Military science

received than the actual French military (95). Resistance members were considered to have been the French people who never gave up fighting, unlike the French military. Although more positively received, the Resistance members were considered hasty and wild in their tactics. One of the main issues with the working relationship between the American and French militaries was the American military’s overall goal for the Allied armies. According to Keene, the American military thought very highly…

how successful are armies that already allow women to serve in military combat. One of the most important militaries, where women aren’t only permitted to serve, but are required to do military service, is the IDF. IDF stands for the Israel Defense Forces, and “ it’s three things; it’s ground, navy, and air.” (Dobrzynki) Since the year 2000, after the amendment to military law, women are permitted to serve in any role of the military, including direct ground combat, and nowadays, the IDF is…

A message in A Few Good Men got me thinking about the organizational norm of the Marines of giving orders and following orders. A main ethical point that I saw in the movie was the assuming responsibility of giving and accepting orders. It was customary in the Marine division to act upon an order without question. Colonel Jessup even said that lives would be in danger if his orders weren’t followed. Failure to fulfill an order goes against the organizational norms of the Marines. These…

men are made to be further soldiers, the girls and young women are mostly use as maids and as sex slaves. Despite the occurrence of wartime sexual violence throughout history, the problem was long ignored by historians, journalists and dismissed by military and political leaders because it was considered as a ‘private crime’ or the ‘unfortunate behaviour’ of renegade soldiers (Seifert, 1996). It is not uncommon for these types of situations to occur during war. Nonetheless, the growing…

perpetuated one of the most interesting ethical dilemmas that has been thought about and pondered since WW2. Should guards of camps like these be charged and responsible for the actions that were committed, or were they just following orders like any other military operation? Not only did the United States armies get revenge but the prisoners of the camps got their revenge as well. Accounts of the liberation go onto explaining that the liberators gave the newly freed prisoners guns and shovels…

in the military for quite some time. Originally only men were allowed to join the military. Throughout the years of women participation they have demonstrated that they are as competent or even better than men. Most society portrayed women as being weak and emotional but aren’t some men also like that. In 2003 it was a significant year for women because it allowed them to move into combat that formerly only men could. Jena McGregor a writer for the Washington Post wrote an article “Military…

Every time you hear a story about war, writers always put it in a male’s point of view making it seem like women don’t matter too. Women should be able to do anything and everything men could do, meaning equal access to jobs and careers in military as well as outside of it. People state that women aren’t “physically, mentally, and emotionally qualified” to actually be involved in combat. People think we should continue to have legal bars against women that want to be involved in the combat unit,…

Gender equality within the American military services has become a highly visible and debated issue. Currently woman are only authorized to serve in non-combat positions in all branches of service. The integration of female soldiers into combat positions within the United States Army could significantly improve the Army’s effectiveness and the nation’s security. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has until January 1, 2016 to deliver the final decision as to which combat positions female soldiers…

Will they be dangerous? Will they be kids? What artillery do I need to bring? Where is Manny? Charles thinks to himself as he struggles to put his desert camouflage pants on. He is still half asleep having just rolled out of bed to answer his ringing cellular phone. It is a call from the East Rio Grande watchtower; a spotlight controlled by an immigration agent in the tower reveals a group of immigrants attempting to cross the river. The watchtower calls Charles to take care of it. He rubs his…

EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) requires and in-depth knowledge about a wide range of destructive devices. To an outsider, it might seem a brave but simple thing, disarming devices meant to cause so much destruction. To do so without killing yourself or innocent bystanders, requires a data base of some 10,000 technical orders and manuals. Knowledge from the chemical composition of explosives, to specific functions of fuzes (yes that is spelled correctly), to the latest intelligence on enemy…