Operations research

Throughout the war the allied powers had tried different approaches at the initial landings on foreign soils, they have been pushed by rail, by air, by sea, and by parachute. Not one had been one hundred percent successful, prior to Operation Husky, the allied powers decided during the Casablanca planning conference that the primary invasion tool would be an amphibious landing with additional paratrooper forces pushed inland the night before, with hopes of knocking out axis pill boxes and…

“Silent Professional” is a term often used when referencing the Special Operations community. It means do not brag about what you have done or where you have been because secrecy is your only real ally. Every night since the World Trade Center towers fell, there have been Soldiers overseas taking the fight to those responsible. Night after night, these nameless warriors have been planning and conducting covert operations in hostile areas all over the world without fail. The only time the…

Operation Smile was founded in 1982, by Dr. William P. Magee and his wife Kathleen following a medical aid trip to the Philippines where they along with a team of physicians planned to perform surgeries to repair the cleft lips and cleft palates of children who were in need of surgery (Operation Smile, n.d.). “In Naga City, approximately 300 families arrived hoping their children would receive surgery, but the team could only treat 40 children” (Operation Smile, n.d., para.2). It was out of…

The U.S. 1953-54 recession almost double the unemployment rate and many American were worried that Mexicans were taking all the jobs and so became imminent that they were a threat to the U.S. labor. These brought up Operation Wetback in 1954 and in June 1954 the U.S. Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, Jr., ordered a massive deportation drive (Meier and Ribera, 189). More than a million undocumented workers were rounded up and sent back to Mexico regardless if they had a family or not. Many were…

Operation Anaconda took place in Shahikot Valley of Afghanistan five months after the initial kickoff from Operation Enduring Freedom officially started on Oct 7th, 2001, less than one month after the attack on America on September 11th, 2001. The goal of the United States and the various coalition forces was to misplace and eliminate the Taliban and al Qaeda forces in the valley. After contact with U.S. and coalition forces due to its proximity to the border with Pakistan via the White…

to retreat to the cities. Eventually, the Germans were able to push them back to the coast and surround the surviving allied troops. When the British realized that they were about to be overrun by the Germans they decided to initiate Operation Dynamo. Operation Dynamo was the attempt to save countless lives and resources by using small vessels to transport troops to larger ships. Preparations for the evacuation began on May 22. Vice Admiral Micheal Ray Kern called for as many naval boats as…

Volunteer Operation Kindness gladly welcome all people who wants to get involved in the lives of the animals. There are a lot of programs that the volunteers can help with. Volunteers can join by filling out the application , attend an orientation , and commit to volunteering. Before begin volunteering in Operation Kindness , volunteer need to pay one time program fee to have hands on training and attend online Webinar training. There are many ways for volunteers to help in the shelter.…

Bright and early 12 seniors gathered at the Church of Christ to pack shoeboxes full of treasures for Operation Christmas Child. The shoeboxes are processed and delivered by the Samaritan's Purse Organization to impoverished children around the world as Christmas gifts. The “packing party” was organized by Pamela Stewart, and was attended by kids and teens from the Triple Vision group, and friends of Pamela, in addition to the seniors. The first step in packing a box was to chose the…

Middle East, U.S. covert operations have played a significant role in past conflicts. The implementation and impact of these operations can be seen in many different instances, but the most noteworthy occurred during the Vietnam War. From 1963 to 1975 The CIA, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam(MACV), and other defense and intelligence agencies planned and conducted countless counterinsurgency and covert operations in Vietnam and the surrounding areas. These operations ranged from intelligence…

is to apply critical reasoning techniques to Operation Barbarossa, which was a German offensive in 1941 during World War II (WWII) against the Soviet Union. I will identify the events leading up to the operation, and a brief overview of the operation itself. I will also identify alternative intelligence assets which could have been employed by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to develop alternative courses of action / outcome to this operation. In addition to these alternative courses…