Helmand Province

post-graduate educational opportunities there is only one primary shareholder, which is myself. Personally, I have been semi-retired since my last operational deployment with the high-threat security provider Triple Canopy, with a tour of duty in Helmand Province Afghanistan. Since then I have occasionally accepted employment with several organizations providing security for the U.S. military in order to maintain my security clearance. During this time I have completed my Bachelor’s Degree and…

Caper’s Law In 2015, 6,131 military service members reported a sexual assault. Of those 6,131 reports, only 317 service members were court-martialed and sentenced to confinement as a result of a reported sexual assault. That means only one in twenty reports led to a conviction, and the rest of the assailants walked free. Victims confront a system in which the investigators charged with pursuing their cases treat them with suspicion, rape kits are lost, guilty confessions are disregarded and…

Here is Marine Corporal Jose Armenta in his tent on the night before getting blown up in Afghanistan. He jokes with Mulrooney and Berry and the medic the guys have nicknamed “Christ.” He feeds and waters his dog, Zenit, a sable-coat German shepherd. He lets Buyes, who will be dead in three months, ruffle Zenit’s fur, for the radioman is crazy about the dog. Then he takes Zenit outside in the waning light of this dusty, desert otherworld to train. They’re happiest like this. Jose has Zenit sit,…

I personally wholeheartedly agree, credentialing is important in protecting both the patients and the institution from harm, but reality is that credentialing alone won’t address every conceivable action that may occur during business operations. Unfortunately, errors will happen or may occur due to a variety of unforeseen circumstances that may arise or develop during the process. I remember doing a paper in my undergraduate studies that focused on NASA, and one expects a high level of quality,…

at odd angles… Habib lies motionless…”(Staples 66-67). This quote clearly shows how her family was killed by a bombing. [STEWE 2] This happens very often in real life, as 21 people died in one province, “On May 9th, the day after Colonel Nicholson's apology, the pro-American governor of Helmand province said 21 civilians had been killed in airstrikes there” ("Hearts, Minds and Death"). Obviously, civilian fatalities caused by air strikes are not a rare occurrence in Afghanistan, making…

On the evening of September 14, 2012 fifteen Taliban fighters infiltrated the airfield of Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The firefight that ensued lasted three hours, VMA-211’s squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Raible was killed along with mechanic Sergeant Bradley Atwell, and eight AV-8B Harrier aircraft were destroyed (“USCENTCOM Bastion Summary”, 2012). Prior to this event VMA-211 was last employed in a defensive infantry stance in Wake Island during the…

The Radiological Dispersion Device A Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) is a combination of conventional explosives (dynamite) and radioactive components (The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2014). A RDD is any device that causes the resolute diffusion of radioactive material without a nuclear detonation (REMM, 2016).Terrorist who have utilized RDDs have labeled them as dirty bombs (Ready, 2016). However, the United States military recognizes RDDs as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)…

This essay seeks to analyze the relationship between the production of opium in Afghanistan and the sustainability of the Taliban. Rather than continue the failing anti-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan, the United States should undermine the power of the Taliban by pushing for development of the Afghan Economy through the utilization of the country's comparative advantage in opium production. The failure of extermination, the lack of profitable substitution crops, the important role that…

focusing on a small platoon of soldiers as they go to Afghanistan to complete a tour of duty. Directed by Danish filmmaker Janus Metz, and photographed by Lars Skree, the men spent six months with the troops at their base called Armadillo in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Armadillo is a film revealing the young volunteers experiences of the highs and lows of combat. This essay will discuss the filmmaker’s techniques and the various ways in which he structured the story and whether his…

There are different types of freedom, some for example are freedom of conscience, to achieve a coherent and balanced life from the inside; Freedom of expression, in order to disseminate ideas and promote open debate and discussion; Freedom of assembly as a guarantee to associate with those who share ideals and work for them; Freedom to choose responsibly and peacefully to the rulers, among others. After this brief analysis of the concept of freedom, we see what it encompasses and what it means,…