Military personnel

“They [Incas] traveled with great pomp…. long poles of the finest wood and adorned with gold and silver….” (Strayer pg. 606). Pedro de Cieza de Léon praised the Incan empire. Even though Cieza came from the more "sophisticated" Spain. Why did Cieza publish his experiences in the Americas, on his return to "Spain in 1550" despite his "limited education" (Strayer pg. 605)? The Incan Empire ruled “2,500 miles along the Andes and contained 10 million subjects” (Strayer pg. 590). The Incas did not…

November 11, 1993 –a date typically dissociated with the remembrance of America’s involvement in Vietnam. On this day, the female Vietnam Veteran memorial was dedicated in honor of unspoken heroes, ones whose experiences are unparalleled to the soldiers who partook in the physical fight and incomprehensible to the public’s mind. These brave women, some married, engaged, or mothers, held the burden of a war with undefined intentions both physically and mentally, during combat and upon returning…

gear you weigh in at roughly two hundred and twenty-five pounds. Given your choice of squad member, who would you prefer drag you to a safe location? Women serving in the U.S. military, in direct ground combat roles lower the effectiveness of a combat unit. This isn’t to say that women should not serve in the military or even in support of combat operations.…

Although bulletproof vests as we know are a modern invention, the search for protection against enemy attacks has existed since the beginning of times and man-to-man combat. The origins of the first bulletproof vest are controversial, who was first and to invent it, and when is unknown. However, the fact is that anywhere in the world, and anytime new guns were created, defense mechanisms against it were developed. For example, Persian soldiers led by Darius used straw vests against enemy…

development in the three disciplines of the Military Police Corps consisting of Police Operations, Detainee Operations and Security Mobility Support. His efforts resulted in three Programs of Record and ten documents prepared for World Wide Staffing. MAJ Rivers steered the construct and collaboration which led to the USAMPS Commandant's 1-N Materiel Priority List. He ensured that this prioritized list of equipment capability needs for the entire Military Police Corps,…

make a lot of money. For example, a doctor, being in the military, and being a firefighter are three examples of things I could be. I want to go to West Point to be in the military. Going to West Point is important because it has an army simulation program,their physical team sports ,and they have a military science program. There are a lot of reasons why I want to be in the military.on the webpage “The Military Wallet.com” it says, “The military provides advanced technical training in a…

the police, I cannot advocate a bill which requires military service men and women to subject themselves to the authority of civilian police. A university may be dubbed an institution, but the military itself is a part of the federal government. The two should not be placed on the same level. The fault with the proposed bill stems from the inadequate research done on how sexual assault is handled in the military. The bill would require military officials to report sexual assault cases to…

As a retired military member, I had to respond to your post. You are so right about how many military members felt abandoned by sequestration, among other programs. Your analysis is sound and, having lived through it and been one of the victims it, I can speak to its soundness from experience and from the information we’ve learned in this class. The military’s lack of trust in its lower rank doers of the work is notorious. I was complaining about this to my dad once and he reported it had been…

Hunnington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professioinal services to partners in government and industry (Hunnington Ingalls Industries website). There are a variety of types of career oportunites at HII. A few examples of career oportunities would be craft careers, supervisor careers, contractors, and engineering design careers. There are many more types of career oportunities at Ingalls which leads to why there are thousands of people who…

even though he is dead he still, in 2017 help America's armed soldiers. After being recognized by Frederick the Great he took a class lead by him. This is his background. Von Steuben was born on the 17th of September of 1730 to an officer in the military. He was born in Magdeburg, Prussia. Von Steuben was educated in the Lower Silesian towns of Neisse and Breslau at ten years old. At 17 years old, he joined the Prussian army. in 1794 he died. In Baron’s life he accomplished many things. One…