Continental Navy

What does it mean to be a profession? Professions are distinctive occupations that employ a specialized workforce established upon extensive educational training and provide an unbiased service to others for compensation. “The servant ethic of professions is characterized as cedat emptor, “let the taker believe in us”” (U.S. Army, 2010, p. 2). This refers to a standard code of ethics as the key component for an efficacious profession reflecting an organization’s set of values while creating…

ARMY has been always my biggest dream. Growing up with my dad in the military, I’ve always admired the armed forces, especially the ARMY. I have seen in movies how soldiers execute orders; but I’ve always wondered about how those orders or plans came to be. As I progressed through high school, I had a little understanding of the leaders in the military. Being in the SROTC program, I’ve learned more about the planning and strategic operation of the ARMY and the chain of command. In this chain of…

The French? Monsters! The Indians? Just as Bad! What have they done for us? They stole our land, took our material, and took up to 20,000 British pounds. Now do you want that money back? Do you want that land back? Come tell your government to join us and unify so we can be stronger and get our property! You know what happens when we all don't work together? Look at what happened with Commander Washington. He went in the battle by himself and his men. 44 men and no cannons against 360…

Did you know that “The Crossing" by Winston Churchill and “ The Crisis" by Thomas Paine have similarities and differences. There are two major things that the juxtaposition is different in these stories. In “The Crossing” this is where they had to work hard for a win. Then in “The Crisis” there were people who had to join together to get the job done.The their similarities are that they both work very determined to get what they wanted. Then in the “Crossing by Winston Churchill” the film…

Many companies have experienced service issues along the road of success at one time or another. A blueprint is a very useful tool, "not only for operations managers but also for the marketing managers"(Hoffman & Bateson, 2011). Sometimes no matter how well of a system a business may have the company must also prepare for service issues and quality assurance. If American Airline (A.A.)s, like many other business did not have service issues they would not have found what needs approval with in…

zone, compared to the daunting British army. As George Washington’s Continental Army repeatedly lost battle after battle, many army-men, including Washington himself, considered surrendering. Washington, who was desperate for a victory, planned on invading Trenton, New Jersey on Christmas Day 1776. Just as his army left to invade, a blizzard hit the east coast, causing the plan to invade to be held back many hours. But the Continental Army decided to…

nothing else but money. That is Benedict Arnold a man who was an American General in the American Revolution. He lived a lavish lifestyle of a somewhat high ranking General. This was still not enough for Arnold though, but why would he betray the Continental Army like that. To know this you will need to learn more about Benedict Arnold. January 14, 1741, Norwich, CT the day Benedict Arnold was born one of the greatest traitor not only in United States history but in world history, but to…

The colonies struggled to defeat the british forces during the revolutionary war. Then the french joined, giving the colonies an advantage over the british. How is it that the colonies had an excellent general but lose most battles; they were ill equipped and amateurs at war. General Washington had advance strategies and had superior knowledge of border warfare, which would have led him to victory in many battles. His forces lacked supplies; such as weapons, uniforms, and had little organization…

September 9th 1777 Washington positioned his army behind Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford. The British were expected to march west from Kennett Square to carry out the frontal assault. Pennsylvania militia were posted to the left of Chadds Ford, and continentals were posted in the centre opposite Chadds Ford, and Major General John Sullivan posted men on the right at Wistar’s and Buffington's Ford. Light infantry was posted to the west of the creek to give warning of the advancing British.…

Washington just loss at Battle of Brandywine and had to retreat. He was getting his army to regroup. Luckily for Washington, British General Howe stayed in Brandywine celebrating his victory. Four days after Howe learned the Americans were only ten miles north of him. He prepared and sent his army after them. Washington intercepted a message that said Howe was planning an attack and ready his troops. On September 16th, both armies stood across from each other on either side of a valley. Once the…