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Beowulf In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geats comes to help Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being attacked by a monster, Grendel. Beowulf is successful and kills Grendel. To show his bravery and abilities, he even kills Grendel without using weapons. However,Hrothgar is still in trouble, because Grendel's mother is now trying to get revenge. As the poem continues, Beowulf kills Grendel's mother in her lair with a sword that giants used. After the victory, Beowulf returns…

In simplistic terms we can all understand what sustainment is. Giving a generic definition of providing necessary supplies to continue operations for an extended duration of time, is fairly simple. According to ADP 4-0 which is the Army's doctrine for sustainment operations; "sustainment is the provision of logistics, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion." Sustainment has always been the achilles tendon of continued…

stem of similar designs to HK's. Gunships or attack helicopters would be changed as well with the addition of the AH-64 or the Apache in 1984.9 The Cobra was a smaller more nimble gunships but lacked the power to carry large munitions thus, the Apache was born. The Apache was much more technologically advanced than the Cobra. Many weapons would be tethered with the console of the Apache with multiple guidance systems and different cameras, such as thermal to see enemies. The M1 Abrams tank was…

currently has 13,320 planes in active service, and three hundred seventy Boeing 787’s in the air as well. Boeing also produces famous military jets and aircraft, used in defense of the United States. Some famous defense aircraft include the AH-64 Apache and AH-6 Light Attack Helicopter. These aircraft are used my multiple military branches, but especially by the Army. Finally, Boeing has produced the current aircraft that are the official planes carrying the President, which are known as Air…

Accomplish the Mission with the Principles of Mission Command Trellis K. Littlejohn SLC 25B Class 005-18 Abstract Coalition Joint Task Force (CJTF) Commander MG Franklin Hagenbeck was faced with a difficult task of rooting enemy forces out of Shahikot Valley. This was a task originally to be completed using ground forces and minimal air support. MG Hagenbeck also was challenged with being the head of an operation but not having Command authority over unit slated to support. With him only…

Leadership and Logistics: Sustaining the Battle Leadership and Logistics: Sustaining the Battle Michael Miles Excelsior College Leadership and Logistics: Sustaining the Battle One of my initial experiences in the Army was deploying to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm. During that deployment, I was assigned to the 7th Transportation Group, 24th Transportation Battalion, who was responsible for off loading the merchant marine ships and transportation…

Mission Statement A Mission statement as defined by Google dictionary it is: a formal summary of the aims and values of a company, organization, or individual. Their Mission statement is the following: “Facilitate the partnership of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers and The Boeing Company in order to provide innovative solutions that improve the Health and Safety, Quality, Productivity and Employee Development in the workplace.” (Iam-Boeing.com) Boeing is…

All of Andrew’s family except Tim lives in the Phoenix area. They speak with each other when there are big updates to be given. Today, he reports that they all have a good relationship. Andrew says he is okay with the infrequent communication because he knows they do not have any issues in between them. He sees his sister frequently, often when they get together with their parents. They recently went on a two-week family vacation to visit his brother and his family in Arkansas. Andrew says he…

During the years of past wars, women were seen by men to stay home and take care of things while they were away. Women did not have many rights, if any at all, in joining military combat roles or the military in general. When World War two came around they soon realized that women could help in the war. While the women worked in gun, bullet making factories more and more men were able to be sent into battle. Later, after the war the Carters Decree opened up ten percent of the military combat…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…