Chief of Naval Operations

Chief Master Sergeant Wendell J. Snider is the third Commandant of the Sheppard Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Falling under the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, he provides schoolhouse vision and ensures the most professional in-resident Intermediate Leadership Experience training for over 900 total force enlisted members. Additionally, he oversees a faculty of 21 Airmen in validating and delivering 25 academic days of education for the Air…

The commanding officer and command master chief are responsible and accountable for the morale, health, welfare, safety, utilization, and training of all personnel within a naval organization. Serving in a capacity as the command master chief (essentially a human resource executive), I assist the commanding officer (similar to a chief executive officer) in leading and managing an organic organization within the navy called Air and Test Evaluation Squadron One. The squadron has a mission to…

INCREASE JOINT/COALITION OPERATIONS? 1. The United States military has changed over the past decade. The adaptation of the United States military fighting arm has grown to deal with the increase of non-conventional enemies as well as its complex environment. This paper focuses on the pro-con plus one approach that supports the increase of joint/coalition operations. Covered are three main points: positive effects, disadvantages and the advantages of joint/coalition operations. 2. Today the…

Operation Watchtower provides an exceptional reference to illustrate American commanders’ application of operational art in the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) during World War II. This paper analyzes the roles of Admiral Earnest J. King and Major General Alexander Vandegrift as operational artists during planning and execution of Operation Watchtower. Their understanding of the link among lines of operation, decisive points, operational reach, culmination, and risk directly contributed to…

GEN Eisenhower excelled as a staff officer and mobilizing troops which is why GEN Marshall accelerated promotions and assigned him to lead offensive operations in the European theatre. Critical thinking became a critical skill that GEN Eisenhower used to his advantage when making difficult decisions. GEN Eisenhower faced many strategic decisions while commanding Allied Forces in North Africa and as the Commander of Supreme Allied Command in Europe. The ‘Darlan Deal’ in North Africa and the…

of the Punic Wars could not be ignored. It was during the first Punic War that Rome gained its powers as a naval fleet, which led them on to conquer all and win victories in all three of the Wars. However, Rome’s navy was not always part of their strong-suit; it was their army that gave them their military status. But if they wanted to take down Carthage, who owned one of the best naval fleets of their time, Rome was going to have to take them on by both land and sea. When Rome made it over…

The Battle of Midway: Lessons Learned In the months following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan, the United States found itself embroiled in conflict in two theaters of war; in Europe, North Africa, and the Atlantic as well as in the Pacific. Through the preceding years, the United States cautiously escalated its support for the Allied countries in the European theater with Anglo-American partnership programs such as the Lend-Lease Act and Destroyers…

Due to both his judgments of the state of the United States and confidence in his own fleet, Admiral Yamamoto created Operation MI, which was an extremely complex plan involving the entire Combined fleet and requiring perfect timing and execution along with the accuracy of various assumptions. Operation MI was approved by the NGS Chief Admiral Osami Nagano only after threats of Yamamoto’s resignation. The plan was set to work if America acted exactly as Japan expected, shown…

succeed to annihilate the German main fleet. After the War, the dispute about the cause to the unsuccessful result of the battle grew up and lead to the so-called Jutland Controversy in 1920s. In the controversy, John Rushworth Jellicoe, commander-in-chief of the British main fleet at the battle, was naturally a focus and his command at the battle was criticised. This paper examines the relation of Jellicoe to the controversy. Jellicoe was very cautious in his command and did not put his…

The government used Northwoods to advance and create new political agendas, the operation generalizes fake terrorists attacks against their own people that the government serves to get the public support they need in order to receive the money that is required to prepare the military for war , the U.S wants war with other countries across the globe to make their political advances, economic advances and to make their government more efficient and to gain the confidence and respect they want from…