Military academy

powerful man. He won many fights and conquered cities. He was one of Carthage’s strongest and most famous generals. His father was Hamilcar Barca also a Carthaginian general. In Carthage, Hannibal held a lot of power, he was born into a Carthaginian military family and swore to show his hostility to Rome. He was the man who beat a roman army, when he only had about 59,000 men with him. Hannibal sent his army to Rome during the 2nd punic war. He carried with him throughout the Alps about 50,000…

Over the many years since the United States Navy was founded it has gone over many different transformations. From its initial vision of guerre de course, privateering, and border protection to its seasoned vision of imperial expansion and global occupation through and in the world’s oceans. Throughout its transformation the Department of the Navy has interacted with Congress to debate its role and provide a suitable mission. In the beginning days of the newly freed and independent America, and…

the wreck. He said that they came across a large silver disk where there was aliens doing various things. Two appeared dead because of lack of movement, one seemed to be struggling to breathe and another was trying to help care for the others. The military showed up soon after and told him and his family to forget what they had seen. Multiple other sightings of people included various amounts of extra-terrestrial beings both dead and alive all near some sort of wreckage. As time passed from the…

The Battle of Long Tan only lasted three and a half hours. Too short to be considered a war yet too brutal to be classified as a simple ’fight.’ On the 18th of August 1966, 2,500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers sided together to create one half of a battle which could only be completed with the involvement of 100 Australian and New Zealand rivals. Through intense rain and mud, each side sacrificed their possible deaths in order to regain land rights. 350 deaths later the Australian…

from a military family and I'm going to continue the tradition, not only for them, but to serve my country and challenge myself physically and mentally. My great grandfather was in the Army infantry and so was my father. My great grandfather was in the Vietnam War, and my father was in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I want to see how the infantry is and explore the world doing what my prior family has done. In my eyes, infantry is the greatest MOS’s in the military. MOS stands for Military…

Enemy at the Gates, a film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, is the story of a Russian sniper named Vassili Zaitsev who fights in the Battle of Stalingrad. The film is set in the fall of 1942 in the destroyed city of Stalingrad, when Vassili Zaitsev rises from a grunt in the Russian Army to become the most known sniper in Russian history by demonstrating superior marksman abilities. Vassili did not become so popular alone; with the help of Commisar Danilov, a Chief Political Officer, they inform…

The U.S. has long enjoyed global dominance in all domains, this however, is quickly changing. The advancements in the denial technology and tactics have given our adversaries the opportunity to remove the air and sea dominance once held and “has led to an increasingly contested global commons.” (Brown, p.4) There are many Multi-Domain Battle challenges requiring mitigation by the PACOM Commander in order to be successful in the Asia Pacific region. Of these challenges, training the people of our…

I hoisted the missile launcher onto my shoulder and surveilled the battlefield through the telescopic sight. Infrared imaging revealed an enemy tank concealed amid the landscape. I narrowed the crosshairs around the vehicle and pulled the trigger. The self-guidance system steered the warhead into the target, successfully concluding the virtual training program for the Javelin Missile. This achievement provided immense satisfaction as I had dedicated the past three months towards renovating the…

TOPIC: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARMY PROFESSION Military expertise is a specific service provided by professionals in which society cannot provide for itself. The Army as a profession has three critical tasks with respect to maintaining its military expertise: develop expert knowledge and expertise, apply Army expertise, and certify the expertise of Army professionals and units”. PAGE 25/62 The…

Non-Fraternization Policy Non-Fraternization is a strict policy that is put in place for many work places as well the service members in the military. The Secretary of Defense first created the policy on July 29, 1998. According to the Army Study Guide, “The policy strictly prohibited personal relationships such as dating, shared living accommodations, engaging in intimate or sexual relations, business enterprises, commercial solicitations, gambling and borrowing between officer and enlisted…