Lieutenant Commander

division’s reaction force under the command of First Lieutenant Tran Ngoc Hue to send 3 platoons south of the river to act as security for the provincial headquarters, the power station, and the prison. Two other platoons were split up and dispatched to guard the gates entering the Citadel. The deployment left Lieutenant Hue with one platoon and his headquarters section (about 50 men) to guard the division command post. Truong also sent Lieutenant Nguyen Thi Tan’s 36-man Reconnaissance…

Controllers. This was the dream team of 400 well-trained military personnel. (Staff Writer, 2015) The task force completed many successful missions. The team captured some of Aidid’s top lieutenants. The US conducted Operation Gothic Serpent on October 3rd 1993 (The Battle of Mogadishu). A meeting of Aidid and his top lieutenants was going to happen and the US was going to take them down. At 1532, the Task Force took off into action. (Editors, 2016) The mission was going as planned until the…

entire place, dead or alive,” (History.com Staff). Along with killing unarmed men, women, and children, the soldiers slaughtered countless livestock, raped an unknown number of women and burned the village to the ground. It was also reported that Lieutenant Calley dragged dozens of people, including young children, into a ditch before executing them all with a machine gun. The My Lai Massacre only ended due to Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, an army helicopter pilot who was on a reconnaissance…

happened on 21 April 1944 when a 1st Air Commando Group L-1 was shot down in Burma. The L-1 was carrying a pilot and three British soldiers. Since the rice paddy that it crashed in was unsuitable for an airplane to land in commanders were forced to use the helicopter. 1st Lieutenant Carter Harmon, a pilot of the Sikorsky R-4 helicopter was tasked with the rescue of the downed personnel. Through a series of modifications to carry more fuel and extend the R-4s range Lt. Harmon was able to not…

air force. Japan's army had no plans to invade India, but lieutenant General Mutaguchi of the Japanese 15th army knew that the offensive plan into India…

Lieutenant Commander Oram and Captain John Adam are lethal weapons. These characters are leaders; kings of their castles. Their emotions are storms that cloud their thoughts, making hard decisions similar to escaping from quicksand. When the submarine of Michael Bruce’s Gentlemen, Your Verdict lies helpless at the bottom of the ocean, Commander Oram must decide whether 15 innocent men should die for 5 to live or if all 20 men will die from oxygen deprivation. Colin McDougal’s The Firing Squad…

things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien takes place in the Vietnam War. The protagonist. Lieutenant Cross, is a soldier who is trying to be a good leader but he is also madly in love with a college student named Martha. He carries around with him photos and letters from her. However, in the first few pages of the story it shows how this deep love makes him very weak in the war. Until the death of a soldier, Lieutenant Cross is a character who, has been very loose and has not taken war seriously. The…

Developing the Special Operations Officer During my watch many mistakes were made training the Special Operations Officer. Special Forces recruited officers from all the military branches and it was not uncommon to find “A” Detachment commanders from all the combat arms; armor, artillery, engineers and of course, infantry. There were even signal and chemical corps officers serving in command positions in SF. The officer in command at SOG’s Radio Relay Site Hickory was an engineer officer when it…

the issue, the team could not establish secure communications with their commander. Axelson and Danny Dietz use these complications as justification for terminating the detainees. Marcus Luttrell argues that “CNN doesn’t care about Rules of Engagement. SEALs kill kids. That’s the story. Forever.” (Berg & Berg, 2013) This comment is what seems to be Lieutenant Michael Murphy’s deciding factor leading to the release the…

Jackson’s death altered the formation and mindset of the Rebels. Lead Commander Robert E. Lee is a prideful man plagued with troubles: heart disease, overconfidence, an unreliable scout, and a general who disagrees with his tactics. Lee has a penchant for traditional warfare; however, Lee’s second-in-command Lieutenant General James Longstreet has a different outlook. Longstreet “had never believed in the invasion…He did not believe in offensive…