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The field of aeromedical evacuation encompasses different levels of coordination, communication, and effort in transporting ill or injured to higher levels of care. From the time a person is injured in the field though the arrival at a fixed facility hospital, the patient entrusts care to people assumed to be trained professionals. In reality, the issues surrounding the deployment of personnel has holes in the process. The demand is high in times of crisis and the need for well-trained…

A political activist named Emma Goldman produced a speech in 1908 called “Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty” within it she analyzes what patriotism actually means. Inside the speech an important quote in which she alludes to America becoming the most powerful nation in the world, and eventually planting her iron foot on the necks of all other nations (Voices of A People’s History pg. 271 ). In the essay to follow I will analyze, and explain the meaning behind this. I will also take a deeper look…

Does Power Corrupt: Napoleon Bonaparte John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two different people who had completely different views on humanity. John Locke believed in the good of humanity. He believed that humanity is good and can be trusted to rule themselves using democracy. This is nothing like what Thomas Hobbes believed. He believed that humans are evil and can not be trusted to rule themselves, so he believed in monarchies and social hierarchies. Hobbes thinks that man is not strong…

Real Walmart”). Walmart’s business approach explains how Walmart delivers low prices for its consumers. The company’s low prices start with one of the world’s most advanced supply networks, including an incredibly efficient trucking fleet. The company has increased its fleet efficiency by 80 percent (Walmart Launches National Advertising Campaign…

air force Rothermere remarked, “had Britain in 1933 been set seriously to work to provide herself with [a 5,000 machine] air fleet, the whole course of history would have been changed.” This was of course a particular point of pride for him to make as he had published an article in November of 1933 remarking on the need for the production of a five-thousand machine air fleet. Rothermere did devote nearly the entirety of the work to arguing this point and made…

What would happen if an alien species attacked Earth 50 years ago, and we managed to fight them off temporarily? The book “Ender’s Game,” by Orson Scott Card, describes exactly that. The story is about a boy named Ender in those times, and one of the most significant decisions that he makes throughout the book is agreeing to train in battle school because he would protect Valentine, get away from Peter, and he was literally born for it. The book starts out when Ender is 6 years old, and he…

America was a major combatant in one of the bloodiest wars in human history, World War Two. If America had not entered this conflict, the outcome may have been completely different, and the world significantly different than from what it is now. It may have been the attack on Pearl Harbor that officially marked America’s entrance into the war, but the reason actually stems back about 90 years ago, when Commodore Mathew Perry forced Japan open to trade. It was Commodore Perry who encountered…

French Involvement in The American Revolution In the year 1778, the defining moment of the American Revolution had come about. In 1778, the colonists were upset with Britain because they were not receiving their neutral rights and they felt the need to rebel against Britain to gain these rights and show them they would not stand for it. The only problem was that they colonists were going against Britain who at the time had the largest army so the colonists were heavily outnumbered. Even tho…

corvettes got a chance to improve between the years 1942 - 1943 and had better equipment. In addition, a data shown that the allied merchant ships sunk by submarines in the year 1942 were 1200 and 1943 were about 400. One article described the Canadian fleet in the end of a battle “Until at the end of the battle, the Royal Canadian Navy had a total of 254 seagoing escort ships engaged.” (Globe and Mail). Germany’s purpose was to sink as much merchant ships in the Atlantic as they can so they…

VICKSBURG: A TIPPING POINT IN THE CIVIL WAR USAACE NCOA SSG Chad M. West 15Z SLC 17-003 SFC Maradol The Battle of Vicksburg was a collective land and naval battle that ensured a strategic location for the Union Army (Burden, 2000). Although, not as well-known as the Battle of Gettysburg or Fort Sumter, this was a tremendous victory for the Union Army as it helped to establish a much needed supply chain. Also, to note, the actual timeframe of the battle only lasted a couple of months,…