbacks whose effect has been to degrade our military capabilities. This has resulted in what is called a “commitment-capabilities gap” This is the point at which Military commitments exceed our ability to meet them. General
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From the moment I came up with the idea of wanting to join the military, everyone has asked me, why do you want to join the military? Why do you want to risk your life for others? What is it that inspires you to go Infantry? Why don’t you just live a normal life and go to college? I thought that through over and over in my head, till finally I came up with everything, and found an answer to tell everyone. What I want from the military is to not only put my life in danger for the people of the United
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the direction I would like my military career to take. In the words of Colin Powell he describes success as, “the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” I believe that this is a main key of completing EOD School. While I was deciding what MOS to choose before I committed to the Army, my recruiter informed me about the EOD program. I did my research on it and I found out it was one of the most difficult schools to get through in the Military and it provided a high sense of
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