Squadron

How do the authors of Catch-22 and Dr Strangelove use irony and black humour to illustrate the futility of war and criticise those in authority during war? Coming out of the Cold War era, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb make scathing satire of war and politicians. Heller and Kubrick explore their ideas about the futility of war and those who have authority in war using irony and black humour. While Heller uses…

should grow too fond of it.” would ring true for the Europeans after World War I is over. The new technology coming from the Industrial Revolution had rewritten the rules of war. In the days of the Napoleonic wars, it was impossible to kill a whole squadron within a matter of seconds as a musket took about a minute to reload. In World War I, there came the invention of the machine gun and poison gas. These weapons could kill hundreds of men easily and…

Improving the Task Management Tool Process Each year, thousands of hours are lost due improper use of the Task Management Tool (TMT) process. Imagine the amount of time saved each day if TMT was utilized effectively. We would be able to focus more time and energy out on the flight line supporting real world combat, humanitarian, and support missions. The current TMT process has too many taskers with short suspenses which ultimately hinders daily operations. Proper TMT oversight, realistic…

Commissioning Program (ECP) of the SROTC department. There is even a tradition known as "RAT Week" in which newcomers must go through known as RAT Week. The ECP is independent aside from the Corps of Cadets in which it has its own squadron known as the "Garry Owen Squadron" and Cadre to learn from. With this given fact, cadets in both the Corps and ECP tend to have a struggle at times when there are activities for both. I happen to…

Topic: Hollywood racial stereotypes in war movies In order to properly understand this essay’s topic, one has to know three terms – Hollywood, war movie and racial stereotype. The problem concerns racial stereotypes especially in Hollywood movies. According to Benshoff and Griffin (2009), "since American cinema for the most part functions under the dominant ideology of white patriarchal capitalism it should not be surprising to discover that the most popular films helps maintain dominant…

intervention of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was a shrewd man as he decided to invade Egypt to gain access to The Nile River in order to launch a surprise attack against the British. He sends a squadron of scholars to Egypt as he believed that in order to take a country, one must know everything about it. His squadron discovered The Rosetta Stone which became the most valuable archaeological find in the history of mankind. The Rosetta stone is written in two languages; Egyptian and Greek and…

he flew across enemy lines and attacked a German aerodrome, managing to shoot down three German planes. After this, he made his way back to his squadron by flying under four enemy airplanes without being shot down. After some time, and shooting down a total of 72 enemy planes, Bishop was promoted to major, and became in command of the 85th Squadron. In October 1918, after Bishop had done his duty, he returned to Canada with his wife. Unfortunately, war broke out again in 1939. Bishop took…

to others.” All leadership should follow these words and rely on their advisors and experts when making a major decision for the future of their squadron. When it was time for a major leadership turnover we were dealt an unfortunate hand and provided with a similar leader. Our unit was provided with an image focused base commander, a squadron commander ready to retire and a director of operations who was given control and wanted it his way. As headquarters demanded answers to the…

the first disappearances that really kicked off the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, was Flight 19. On December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy Torpedo Bombers took off for a routine training mission. A couple of hours into the mission, the leader of the squadron, United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Carroll Taylor, reported that his compasses were malfunctioning. He radioed, “Have gas for 75 minutes more. Can’t tell whether over the…

pilots were there too. There were many Canadians who were either in the Royal air force or were apart of the Royal Canadian Air Force but had joined the Royal air force to help Britain. It was decided to create a special squadron led by Canadians in the Royal Air force. This squadron showed some of the best talent of the war, found fighter pilots from across the country were now seen fighting the Nazis as a unit. This had given Canada and Canadian soldiers national recognition, by being able to…