Chief of Naval Operations

I. Introduction After Parliament failed to grant him Tonnage and Poundage for life, King Charles I of England imposed a levy first against coastal counties, then later against inland counties in order to provide England with warships. Although this tax had been previously imposed by other rulers, it had only been levied against coastal counties and never during a time of peace. Many of the King’s subjects opposed the tax; however, John Hampden, a member of Parliament, not only refused to pay the…

aspect of the Indian military was the RNI, or the Royal Indian Navy. In the Second World War, they saw action around the globe including the Red Sea, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, the Bay of Bengal and the Mediterranean, as well as in combined operations off the coasts of Sicily and Burma. In 1939, the RNI had only eight warships. But by 1945, it had 117 combat personnel over 30,000 personnel. Another important part of the Indian Military was the IAF, the Indian air force. They formed in 1933,…

British rule or gain independence. The first artillery fire was in Boston, but fear and mistrust were spreading throughout all thirteen colonies. After the continental army defeated the Regulars at Boston, Britain’s commanders needed a new base of operations. New York seemed to be that location. It had a harbor, was easy to defend, and Long Island could provide supplies should they be cut off from Britain. Long Island was filled with Loyalists, or…

From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day by D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells, Published January 1, 1995 Ivan R. Dee Publisher. 216 pages. The second world war was histories largest war in numbers of nations and soldiers, allotting to over sixty million total deaths and over four hundred thousand American Deaths. In the novel From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day, D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells tell the story of how America got pulled into World War II, the conflicts that America faced during World War…

Crime is all a matter of perspective. To many people, crime is a distant idea for them, but it is always present in the world. It is something unacceptable that is looked down upon and is punishable by law. But to others, crime is the only option they are compelled to. The government has seemingly given up on them and they have nowhere else to go to acquire food in their stomachs and maybe a little bit of protection. Some commit crimes to feel alive, to feel that feeling of adventure and danger.…

Not many people in this country would sign up for a job where you can get killed any given day, where you can be shipped to any given place in the world at any time, or where they are forced to create a will at the age of 18 or 19. Many young men across this country sign up for a minimum of a 4 year contract to join the United States military. In my opinion they are the bravest people in the country and rightfully so. They have to leave their loved ones to protect us from all enemies foreign and…

The Cold War was a time of extremely high tensions primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union, with the involvement of their respective allies. This time of heightened tension in history was very long and lasted from 1947 until 1991. At this time the United States and its allies wanted to stop the spread of communism while the Soviet Union and the other members of the Warsaw Pact wanted to spread it. During this time the threat of nuclear weapons weighed over all the countries…

MARCOS is a naval special operations group that was created to conduct such missions as amphibious warfare to direct action. The Indian Air force has just fewer than 130,000 service members. As far as aircraft, the air force has many different and modern platforms. These platforms range from mult-role fighters such as mig-29 's and Su-30MKIs, to unmanned aerial vehicles like the IAI Searcher II. In 2009, the Indian Air Force created the Garud Commando Force. This would be a special operations…

The Cold War began not too long after World War II in 1945. It was a long period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union(USSR). During World War II U.S and Soviet Union were allies. But after the war each nation had different visons of the postwar world. The U.S remained deliciated to free market and democracy, while the USSR embraced private property and celebrated concentrated state authority. This caused the U.S to fear that Stalin, Soviet leader was going to want to be a…

In modern military history two events have become iconic in their status in the American society. These events are the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the attacks against America on September 11, 2001 (9/11). On December 7, 1941, the American naval base Pearl Harbor was attacked by forces of the Empire of Japan. On 9/11 the World Trade Center was attacked by militant Islamic men. These men hijacked two planes and…