Civil-military relations

and how the United States military should be the powerful in the world U.S. defense budget is $612 billion and despite spending cuts, this is more money spent on defense than the next ten highest spending countries combined. (Business Insider) The United States has the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. These US Armed Forces have 298 military bases in the United States and other 900 bases are in 130 countries overseas. (Political Fact and Military Bases.co) The United…

screen out persons likely to become disciplinary problems. Standards cover court convictions, juvenile delinquency, arrests, (UNORIG) drug use deviant behavior, etc.” There is a program for people who are newly joining for men and women who have no military experience. All people trying to join must pass the Armed Services Vocational Battery (ASVAB) test. All applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.” Once an individual is done with all enlistment procedures have…

Old and new Imperialism is the extension of power and influence of European nations over other foreign countries by military force. Even though between 1500 and 1800, the Europeans only had influences on the Americas, by the 1800s, the Europeans were strengthened not only in their military, but also in their economy due to them being imperialists in Africa and Asia. There were five motivations that led to imperialism, exploratory, political, ideological, religious, and economic. Even though…

a contrast to the First Amendment. Nevertheless, in regards of whatever the circumstances of the people of society had misused the Second Amendment, the people has been entitled of bearing the guns to defend themselves from the government, as the military had to protect and secure safety from any hostile situations, the people are also having to bear weapons of any threat to national security. The anti-federalists argued that the federal control over militia could take away from the states the…

strongest allies was notably missing. The Japanese, refrained by their strict interpretation of their constitution, refused to participate in any use of force in the region. Instead Japan’s powerful Self-Defense Forces (SDF), the fourth highest-funded military in the world , went to nonviolent regions of Iraq to participate in humanitarian relief efforts . Additionally, these Japanese troops required foreign troops, mostly Australian, to protect them during these operations and the Japanese…

When we think of controversial leaders, Adolf Hitler is the first name to pop up in people’s minds. Although most of those people don’t realize it, Hitler got most of his military techniques and ideas from another man in history. Napoleon Bonaparte was the mastermind behind all of the military tactics that have been used for generations before Hitler, and they are still used today. There are plenty of differences in the two leaders and the way that they lead, but most of the similarities are too…

People experience death, torture, and poverty. They cry for help, yet the people who are in need are children. Around the world, children are forced to kill innocent people. Children become tools of destruction not of their own will. In fact, the civil war occurring in South Sudan not only consists of battles between armed men and rebels, but the war also involves around the use of child soldiers ("Terrifying Lives of Child Soldiers [analysis]”). Child soldiers are forced out of their homes and…

were taken and imperial aggression revived samurai military traditions ("World War II (1939–1945)"). The value of death before dishonor and contempt for defeat motivated soldiers to ruthlessly defend Japan (Deal). During October of 1944 towards the closing stages of WWII, the Japanese launched suicide missions as a desperate measure, and a large majority of young men voluntarily joined in this piece of the fight…

the symptoms seen throughout Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s life were able to shine a positive light on his life. Not only did his symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome make him unique, some of his symptoms helped him to become one of the most successful military leaders of the United States. Jackson’s symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome included strange behaviors and relationships, obsessions over certain activities, and extreme determination and focus. Thomas Jackson’s symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome…

My decision to return to school was based on life after the military. Although I had no interest to go back to school, it was time to jump back in and receive my Associates Degree. Many of my Soldiers were going through Excelsior, and one of my Non-Commissioned Officers swore by Excelsior, which he provided excellent feedback about the College and the programs it had to offer. Along, with the credits applied toward my military education and the ease of the online portal it was a no brainer. Once…