Oliver Stone’s USA Wesley Kostovetsky 3070 Spring The History Behind Oliver Stone’s Success Oliver Stone is called by many a historian. Some call him a cinematic historian. Others call him a type of public historian. Oliver Stone likes to refer to himself strictly as a dramatist and in some cases a docu-dramatist. Whatever title chosen there is no doubt he has a made a huge impact through his films; though some may argue in a negative way. Oliver Stone has written and/or directed films
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Leads platoon of 16-44 Soldiers. First Lieutenant- seasoned lieutenant with 18-24 months in. Often company executive officer of 110-140 personnel. Captain- Command and control of a company-sized units (62 to 190 Soldiers), or assigned as battalion staff officer
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caring. My first platoon Sargent was a complete hard ass, if you messed up one thing, or missed one minute detail he would be all over your ass. At the time I thought he was just being a hard ass, but it was not until I got my butt chewed for doing something right by my company commander that I realized that my platoon Sargent actually cared for me. He went into the company commander’s office and explained the situation and the issue was resolved. After that incident he sat our platoon down and explained
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TF Smith was composed of 2 Rifle Companies, one half of an HHC, one half of a Communication Platoon, and one Recoilless Rifle Platoon. The combined equipment from TF Smith and the 52nd FA was; 2 75mm recoilless rifles, 2 4.2-inch mortars, 4 60mm mortars, 6 105mm howitzers and 73 light vehicles. Although the howitzers had 1200 rounds of ammunition, only 6 rounds
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are considered “positions” 3. Cause and effect beliefs-cause and effects belief are cognitions linking specific alternatives to specific criteria. These are often referred to as models, theories, assumptions, beliefs, or alternative attributes. Platoon Hierarchy is needed to understand how certain decisions ca affect many areas and how critical thinking is needed and used by all involved in the military. An Army leader is any one who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires
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immediately to prevent their use against us in the upcoming offensive action. He argues that military necessity urgently requires this destruction and probable civilian casualties cannot be our concern. The commander issues an order to your assign platoon to proceed with the destruction of the chemical and biological weapons. 1. As a senior squad leader how would you respond to this? 2. What would be your course of action? 1. You are the unit’s NBC NCO and discover through intelligence
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that have seen harsh combat. The other roles that NCO’s played in the Korean War is that there was not allot of officers at that time and when platoon commanders either died or got mortally wounded and could not return to the fight the most senior sergeant would then take control of the platoon. The positive side of a Marine sergeant taking charge of a platoon is the fact that the Marines he had under his
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in others of his rank and stature o maintains a fierce and steadfast belief in assigned mission o enjoys challenges no matter how difficult o never hesitates to voice an honest opinion o staunch believer of team building within his platoon o totally dedicated to the Army o professional soldier 24 hours a day o has the moral courage to state his
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creek bed Colonel Moore was informed that one of his platoons had been separated from the battalion. The leader of the cut off platoon Captain Herrick, he had a vital decision whether to attempt to rendezvous with the rest of the battalion or Attempt to hold off the on coming SVA soldiers. After being overwhelmed with SVA soldiers Captain Herrick realized he and his men would be spending the night alone in the bush. While Herrick’s platoon remained cut off the rest of the battalion fought to
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This is a summary of the article The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders by Daniel Goleman in Leader to Leader. Goleman’s main point was to establish that the best leaders posses a skill that is learned, a skill called emotional intelligence. All leaders have credentials that make them good. Intellectually gifted leaders posses many innate abilities such as ambition, perseverance, and commitment. However, Goleman makes a case that better leaders often posses other abilities that make them more
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