I quickly capitalized on the Navy’s request for Coast Guard support and based on the mission assigned to Coast Guard, I approached the Chief of Navy Intelligence (a two star Admiral) with a plan that addressed a combination of requirements by both Navy and Coast Guard intelligence officers assigned to the battle group. The Chief of Navy Intelligence endorsed my requirements and approved my plan, but getting the funding required still required approval by a DoD intelligence (DODIIS)…
Later that year in December of 1941, the United States suffered the most costly intelligence failure when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The failure was a result of analysis misconceptions, lack of integration of intelligence data, collection gaps, bureaucratic confusion, a historical and cultural misunderstanding of the mindset of the adversary, a great underestimation of Japanese capabilities and intentions, and Japanese denial and deception. Moreover, intelligence was being handled in a casual…
missiles were likely already at the site and to simply set up a blockade would be ineffective. The team argued that putting a blockade around Cuba would only speed up the production of the missiles out of fear. On top of this possibilities the Joint Chief of Staff believed that a simple blockade would tell the rest of the world that we are a weak target. Dean Acheson presented a moral argument to ExComm saying that it was the president’s moral duty to take out the missile site as they were…
(SAC) is raised to DEFCON2, without informing the president; and a routine test launch of a United States offensive missile is also carried out without the President’s knowledge. Next, the plot for the rising action part of the movie is The Joint Chiefs of staff immediately advice United States military strikes against the missile sites followed by an invasion of Cuba. However, President John F. Kennedy is reluctant to attack and invade because he was worried that this action can cause Soviet to…
Operation HUSKY, the Allied invasion of Sicily launched in July of 1943 was one of the largest joint operations of the Second World War. By mid-August, the Allies captured Messina, the campaign’s key strategic objective. A literal as well as a developmental stepping-stone between the Allies’ victory in North Africa and the invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe, HUSKY was an important Allied victory. However, it was an imperfect victory, diminished by the escape of over 100,000 Axis soldiers.…
of Lancaster General Hospital. Lee Duke serves as Chief Physician Executive and Chief Medical Officer. The hospital also employs multiple senior vice presidents, as well as financial, operating, legal, leadership, and information officers, and a Chief Nurse Executive. Without these people working behind the scenes, the hospital would not be able to run smoothly and effectively. The Lancaster General Hospital is proud to be accredited by The Joint Commission and is a member of the Penn Medicine…
The conflict began in October 1962 and lasted for 13 days between the two superpowers of the era; The Soviet Union and the United States. Although there was never any confrontation between the two during the conflict, as affirmed by one of Kennedy’s chief advisors, it’s regarded by many as ‘the most frightening time the United States has been through’ (Chomsky, 2012).…
For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/cnp/. 2. NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND (NPC) OFFERS “LIVE CHAT” OPTION. NPC Customer Service Center (CSC) opened a live chat option on the Navy Personnel Command website 3 January 2017. The live chat…
that time period. Besides the cabinet meetings that were held there, Churchill also made four radio broadcasts to the nation using the BBC Guidebook . The war rooms were used by many personnel and MPs (most notably members of the Cabinet and Chiefs of Staff). However the majority of the people that worked in the Cabinet War Rooms worked as typists, map plotters and telephone switchboard operators. Many of the highly ranked officials normally had their own secretaries, which also require…
out during nurse’s week. If the retreat went well an invitation would be extended to those nurses interested in the legislation process to be the impetus in the future for the introduction of potential legislative bills. May 13th-TBD: For those staff members interested in addressing certain issues or a problem, further education could be rendered. This group will need to be educated on the steps to create a formal meeting with state representation, making a proposal and how to gain other’s…