Royal Guard

On the evening of September 14, 2012 fifteen Taliban fighters infiltrated the airfield of Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The firefight that ensued lasted three hours, VMA-211’s squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Raible was killed along with mechanic Sergeant Bradley Atwell, and eight AV-8B Harrier aircraft were destroyed (“USCENTCOM Bastion Summary”, 2012). Prior to this event VMA-211 was last employed in a defensive infantry stance in Wake Island during the…

The organization under description is the US Marine Corps (USMC). It is one of the four branches of the United States Department of Defense. The USMC provides power from the sea and is also a Joint Chiefs of Staff member. I am a proud member of the US Marine Combat Veteran. Specifically, I was attached to the artillery unit in San Diego, Ca. as an ammunition technician. Further, during my four-year enlistment, I deployment to Afghanistan in the operation enduring freedom and it was a colorful…

The person I am today is someone that has had a great deal of life experience in the short amount of time that I’ve been here. I enlisted into the Marine Corps at the age of 17 and turned 18 the day I arrived to boot camp. I quickly had to learn what it meant to be responsible for those around me to include their welfare, their lives, and their families. I also developed strong leadership and management skills to accompany those skills in which are needed to be a successful Career Marine. I was…

It was seventeen hundred and forty eight in the year of our lord, when silver waves of purpose and determination collided into the jagged, rocky bluffs of Edisto Island. The salty spray had little time to dissipate before the next thundering crash pounded into its levying boarders. And with the rolling of the tide came three demanding ships. Occupied by three hundred souls per vessel. Nine hundred men with a cause and mission. The serenity of peaceful blue skies garnished by flights of seagulls…

The sound of drunken laughter and the lively tune of the cabin boy’s fiddle mixed with the whistle of the wind and the harsh wail of seagulls filled the decks of the Blue Anne. It was the finest night the crew had seen in three moon cycles, so a bit of drinking seemed inevitable. Boots pounding against the salt weathered wood while bottles of ale clinked in celebration. A few of the completely intoxicated men had taken to dancing a merry jig around the perimeter of the ship, while others…

U.S. Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan’s thesis, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (1890), argued that control of the sea was crucial to world dominance, which led to the United States’ military and strategic interest in imperialism at the end of the 19th century. His book also stimulated the naval race among the great world powers and caused the U.S. to emerge into naval supremacy. Control of the sea indicated control of trade, which essentially meant control of the world. Mahan…

afraid of Babo when he stares at him. “Keeping his eye fixed on his face” is thought by Delano to mean that Babo is ensuring that Cereno is okay; in reality it is Babo giving Cereno a threatening look. When a slave hands Delano a knot, he is caught off-guard, “the old man threw the knot towards him, saying… ‘Undo it, cut it, quick’… Captain Delano stood mute,” tension between Delano and the ship builds as Delano is made uncomfortable (Melville…

In this piece there sits a partially bald white Male navy sailor with a white muscle shirt on with black pants, his black navy uniform is hanging on his lap, and a black US sailor hat hanging on the back of his head.This sailor is holding a white object in his hands which are resting in his lap- I cannot make out what it is. His hands are chubby, but, he is not. The back of his hands are tattooed; ONLY the back of his hands -- not the finger tips. Moving up on his left arm, on his bicep, he has…

Kevin Seawright is a financial and administrative operations leader mainly known for his talent in the strategic vision of businesses and ability to command new opportunities. With over thirteen years of experience, Seawright has the aptitude of knowledge about managerial and financial operations that many in the field simply do not have. Kevin Seawright's ability to encompass others to a primary goal is probably one of his most important attributes. There aren't many individuals in the…

ID: Naval Blunders The term “Naval Blunders” talks about how Britain’s mistakes at sea cost them the Revolution. The British had a fully militarized navy, compared to the colonists. However, one of the mistakes that the British made during the war was that they unknowingly caused the spread of disease amongst their crew and thus were responsible for the deaths of their soldiers. The British ships, while large, often housed hundreds of troops, in unsanitary conditions. Most of the…