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British Airways Flight 5390 Accident The aviation accident that will be discussed in this paper is the British Airways Flight 5390. The accident happened on June 10, 1990 during the plane’s flight from Birmingham airport to Malaga, Spain. The plane took off at 7:20 am local time at the Birmingham airport with 81 passengers, four cabin crews and two flight crews. The plane was captained by Tim Lancaster, an experienced pilot with 11,050 flight hours, and co-piloted by Alastair Achison, also an…

The Hurt Locker is a movie that follows an elite explosive ordinance disposal team (EOD) in Iraq. Sergeant James arrives as the new team leader of the EOD after Sergeant Thompson was killed on a mission by an IED. The other members of the team include Sergeant Sanborn and Specialist Eldridge. There are several traumatic events throughout their time in Iraq. To begin, Sergeant James becomes acquainted with an Iraqi child throughout the film. On one mission the team needed to search a building…

The Raid on Entebbe In his article, “We thought this would be the end of us': the raid on Entebbe, 40 years on”, Jonathan Freedland stated this quote from an unknown Israeli special forces operative “Lie down, don’t get up. The army is here, the army is here”, during an active hostage rescue mission. When Air France Flight 139 took off from Tel Aviv bound for Paris, no one on board could foresee the flight being hijacked. As the plane stopped in Athens for fuel, 4 terrorists boarded. Eventually…

John Gotti On December 16, 1985, as John Gotti looked on, Paul Castillano and Thomas Bilotti boss and underboss of the Gambino crime family in New York, were ambushed and shot dead by assassins under John Gotti’s command. Nearly all of the family’s capos (chiefs) knew Gotti had been the one behind the hit, and at a meeting of twenty capos on January 15, 1986, Gotti was formally acclaimed the new boss of the Gambino family. At the time of Gotti’s takeover, the Gambino family, with an annual…

Remember History Repeats: Whitewashing of American history. If students of the United States learned what actually happened in our history, we would be one of two things: terrified or open minded and know about whitewashing. Whitewashing is defined as the cover up of crimes, vice, or scandals to perfunctory investigation. The students deserve to know what really happened years ago. How come we don’t get to learn about the $5 Indians? How come history books don’t really say how bad slaves…

The entire world was impacted with the Islamic civilization. Areas of commerce, technology, medicine, navigation, astronomy, and other scientific areas were touched by the hand of new discoveries brought forth by the learning centers of the Islamic world. The Islamic caliphates had an economy that was flourishing due to the established trade routes. The procession of people trading through the region also spawned the development of technologies, ideas, and spread the religion of Islam across…

On September 11, 2001 there were terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, in a field in Pennsylvania, and The Pentagon. A lot of people remember this day because of the emotional toll it took on everyone. “...For those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we’ll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.” This quote is from President George W. Bush. The quote tells you that even though this was a terrible day that…

In the morning Raven comes in search of Tilo. There is a huge earthquake which destroys almost the entire Oakland and even her spice shop collapses. He finds her lying down unconscious, when her power goes away from her body, her body changes and she becomes a normal woman. Raven still loves her and takes her in his hand and moves out to his car. They leave the place and go in search of his earthly paradise. But Tilo after going a little distance stops the car and looks at Oakland which is on…

Narrative Fidelity The concept of fact pertains to the values or main message embedded. In her speech, Nocum urges the youth to have understanding and empathy towards people whose religion is different from theirs. It is necessary to be open-minded and aware to the root causes of conflict so she said that even if one’s individual country’s response to terrorism is war, the responsibility then of the youth is to wage peace. The concept of relevance tells whether the values embedded are…

Argumentative Essay The Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program: The Dark Side of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Comment by .: Did you mean to add the word “program” at the end here? 1LT Sarov Team 3 LOG-C3 Class 18-002 11 January 2018 In October 2009, the U.S. Army officially launched the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program (CSF). The mission was to build a resilient fighting force by increasing the physical and psychological performance of our Soldiers, family…