Civil-military relations

Operational flexibility is a comparatively new term. It represents coordinating operations to maximize the effectiveness of airpower through the range of military operations. The mission of an air and space expeditionary task force (AETF) commander in Afghanistan as an additive C2 echelon to the theater CFACC. It provides the joint task force (JTF) commander in Afghanistan an air commander with authority over…

domain isolation and fracturing, and preserve freedom of action.”1 The enemies of the United States Military are learning and adapting to the processes and warfighting functions and are preparing to face the U.S. in large-scale combat if the need arises.2 The enemy has developed a new style for warfare based on three main lessons learned from observation and direct contact with the United States Military. The first lesson is to never let U.S. forces…

1a. Tenterhooks Due to its versatility and economic value, tenter hooks are one of the most interesting objects from the past. The hooks are believed to originate from England and first composed of in the 17th century. Ever since then, Archaeologists have found over 270 tenterhooks in James Fort. Tenter hooks, composed of iron or wooden tenders, and spanning from one to two inches long, were used to dry clothes after they have been washed and pounded. Wool, for example, was hung on wooden…

Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most successful military leaders to ever walk on the planet. Bonaparte was born in 1769 in Corsica. He was son of a lawyer and also was part of the Florentine nobility. Despite these conditions Bonaparte’s family was poor. Bonaparte eventually came to power after the French Revolution in France. The topic of Bonaparte being either a good leader or a poor leader is a common debate among historians. Although all these debates, Bonaparte was a good leader. He…

I choose the book We Were Soldiers Once And Young. The book was written by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. Harold Moore served in the US military for 32 years and was in vietnam for a long part of the war. He was part of the First and Second Battalions and was one of the only people out of his friends that made it out alive. Joseph Galloway on the other hand was also in vietnam but as a reporter and journalist. He has lots of stories since he was a part of lots of the action on…

Picture 1: This picture represents a physical culture demonstration happening in Moscow in 1938. During this time, the Soviet Union was pushing for individuals to partake in physical culture to ensure they had could recruit strong individuals into the military at a moment’s notice and because they believed such exercise could increase a worker’s productivity. In this picture, everyone is neatly formed into lines, and there are both men and women. This indicates the changing attitude of Soviets…

photograph “Wait for Me, Daddy” displays the distinguished group of Military soldiers, in their final moments of goodbye with their families. Military soldiers are a group of people who are looked up to in our nation as proud civilians serving for their country. Feelings of appreciation for these brave individuals are overwhelming, and as a national family, we empathize with their personal decisions to join forces with the Military. Each differing group of citizens within the nation hold…

The Nine Years War and its aftermath are without question one of the great turning points of Irish history. In addition to witnessing the zenith of Gaelic military power and sophistication, perversely, it also led to the final destruction of native military and political power. Despite the apparent modernisation of the native Irish forces it is not hard to find articles and attitudes which view the war as a contest of the backward and militarily weak Irish, against the modern armies of Elizabeth…

on. Grace is Gone, is a movie that I wouldn’t think would hit home with me from simply reading the title. Little to be told, at different moments in the movie I had to stop myself from shedding tears, because I am a daughter of a man who is in the military. For the twenty out of my twenty-four years of life my dad has been fighting for this country. I sympathize with Dawn and Heidi especially, because my worst nightmare turned into their reality and that is something that I prayed will never…

before the ruling class, radical changes which would require the “virtual abdication of those governing” (253). To quell the unrest, the government contemplates and applies military force. “One is impressed... more with the ineptitude of the governments’ use of force than with the skill of their opponents’ force” (252). The military forces fight poorly, are led badly, or desert, sometimes even over to the side of the enemy (88-89). The loss of the old regime’s…