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fighters entering Pakistan. After the withdrawal of the Soviets from Afghanistan, Bin Laden began the formation of his fighting force, al-Qaeda to take up the Jihad cause elsewhere. Following the U.S invasion of Iraq in the response to the occupation of Kuwait, Bin Laden offered Saudi Arabia protection from Iraqi forces, who declined and instead relied on U.S support. This deeply angered him, as the U.S now had bases near the holiest cities in Islam, furthering his hatred of the U.S and the…

Desert Storm was the war that I remember watching on television with my father. The gulf war represented a revolution in military warfare due to advantages in technology, the speed of military forces, and the performance of American soldiers of all ranks. Therefore this was the major reason why the Persian Gulf War only lasted 100 hours. The United States had Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy forces involved in the war. In addition to U.S. forces, the war had coalition of forces from…

that (Marshall, Scott and Hunter 1-2). “The Reagan administration was not the first to sell weapons systems secretly to Iran” (Koh 49). Two years after the sales, President Reagan came to the conclusion that they sold nearly $2 billion in arms to Kuwait…

The Crisis Description On April 20, 2010 an accident occurred in the Gulf of Mexico when the semi-submersible offshore drilling rig called Deepwater Horizon exploded resulting in the death of eleven people and injuring many others. The accident occurred because of function failures and it resulted in the explosion which led to a huge fire, the sinking of a ship and subsequent oil spill. The fire burned for approximately thirty-six hours. The effect of this crisis resulted in…

In this paper I will discuss the effects of stress on overall health. The article, STRESS AND HEALTH: Psychological, Behavioral, and Biological Determinates, describes into detail about how wide a range of both short and long term effects the body can have when introduced to a stressor. While working on this study, the researchers questioned the effects stress has on people’s lives and how they react to it, taking into account age, childhood experiences, and other personal experiences that could…

to the battlefield. Further advancement of weapons technology can be witnessed from the end of World War II in 1945 to 1991 where the first Gulf War between coalition forces with 34 nations led by the United States (US) against Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The aircraft used advanced technology and were aided by GPS navigation, a far cry from World War II. Stealth fighter aircraft were used by the US to conduct air raids on Iraqi targets, achieving much more precision and lesser collateral and…

General Dynamics established this technology for the Army in 1985 (Thompson, 2012). The first cellular network used by the United States Army was the Mobile Subscriber Equipment network. It was christened in 1991 in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Mobile Subscriber Equipment network is the foundation of the tactical communications network and precursor to Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (Army). General Dynamics Mission Systems built Warfighter Information…

Alan W Dowd published a commentary about the close relationship between the United States and Great Britain as being the cornerstone of a peaceful world in ‘The American Legion Magazine”December 2016.Since the article is published in “The American Legion Magazine,” the readers are assumed to be veterans and patriotic. This magazine could also be found on tables in medical office waiting rooms so it would not be considered to be exclusive. The article is inclusive to any audience that may be…

One reason why my dad is my hero, is because he was in the Army and went to war. First off, this makes my dad a hero to me because he fought for our country. Our rights, freedom, for support, everything. He went overseas 3 times. Once to Iraq, then Kuwait, and then to Afghanistan. My dad went to Iraq 12 hours after I was born back in 2003. My dad and mom had me born 3…

The terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden traces its roots to veterans left behind the 1979 Afghan struggle in opposition to any invasion by the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath developed into a turning point that has cultivated much pent-up antagonism to serve as the basis in driving this global Islamist terrorist movement. This mastermind orchestrated terrorist attacks like that of the United States’ World Trade Center and Pentagon by means of several civil aviation planes on…