Private equity

The fact that Saving Private Ryan accurately imitated the European Theatre of the War on the TV screen made it an excellent representation of United States’s contribution to the war efforts in the Second World War. The script writer Robert Rodat, wrote the plot based on a true story of Sergeant Frederick Niland. Like Private Ryan, the army discharged him from his duties on the front line transported him back home due to the death of his three brothers. In addition, both Private Ryan and Sergeant…

The author starts out by equating private contractors to mercenaries, which they state that “this is seen by the international public opinion as something completely different from the very same action taken through [private contractors]. Yet the consequences are usually the same”(Karsa and Karski 16). This acquisition then resumes, as they point out that with current practices, these private industries are pretty much on their own, without any accountability for…

Steven Spielberg’s hugely successful film War-Horse, based off a 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, was nominated for and won numerous awards. It describes the journeys of young farm boy Albert and his beloved horse Joey during the perilous time period surrounding World War I. The TV movie The Lost Battalion, while it did not receive nearly the same level of recognition as Spielberg’s work, is still an impressive drama that portrays the historical events of Major Charles Whittlesey’s 800-men…

Inevitably there is a security risk in accessing any database on the internet. The internet houses a variety of malware. Engineers attempt to discover security risks users experience and mitigate them. VPN connections can enable users and organizations dealing with confidential information the ability to avoid having their data observed or stolen. VPNs are not perfect, they do however, provide an avenue allowing the ability to transfer data more securely. To understand VPNs in their entirety…

last century, mercenaries have increasingly come to be seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. Until recently, these categories who sold military services for money were called mercenaries. Now, they are called Private Military Service Companies (PMSCs), they have both advantages and disadvantages. In this research paper, South Sudan will be used as an example. The PMSCs who are operating in South Sudan are the constant topic of a largely unspoken and…

I. Introduction Private Security Companies (PSC) offer military- and security-related services around the world in austere, undeveloped, and failed nations, as well as in fragile, developing, and democratizing nations. Comprised of highly-skilled individuals, PSCs have an arsenal of unique and coveted capabilities available to them, which their clients consider essential for their specific needs. With services ranging from dangerous, adrenaline-filled, armed combat missions to honorable…

Marine Stg. Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage), during the mission on Soloman Islands, loses all his troops. He receives the medal but still suffers from emotional problems and he feels guilty. There are two Native American characters: Private Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Private Charles Whitehorse (Roger Willie). They are sent with others Navajo tribesmen directly from Indian reservations to military academy in order to become code talkers. Navajo language is so unique that it was used during WW II to…

audience as entertaining whether it be about a fictional or nonfictional occurrence. The journey to contain evil, both mythologically and realistically, requires sacrifice and courage in the face of fear, demonstrated in The House of Hades and Saving Private Ryan. One example of courage in the face of fear occurs in Rick Riordan’s The House of Hades. The novel entails a journey in which an ultimate containment of evil to protect the mortal world from being overrun by monsters and the Giants…

In a scene from “Saving Private Ryan”, a film directed by Steven Spielberg, Captain John Miller and other GIs approach Omaha beach in a landing craft. The scene begins with the soldiers all tightly cramped in the landing craft awaiting the landing on the beach. There is then a close-up of Captain Miller’s hand shaking and the camera then pans up towards his face and then slowly moves backwards to show the faces of the other soldiers in the landing craft. It shows some men throwing up and then…

Desmond Doss shows he’s a hero for his heroic action in Okinawa. Doss is man from lynchburg, Virginia (west). His mother raised him as a devout seventh day adventist. Desmond Doss deserves the status of a hero because he saved 75 men, never touched a gun and never gave up. Desmond Doss shows that he is a hero when he saved 75 men (American and Japanese). When he was in the battlefield the Japanese attacked his 77th Infantry by surprise. Instead of fleeing. He would lower them one-by-one with a…