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Monika Palabindela POLI 142K Final Exam Paper Prompt #4 Explanation of +6 Variability of Combat Compliance Combat compliance is compliance with commands that entail mortal risk for soldiers on the battlefield. The problem is that there is a variability of compliance that ranges from non-compliance (including mutiny) to compliance and very high compliance (heroic-like) (Magagna Lecture 08/28). This is a special nature because it entails mortal risk to obey a command to attack in collective…

When a person enters the military, what's the first thing that comes to mind?The unique uniform. Growing up when I would see a man in a uniform, I would be able to recognize it to a certain military branch all the way from the Marines to the Navy. To me seeing those men and women in the uniform, it instantly gave them a position of power. To me, I looked at them as if they were already better than me just from the uniform. When I think of whom has the most credibility my mind instantly goes to…

Transformational leadership theory was further developed by Bass in 1985. Bass developed his doctrine of transformational leadership based on the preliminary results obtained in a survey of 198 military officers in The United States, who was required to evaluate their supervisors through the “Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire Form 1” (Bass, Waldman, & Avolio, 1987). Bass's doctrine originated in the Burns empirical investigation (1978), which found that leadership can be understood in terms…

to me,” are common place among lower ranks in the military. The catch to all of these comments is that all of the people making them signed a contract that bound them to following the orders laid out by superiors in their branch as well as the United States Government. Needless to say, the contempt for following directions and listening to orders given by a hierarchy, will never overrule he fact that the orders have to be followed. Now that I have outlined what an order is and the opinions of…

Envision yourself being a soldier in the Civil War. You get shot in the leg and it is absolutely impossible for you to be able to survive without help. In the midst of a battle that rages on, often senseless, a woman works relentless to help the wounded and dying. The woman bends to treat another wounded soldier when a stray bullet passes through her sleeve and slaughters the soldier. The nurse was Clara Barton; a woman who works on, undaunted. For taking these actions, she is a heroic and stout…

the enemy in this series. United States Army studies from the period claim that peer pressure was the key solution to high rates of soldiers failing to shoot to kill the enemy during the early stages of the conflict. Appropriately, the representations of enemy combatants in Why We Fight encourage soldiers to respond to the text as a social group. The dehumanisation of the enemy can also be linked to the group response of wider society. The juxtaposition between United States soldiers and the…

country’s army. Around the world, there are two types of regular armies, the first is the all-volunteer army, and the other is the compulsory army. All-volunteer army or in other word all-volunteer force (AVF) is army standing on the volunteer vigor, the manpower all volunteer to serve in the army; one of the first countries make this idea is united kingdom since 1960, as consequently Australia and New Zealand followed united kingdom in 1972. Furthermore, in 1972 during the Vietnam War United…

I can relate to different reasons why we should not have gone to war. First off, the United States spent around one-hundred and eleven billion dollars during the war. The only reason the United States joined the war was that North Vietnam was only trying to make South Vietnam a communist government that America did not want. Secondly, the number of casualties was 90,000 meaning that half of…

have two choices: Army or College? For many the Army was the only option, for various reasons. Whether escaping a bad situation, didn’t perform well in school, or following in a family member’s footsteps, the Army was a way out, and was often overlooked as being a profession. Most will say in order to have a career/profession you have to attend college, get multiple degrees, and after spending half your life in school, now you can begin your chosen profession. College or the Army or two roads…

resilient army officers who would undertake the unforeseen future warfare. During the world wars, many psychological problems evolved among the soldiers. For example, there were high cases of divorce among the soldiers more than ever before. The increase in the number of psychological problems in the US army influenced the chief of staff to write to the American Psychology Association (APA) about the need to intervene into the matter. This essay discuses mental stressors that are unique to the…