Naval warfare

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 is an autobiography that exposes one of the most appalling yet valiant military missions, Operation Redwing. This infamous mission occurred following the delegation of four Navy SEALs to northern Afghanistan; their commission being to seize and kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. Disastrously, this operation ultimately did not go as planned leading to the deaths of three very heroic military leaders.…

The Navy’s Sea, Air and Land Forces – commonly known as SEALs – are expertly trained to deliver highly specialized, intensely challenging warfare capabilities that are beyond the means of standard military forces; including: direct action warfare, special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, and foreign internal defense. Navy Seals achieve the impossible, in many ways by; critical thinking, sheer willpower and absolute dedication to their training, their missions, and their fellow Special…

They used to be broken down into five daring groups named the Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs), the Raiders and the Scouts, the Office of Strategic Services Operational Swimmers, and the Navy Underwater Demolition Teams (UTDs), and the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons. These five daring groups are now put together into one, even more extreme group. And that is the Navy SEALs. The Naval Demolition team was formed with two officers and 17 enrolled men. They commanded by Lieutenant…

Lone Survivor is wrote through a navy SEALs eyes as he is traveling through the Afghanistan and Pakistan border. Their mission is to track down and capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. They are working with the Taliban but the North and South Taliban don’t get along. The seals have to work as a middle man to get the North and South Taliban to work together. Marcus talks about their routine as they go through Navy training and then when they get through the SEAL training. They are going through the…

A book by Mark Lee Greenblatt features a man named Chris Kyle. Chris a Navy seal , independently rescued Marines that were trapped in a house in Fallujah Iraq during his tour. He went to every extent to make sure no man was left behind, even if that meant dragging a Marine fifty yard to safety. In the Military no man is left behind, following that principle comes down to the person's heart. The gut feeling of putting your life or job or time on the line and casting out to see what you can catch…

In everyone’s life they will be faced with a challenge that will have to be overcome, For Marcus Luttrell and his squad Mathew Axelson, Daniel Healy, James Suh, Eric Patton, and Michael Murphy, the men of SEAL Team 10 are put through the ultimate challenge of being overwhelmed by Taliban forces with no help after Luttrell loses each one of his squad mate/friends. How would you react to this challenge? Would you hide and try to survive? Would you fight to protect your squad mates till the end?…

The mission the SEALs were given was held along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and what was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance mission turned into a bloodbath with only one SEAL makes it out alive. The story is told by the surviving SEAL, Marcus Luttrell, who outlines how his comrades died in battle. When the SEALs head out to the border, they are discovered by a group of herders. Rather than kill them, the SEALs let them go, only to discover the herders revealed their position to members…

The Chemical Warfare Service The lessons learned from the involvement of the United States in World War I would identify the need for a military organization that specialized in Chemical Warfare. The use of chemical weapons was one of the most deadly and effective tactics experienced by both sides during the trench-style warfare. Due to the concern that the chemical weapon strategies of the First World War would continue on in future armed conflicts, the United States Army created the Gas…

Weapons and Technology of WW1 World War I was called “the war to end all wars;,” however, it didn’t end anything. World War I was the biggest war anyone has ever seen in their time. Some countries were crippled, and some countries were strengthened, the same can be said of families. Over 38 million people died during this horrendous conflict, most of these deaths were civilians. Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what…

gas masks did not fight as well. All sides used gas frequently by 1918. Its use was a frightening development that caused its victims a great deal of suffering, if not death. Both sides used a variety of big guns on the western front, including huge naval guns mounted on railroad…