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    Jacob Lee Mrs. Keithley and Mrs. Taigen Per. 2 and Per. 5 2 December 2016 Valley Forge; Would You Have Quit? On the beautiful winter day of January 27, 1778, I made the most difficult choice of my entire life. My fellow soldiers and I became, over time, more jealous of General Howe’s army, which, of 18000 men, was comfortably quartered in Philadelphia. Our hut, which consisted of 12 men, had no beds at all. The mud floor consisted of straw, providing an uncomfortable “bed” of sorts. I have…

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    Pacific Air Force, the PLAAF, and all other regional air forces. The cooperative training aims at creating transparency between all regional actors and attempts to open dialogue between China and concerned regional parties. Although, Chinese-U.S. military relations has been described as, “one of the weakest components of the U.S.-China relationship” (Metz), it remains crucial for promoting stability within the region. By opening dialogue through cooperative training, Chinese strategy may become…

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    important argument I believe she brought up was, how the life of soldiers and civilians in war-torn countries has been effected and how that has changed over the century. *In maddow’s book, she talks about how drones were commonly used by the us military and how they would have to contemplate dropping the bombs attached to them, when their target was in the same blast range as a hospital, church, or even a school. Even though they tried to keep the innocent civilians out of wars path, they…

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    throughout some of US history’s greatest wars: Indian War, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I, and World War II. With each activation CI agents would push their capabilities and accomplished some of the greatest moments in US history. But it wasn’t until the beginning of the post-war era in 1945, when the US government recognized the CI field is an integral part of the Army and kept…

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    1. I do think that there is such a thing as a just war. However, I also believe that truly just wars are very rare. It is also in many ways a matter of perspective. In many wars both sides believe that they are fighting for the right reason, but in a just war one side has to be more right than the other. I do believe that Scotland’s fight for independence was a just war, because they were fighting for their freedom. However, sometimes people fight in a just war for the wrong reason. I do…

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    Judy was not born in the United States, her parents come to America when she was only a little baby. She was always proud of her parents for taking the risk and leaving their old country, which was Mexico, and packing up the family and coming to America to start over. It was always her parent’s plan to try to get a better life for themselves and for their children. Judy was growing up with her younger brother on the streets of New York. After getting her high school diploma, her future plan was…

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    As how long the operator will be in force to maintain and operate the equipment. For NSF, they will be operation ready after the two year training in military, then a 10 year cycle with three high keys and seven low keys training. NSF only come back a year for short training, they more possible forgotten how to operate the equipment or the equipment being face out and they have to start to learn new equipment…

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    They didn’t just fight, but they did what would be considered mundane like building bridges, cleaning forests to make room for roads, and clearing dirt. They participated in military type exercises and that in turn gave them the discipline that they needed to be able to fight. The Roman Army didn’t always win, but the losses taught them what didn’t work, and then they tweaked them for the next battle. The Roman Army owed their success to both discipline and organization. The men in the Roman…

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    Loyalty and protection from warriors, serving nobles and masters, in different parts of the world has been around for centuries. The Samurai from Japan, and the Knight from Europe, are both warriors who help to defend their country in times of war. Lords and Daimyos relied on the warriors to protect them. Samurai date back to 1603 and the Knights are from the middle ages Japan’s samurai and European knights . Were the similarities of the knight and samurai greater than the differences? Evidence…

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    the princes and all other such nobles and clergy in the Empire. His thought process was that the Emperor Ferdinand II would alone wield absolute power and he would move about by means of the Emperor’s name / mantle. Who could challenge his lawless military if only the Emperor was his superior? After the Emperor sent his troops to Mantua, the plight that had so harshly befell on Germany was now a curse moving slowly over Italy. Some say even in the Vatican City prayers were being sent up asking…

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