is a Disney movie set in Medieval China, at the time of a Hun attack. Mulan, voiced by Ming-Na Wen, defies the law by dressing as a boy and joining the defending army in place of her ailing father. After proving herself as her alias, ‘Ping’, she is unmasked as a woman and has to prove herself again. She ends up defeating the Hun army, led by Shan-Yu, saving all of China, and honoring her family in an nontraditional way. Definitely worth the 70 million dollars spent producing it, this Disney…
August 20th 1986 AR 600-20 (Command Policy) was implemented into the Army Regulations. It wasn’t until March 18th 2008 when chapter 4 (Military Discipline and Conduct) par 4-14 was revised and implemented regarding “Relationships between Soldiers of different grade”. The AR strictly states “Soldiers of different grades must be cognizant that their interactions do not create an actual or clearly predictable perception of undue familiarity between an officer and an enlisted Soldier, or between an…
the Marines, Army, and the Navy. Semper Fidelis is the United States Marine Corp’s motto and is Latin for always faithful or loyal and it is instilled into the recruits from the time that they enlist. The Marines are the amphibious branch of the United States Military which means that they work both in the water and on land. Marine training starts with twelve weeks of basic training split into three phases.…
as Chua states, “…Donate it [Lulu’s dollhouse] to the Salvation Army piece by piece…” (221), to give incentive to get a chore done. My father did this to me once. On a family trip over the summer he told me that if I didn't eat breakfast one morning that he wouldn't let me eat the rest of the day. I didn't believe that he would actually go through with it, but he did. Discipline can also be done in other ways. I believe discipline can be instilled by learning from previous mistakes. If I were to…
and 600 B.C. the lives of the Spartans were very organized and tightly controlled. Males spent their childhood learning military discipline. They then later enrolled in the army for military service at age twenty. The males continued to live in the military barracks until age thirty and then they could get married. All of the soldiers meals were eaten in public dining halls with other fellow soldiers…
brigadier general in 1794, when he was only twenty-five.” The following year he save the National Convention form Parisian mob, for which he was promoted to major general. He already had control of French army. Opportunities for Napoleon started coming when he was made commander of the French army in Italy. “ There he turned a group of ill-disciplined soldiers into an effective fighting force.” Furthermore, “Throughout his campaign in italian, Napoleon won confidence and support of his soldiers…
victories over the many Roman armies. Hannibal was able to create tactics that were unheard of during his time that could not be matched by any other army. He was constantly victorious in his many battles because of his smarts and advancement. Even when he was outnumbered and outgunned, he still managed to pull off a victory. During the battle of Cannae, Hannibal used tactics that ensured his win. The Romans believed that hannibal had no chance because the Roman army was many times the size of…
In 1971, as US involvement in the Vietnam War wound down, the Soldiers on a small fire support base (FSB) named Mary Ann had to fight for their lives during one of the Vietcong’s most audacious attacks. Analyzed below are specific aspects of mission command and their utilization by the leaders of the 1-46th Infantry Battalion. There were success and failures by leaders at all echelons. The United States’ slight victory in the defense of FSB Mary Ann was the result of tenacious fighting on behalf…
The Mongols used skills such as their mobility of horseback, their skills with the bow and arrow, and their huge army that was strategically structured, and Chinese technology to give them a better chance in land battles where as the Europeans used their naval technology to gain an advantage over the sea, and saw the bigger picture of controlling the sea could mean…
holding the team accountable for an intense scene of discipline. First, developing a great football team relies on powerful leadership. Without strong…