Military history by topic

work these days in different careers including medical field, education, and military. They have the ability to use their own right to defend for their country. However, some people think that women cannot serve in the military because it has many disadvantages for them. Women should serve in the military since it has various benefits in spite of the fact that it has some drawbacks for them. Serving in the military has some disadvantages for…

As an organization, militaries are designed to respond to threats, which occur both on the battlefield and on the political front. Additionally, military leaders are political and seek to preserve their own status making them susceptible to the threat of being fired or removed from a position. Therefore, an innovative strategist can exploit this relationship and the fact that militaries are heavily influenced by domestic politics by garnering support…

everyone wants to be a soldier, that’s all everyone in that country ever thinks about. So because they want to be soldier, they want to be just like them in every way. They want to be on the military’s good side, even if they are not in it. Usually, a military is one who protects the country, but that is not the case here in El Salvador. Instead they make it unsafe and want to kill for no reason and you could even see it in their eyes, according to Moya. Even walking out in the streets is…

Upon its 2006 release, policy analysts heralded FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency (COIN) as a welcome solution to the intractable problems confronting American soldiers in Iraq. The manual served an important purpose by providing a common approach to operational problems that US forces faced in Iraq at the time. Renamed Insurgencies and Countering Insurgencies, the 2014 update incorporated lessons from the manual’s use in both Iraq and Afghanistan, such as the inclusion of indirect methods of security…

Rise through Force: European Hegemony and the Military Revolution With the dawn of the second millennium (C.E.), the bulk of Europe existed as a relative backwater and there was little foreseeable evidence that this fragmented conglomerate of fiefdoms would eventually surge forth to control a better part of the known and unknown world. But surge forth it did, and by the twentieth-century the West , for better or worse, had come to dominate and influence societies around the globe. As the…

INTRODUCTION As we have already known, military force is one of important thing in order to survive and to become a powerful country. In the past, there were a lot of wars happening and countries needed to have good military forces in order to survive. But what is happening now is gradually countries started to leave the physical war, instead, they use other things to compete with each other, The paragraphs below would elaborate more about why military power is not the only power that is…

The United States Military is a Necessity The United States by far has the largest military force in the world. According to the Pentagons most recent publicized count, the United States Military currently occupies 686 bases outside Washington D.C. and the fifty states (Merelli). The United States Armed Forces are vital to the prosperity of the country. Both spending and over seas involvement in this organization should be not be revoked or reduced. Many might argue that the United States…

our government and our military that we didn’t know about. The corruption of our government is worse than what we thought, and we are just mindless people who believe anything we are told. In the first stanza we only have one line, “why do they always send the poor?” This is repeated nine more times during the song. Records show that “military recruits in the United States come from areas in which household income is lower than the national median” (military.com). The military seems to attract…

Dubik's main premise that defensive strategies cannot win. No strategy can win unless fully aligned with the correct policy. In fact, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu stated, “Strategy must match Policy." Current military doctrine properly emphasizes the importance of Strategy for senior military leaders. However, does anything guide senior policy makers on the importance of Policy and the adaptation speed required to keep pace with how war currently changes? In the US, some might properly…

Draft: Just Say No As a country, America does not need to reinstate the draft. History has shown that todays all volunteer service has made this country’s military the best in the world. While there may be a myriad of reasons for a person to join the military, be it education benefits, world class training, travel or retiring before forty, the bottom line is they are highly motivated and rightfully proud. But today’s military has to be faster and more responsive than in the past and it takes…