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forbidding the signing of the "no opium trade" bond. The captain negotiated with the governor of Canton and hoped that all British ships could drop off their goods at Chuenpee. Fighting commenced on 3 November 1839, when a second British ship, the Royal Saxon, endeavoured to sail to…

Late at night you can hear a loud boom and then the night sky light up. New comers to our community ask what it is that, people in San Clemente will tell them that is the sound of freedom. It is the Marine Corp at Camp Pendleton practicing night maneuvers. I want to join the Marines over the other branches probably due to how I have grown up next to Camp Pendleton. Living in San Clemente offers our community an opportunity to get to know the Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton and they have…

Organizational Setting: Navy Marine Corp Relief Society Founded in 1904, Navy Marine Corp Relief Society (NMCRS) was incorporated to provide formal and organization assistance to navy and marine families. The areas of assistance include financial education, counseling and a visiting nurses program for those injure in combat. The organization continues to thrive because of ongoing donations and committed volunteers. Vision and Mission of Navy Marine Corp Relief Society (NMCRS) NMCRS vision is…

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…

When Captain Amasa Delano visits the San Dominick he notices the tension between Babo and Don Benito Cereno while Babo is shaving Benito Cereno’s beard, “not unaffected by the close right of the gleaming steel, Don Benito nervously shuddered” (Melville 74). The tension between Babo and Cereno is ironic because Captain Delano does not understand what is actually going on between the two characters, creating tension between Captain Delano and the ship as a whole. Babo appears as the servant…