Lieutenant Commander

This map was drawn by Lieutenant Joseph Dixon, United States Topographical Engineers, under the direction of Captain G. Thom. It shows the routes traveled by the Command of Maj. E. Steen, U.S. War Department, in 1860 during campaign against Snake Indians. This survey map is a significant early depiction of of Eastern Oregon, bounded by three rivers, the Willamette, Columbia and Snake Rivers. This map is said to have its origin in Steen's Topographical Memoir of the Command Against the Snake…

supposed loyal and trusted ensign to the Moor, Othello. Iago states that he is not what seems and this is made evident with the words, "I am not what I am." Iago hates Othello as Othello chose Cassio, a Florentine with no military experience to act as lieutenant, and relegated Iago to the position of his ancient. When Roderigo asks why Iago continues to serve Othello, in spite of how the general has treated him, Iago replies, "I follow him to…

Fans of “NCIS: Los Angeles” on Sunday night found themselves rooting for Kensi Blythe and the rest of the Los Angeles team as they battled different issues. As hard as it is to see, Special Agent Kensi Blye is partially paralyzed and lashing out at her partner, LAPD Detective Marty Deeks. Struggling with the reality of her slow recovery, she starts to worry she might never walk again. Looking to ease her pain, Deeks is by her side, even when she pushed him away. As Deeks looks to be by her side,…

Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire was assigned for a peace-keeping mission when the mass murder of the Tutsi clan by the Hutus occurred in Rwanda. Dallaire was not to blame for the Rwanda genocide. He followed his orders as a soldier, he did not fail to take initiatives in the midst of the circumstances, and he was involved in humanitarian work subsequent to the genocide. As a soldier, Dallaire was trained to focus only on the commands provided with no questions asked. Nonetheless, Dallaire…

regiments, leading to his eventual promotion to lieutenant colonel of the British Army in 1740. Close to five years after his promotion, in the year 1745, Thomas Gage was assigned to North America for service in the French…

Introduction Army Intelligence also known as the Military Intelligence Corps, is a discipline in which exploits a number of information gathering and analysis tactics to provide direction and purpose to commanders in support of their conclusions. Army Intelligence was founded in 1775, but it wasn’t until 1885 in which the Army established the Military Intelligence Division (MID). Army Intelligence has been a valuable asset to what is acknowledged as the Intelligence Community (IC). Although…

Responsibility For most of the early work on Fort Pulaski fell on the shoulders of Lieutenant Robert E. Lee, recently graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Lee oversaw the preliminary construction, choosing the site and designing a system of drains and dikes to support the weight of the masonry fort. In 1831 Lieutenant Joseph K. Mansfield took charge of Pulaski's construction and oversaw the project for the next fourteen years. When finished in 1847, the fort could…

His life at a young age has been filtered with immense horror. When he would kill people it was as if it didn 't matter one bit. He learned how not to have a feeling of regret or hurtfulness when hurting or disrespecting others by listening to his commander and taking drugs which altered his views on things. Ishmael says “My squad was my family, my gun was my provider and protector and my rule was to kill or be killed” (126). In other words Ishmael was mentioning that his main focus was to…

Before even stepping into the white house, Lincoln was faced with a disunion crisis. The confederacy had claimed Fort Sumter, and Lincoln made the call for General in Chief Winfield Scott to prepare to hold or retake the Fort during or after his inauguration. In his inaugural address, Lincoln not only upheld the union’s indestructibility and appealed for sectional harmony, but also stated the Sumter Policy. The Sumter Policy stated, “The power confided in me, will be used to hold, occupy, and…

D-Day Bald Eagle Times #58 Recently I was able to witness (with alot of convincing on my part) the invasion of Normandy Beach, France. This invasion officially began on June 6, 1944 better known as D-Day. However, in truth, it began long before that. It took tactical, strategic, combat, and productivity skils for this operation to have a chance at success and for the battle to have a chance at beginning even the basic phase of the operation, let alone the actual invasion of Normandy Beach and…