Civilian control of the military

operation did not sit well with the White House as they would not have the control over the operation. As the war progressed, McNamara realized the most effective way to defeat the Viet Cong would be to destroy the direct supply lines from China to southern Vietnam. The intent of his plan was to perform “a total quarantine of the movement of war supplies into North Vietnam, by sea, rail, and road, through the mining of Haiphong and all other harbors and the destruction of rail and road…

Over the years, one of the more pressing issues that has been discussed in our government branches has been that of gun control; to increase, decrease, or simply leave it as it is. Gun control is the arrangement of policies and laws that regulate the dealing, manufacturing, and ownership of guns by citizens. “The city of Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States. The murder rate in Chicago was about 17 percent higher in 2012 than it was in 2011, and Chicago is now…

front that proved to be very effective. This promising attack came to a vital outcome and that was the loss of the war. The German military dove too deep into the…

amount of similar/different techniques of imperial administration and governance. One similarity would be that both empires used taxation at some point as form of control over it’s people. As for a difference, one governed with harsh punishments and the other did not. Like Han China, the Indian empires began to decline due to military expenses and not enough taxes to pay for defense. In order to make up for the adequate amount of taxes, both empires would have to tax more to protect their…

expand military security cooperation efforts in Eastern European countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and airmen with their partner countries militaries creating an environment to build partner capacity, support military…

Segregation. I talk about the missions, influential people, role in the war. Until the formation of the Tuskegee Airmen, no African American has ever been a United States military pilot. The Tuskegee Airmen were created in 1939 from the Civilian Pilot Training Act which gave African Americans the right to get a civilian pilot’s license through a rigorously separated program, where blacks and whites could not train together. In 1940 congress and President Roosevelt approved the…

fellow military members and veterans. The American Legion is a non-profit organization. The success of each American Legion lies within an active membership and volunteer work. The American Legion serves its local communities (The American Legion, 2015). This group in my local community helps veterans to transition into civilian life. They help veterans with disability claim issues, finding employment, and volunteer work. After having a car wreck in which my…

Glenn Greenwald uses a 2012 New Stanford/NYU study on drone usage by the American government to justify his article, claiming that the presence of drones “terrorizes men, women, and children, giving rise to anxiety and psychological trauma among civilian communities” (Greenwald 2012). Greenwald defines those affected by America’s drone campaign as systematically terrorized. This drone campaign is a result of a one-day attack on America that now has started a “never-ending” operation of violence,…

in warfare. They have changed modern warfare which is terrifying. To control a drone a u.s drone operator uses a joystick from a military base far away to pilot it.(Source A) They have positive and negative outcomes. Drones should not be used in warfare because they kill civilians in the process and the people that are exposed to dornes are more likely to join terrorist groups. When armed drones attack a target, many civilians are killed in the process. A report from a British human rights group…

there was so little military defense, so the only solution left was to tax the people more in order to gain money for the military. From the increase of taxes it made it harder for the lower class like the peasants, for them to pay the officials. In addition of the two empires fall would be because of the division of land. With the expansions of land the Gupta empire began having trouble. Because of the power and wealth, the rulers became lazy meaning they didn't provide the civilian needs but…