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  • American Aid To South Vietnam
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    The War in Vietnam Direct U.S. military participation in The Vietnam War, the nation's longest, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. During the decade of Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U. S Treasury spent over $140 billion on the war, enough money to fund urban renewal projects in every major American city. Despite these enormous costs and their accompanying public and private trauma for the American people, the United S...
  • Order And Setting General Mitchell
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    General William "Billy" Mitchell of the U.S. Army - Air Corp was a forward thinking officer who saw a need for the military to create an Air Force as a separate branch within the military structure. General Mitchell could foresee that technological advances would make air warfare an integral part of combat power in future operations. The military, however, did not agree with his assessment. The of the military put limitations on his abilities to prove his ideas. They did this by not providing pr...
  • Use Of Military Force In Order
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    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights cam into existence on December 10, 1948 when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicise the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries ...
  • Special Operations Forces Unit
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    Afghanistan Troops: About 1,000 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division and various Special Forces units. Location: Kandahar International Airport, Bagram Air Base and Mazar-i Sharif. Special Forces units operate across the country. Equipment: The U.S. also has two carrier battle groups in the Arabian Sea. The carriers are the USS John C. Stennis and USS Theodore Roosevelt. B-1 and B-52 bombers also are still available at the joint U.S. -British air ba...
  • Large Military Force And Bosnia
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    Keeping a Large American Military Force in Bosnia Bosnia, the former communist country of Yugoslavia, is having a civil war since 1991. Three factions are fighting for control. They are the Serbs, Croats and the Muslims. All three factions are fighting and killing each other along with killing innocent civilians. To keep the three factions from doing their harm, the United Nations has sent in thousands of troops from across Europe. For almost a year the United States has had about twenty thousan...
  • Impact Readiness Female Pregnancy Within The Military
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    As the United States military moves towards a more bi-gender dependant force, it will be necessary for leaders and managers to combat the growing increasing of junior enlisted pregnancies. Through leadership skills, communication, and understanding the causes of the problems, leaders will be able to lower the rate of pregnancy, henceforth, increasing fleet readiness. To even consider any type of resolution or solution to the problem of pregnancy amongst junior enlisted members, we must first ana...
  • Military And Use Women For Prostitution
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    Militarized Women On any given Friday or Saturday night, Korean women prostitutes hang out outside club doors soliciting GIs. Korean women stroll up and down Hooker Hill, approaching young GIs and asking them, Lady After asking the women how much and how old, they follow the Korean girls up the hill and down an alley. While interviewing a GI friend stationed in Os an, Korea, this is an excerpt of his short story about military prostitution in Korea. This not only happens in Korea, but all over t...
  • Basic Training And The Military Life
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    English Composition / Illustration Final Draft Service Before Self The day I finally signed up to join the military I knew I was taking a risk in my life. I believe it is important to take risks in life to move into bigger and better things. My first huge decision I made in my life was to join the United States Air Force. My uncle was the main person who put the idea in my head but my dad and my friends thought otherwise. My parents were divorced when I was young and I didn't have the privilege ...
  • 13 Million Military And 7 Million Civilian
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    1- The Axis The Second World War had three major axis powers. They were Germany, Italy, and Japan. The Axis were the countries that had expansionist plans. Only Japan was not a fascist regime in the Axis. Adolph Hitler, the German Nazi leader, was the one who called upon the creation of an Axis in 1936. Italy and Japan accepted Hitler's offer. Japan recognized the leadership of Germany and Italy in establishment of a new order in Europe. Furthermore, Germany and Italy respected Japan's leadershi...
  • Cultural Dimensions Of Conflicts
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    During the 1990's there were a number of competing conceptual frameworks used in efforts to understand new modes of global conflict. Two of the most important conceptualizations of conflicts were the 'clash of civilizations' model most clearly articulated by Samuel Huntington and cultural polarity models made popular by best-selling books by Benjamin Barber and Thomas Friedman. Their book titles clearly present the defined lines of conflict: Jihad vs. McWorld and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. In...
  • Invading North Koreans To Surrender
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    Douglas MacArthur was a US soldier, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. The son of a Union army hero during the Civil War (they are the only father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor) and a mother ambitious for his success, he trained at West Point (1903), rose steadily in the army, and demonstrated his bravado on a secret mission to Mexico (1914). In World War 1 he commanded a brigade in combat in France (1918), where he earned a reputation for bravery (wounded three times) as well...
  • Conventional Military Forces
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    Realist thought on international relations fit comfortably within the context of the great wars of the twentieth century. Powerful nations possessing massive military forces took aim at one another to affect the hierarchical structure of the international system for the good of their own security and power. These wars, however, differ greatly from today's unconventional war on terrorism. Therefore, the realist theories of yesterday, while still useful, require at least some tweaking to fit the p...
  • The Majority Of America Feeling The Need
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    Dear Mr. President, As a proud American and veteran of our great armed forces, I strongly advocate that you initiate a new policy regarding the maintenance and strategic welfare of our nations forces. The current conditions of our military are not in sync with the needs of the 21st century challenges and objectives. There is numerous issues that need to be addressed such as: new weapon development, increase in pay, consolidation of various programs, review of oversea deployment policy and so for...
  • Charges Against Lt Flinn
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    Adultery Debated Issue In Military In 1995 Lieutenant Kelly Flinn became the United States' first female B-52 Bomber pilot. One year later Lt. Flinn began a relationship with a man who was legally separated from his wife with a divorce pending. Eventually Lt. Flinn fell in love with the man and the Air Force charged her with adultery. The charges against Lt. Flinn left her facing dismissal from the military and the possibility of serving up to nine-and-a-half years in prison. In military trials ...
  • Darfur As A Genocide
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    Opinion 1: Lead the World in the Fight to Stop Genocide Military: According to the Genocide Convention signed and put into effect by the U. N December 9.1948. Anyone committing genocide, whether constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials, or private individuals will be punished. Genocide is defined as the killing of members in a group, causing serious bodily or mental harm, imposing measures intended to prevent birth, or forcibly transferring children of that group to another group. T...
  • Today's National Military Strategy
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    Strategic Mobility... the Key to Enhancing U.S. Security Our nation can never again isolate itself from global developments. Increasing global interdependence coupled with our worldwide security interests force us to keep our finger on the pulse of activities around the globe. Today, the United States faces no immediate threat to national survival, but military force remains an indispensable instrument of our national power. As they have in years past, our National Command Authorities will conti...
  • Monopoly On Many Advanced Military Technologies
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    U.S. Military Power: Today and Tomorrow March 23, 2003 U.S. Military Power: Today and Tomorrow Over 100 years ago, those involved in the nation's national security wrestled with many of the same issues that we face today, says General Richard B. Myers (2002). "Then and now, regional powers can threaten the nation's interest in distant conflict. Then, as now, internal strife from religious hatreds, ethnic rivalry, tribal conflicts, can and often does, lead to bloodletting. And then and now, the U...
  • Jobs In The Military
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    "As long as there have been wars, there have been women soldiers" (Skein, 1999). Taking this into consideration, it's almost absurd that there is debate today over whether or not women are fit to serve in the armed forces. Even as the nature of war is changing, the views about women in the military are hard pressed to catch up. To do this we must first, dispel the myths about women in the military. The view that women should be protected because they are frail and dainty is still widely held tod...
  • Military Force In The Persian Gulf
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    Throughout American history wars have played a huge part. From the start of the country to the present wars have played a large part in shaping America into the national power that it is today. Not only is America the most powerful nation in the world but it is also the policeman for the entire world, making and checking up on the world and all the interactions of foreign countries worldwide. Being born in born in the early eighties prohibited me from experiencing many of the Americas war firsth...
  • Enlist In The Military
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    America's Military For decades, America's Military Essay, Research Paper For decades, America's military, and it's citizens, have been grappling with a very important decision: should women be allowed to serve in combat? This issue has been in the media since I was in elementary school, and so far there is no end in sight. Although there are many advocator's for allowing women to fight in the military conflicts, such as liberal feminists and equal rights activists, there is a great number of peo...

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