Deputy Commander

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was an outstanding tank commander in the U.S. Army during WWII, and who would later command military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968-72. Appointed Chief of Staff, Abrams would succeed General Westmoreland as the top commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theatre in 1972. And begin to implement the transition to an all-volunteer force. Creighton W. Abrams was born on September 15th , 1914, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the United…

On the morning of December 1st, 1934, Leonid Nikolaev walked inside the Party Headquarters in Leningrad, where he shot and killed Sergei Kirov, the head of the Leningrad Party organization. Owing to Joseph Stalin’s growing suspicion of party members, the death of Kirov opened the door for what became known as The Great Terror. By the end of 1939 over two million people were directly impacted by the purges, estimates put the death toll close to 800,000 people killed outright, and hundreds of…

In many communities, trust and loyalty are crucial to everyone. Most people would prove that quality when having to cover up for one another, however, there are some things that can change that perspective. Back then, members in a community acted like they knew nothing and nobody, but nowadays this has changed. For instance, an example of this could be examined by the reader in Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery”. In the short story, ”The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses the black box as…

simple majority of registered voters in the thirty-one states and the Federal District. Candidates must be at least thirty-five years old and must be a Mexican citizen by birth. The President holds the role of head of government, chief of state, and commander in chief of the armed forces. The president serves a term limit of six years referred to as the sexenio. Because there is no vice president, a vacant presidential seat is filled by an interim president. This position is designated by…

Introduction In this assignment I will be identifying the rank structures and those ranks responsibilities of two contrasting uniformed public services (P.S). The two contrasting uniformed P.S I will be using are the Police and Royal Army. After this I will be explaining the chain of command and uniform structure for the Police. Finally, I will be analyzing and evaluating the importance and use of command and control within the Police. P1 - Identify the rank structure in two contrasting…

Title: Emergency Operation Center – These power point presentation is for LP5 Assignment on Emergency Operation Center. Slide 2 Table of Contents – The table of contents the area I will be covering are on: the functional roles of the Emergency Manager, Deputy Emergency Manager, Command Staff, Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, Operations Coordination Chief, Planning Coordination Chief, Investigation and Intelligence Coordination Chief, Resource Coordination Chief and…

be times when COL Brown made hasty, emotional decisions and did not always use his better judgment. COL Brown always knew his brigade’s vision, but had difficulty explaining his vision and commander’s intent to the staff and subordinate battalion commanders. According to LTC Allen, the brigade staff’s duty was to always support the brigade Soldiers. He saw the major challenge for the staff as adapting and improvising to stay on course with the brigade commander’s intent and never let the brigade…

the success of the Americans in the war. (Archives) Though he is remembered now as a military general, a significant portion of his success can be attributed to his political background. From 1770-1772 and then in 1775, Nathanael Greene served as a deputy in the General Assembly of Rhode Island, where he was known for his critical reasoning and sound judgement. (General) After serving in a militia company known as the Kentish Guards starting in 1774, (Encyclopedia), he was appointed…

"Long live the great German Republic!" ("Schenker Documents Online") was the focus of what Philipp Scheidemann tried to achieve during his life. He was a German, part of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany, and a strong supporter of government ruled by the people and the officials they elected. He started off as a printer for the SPD and worked his way up into leadership roles. Scheidemann is most famously known for being head of the SPD and proclaiming Germany to be a republic (Braun).…

III. Government Structure Similarly, to the U.S. government, the government of K.O.R. divides into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The executive and judicial branches operate primarily at the national level, although various ministries in the executive branch also carry out local functions. Local governments operate semi-autonomously and contain executive and legislative bodies of their own. The judicial branch operates at both the national and local levels. A system of…