United States Marine Corps

Considering the ongoing budget cuts and force reductions, the Army should maintain its current level of reliance on contract support, with condition to adopt some measures to maximize the benefits from contractors. From my opinion, Successful operational contract support is the ability to manage and direct all activities necessary to execute contract support integration requirements in a designated operational area. For example, during the last two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Operational…

military veterans with the opportunity to continue to serve, connect and feel part of a team. Prior to team rubicon, Jake served as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a scout sniper. Received numerous awards in combat and was the honor graduate of recruit training, the school of infantry and marine scout sniper course. Received bachelor’s degree from the university of Wisconsin, where he played 4 years of varsity football. One of the…

Do you know how many US service members died in the Vietnam war ? 58,200 American soldiers died during the United States' involvement in the conflict. Lots of lives were lost in the Vietnam war not only US service members, but vietnamese on both sides died. when remembering the soldiers that fought in Vietnam, It's important to consider that after the war, they are changed men, many soldiers had to deal with lots of hardships during the war , and the training for the war ahead. how has war…

Washington D.C. is made up of many historical landmarks. Each landmark has its own meaning and can teach future generations on how the United States of America got to where we are today. Although all seventy-four historical landmarks sound interesting and educational, there's only one I would love to visit. The Vietnam War Memorial will always hold a special place in my heart because my grandpa was one of the fortunate soldiers who made it home after the war. Throughout my life, my…

Introduction A veteran comes back from the war in Vietnam. Some people thank him for his services and some people dishonor him for what he did in the war. Veterans go through so much during the war and has to go to a center to help them with their PTSD. Many people treat veterans with disrespect because of what they did during their time in combat. Returning veterans or people get treated with either honor, mental help, or with disrespect but mostly disrespect and mental help. Odysseus has a…

August 16 of 1971 through August 20 of 1971. The experiment was led by psychologist Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University. The experiment was then funded due to a grant from the United States Office of Naval Research; which was of interest for the United States Navy conductors and members, as well as the United States Marine Corps. The military funded the experiment to help determine the cause of conflict occurring between military guards and prisoners. The experiment was to be held in a mock…

As the United States military, and the American public at large, struggle with the legacy and lessons of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General (Retired) Daniel Bolger’s book, Why We Lost, adds an important element to the debate. An element that questions the advice to political leadership, the strategy, and the leadership of the country’s senior military officers. Bolger’s service as a…

When people think about 1945 they think of wars won and new technology that makes our lives easier today. However, there was a popular culture or movement that boomed throughout the United States and is still popular in today’s culture; tattoos. Tattoos have been around for centuries with the earliest known man Otzi who was predicted to live around 300 B.C. and he had tattoos still inked to what’s left of Otzi. However, tattoos had different meanings throughout the years and change meanings to…

What is Jrotc; where did it originate? The united states passed the National Defense Act of 1916; that allowed American high schools the loan of federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty personnel as instructors. The main idea of JROTC is to develop citizens as leaders for careers later on in life. We will be talking briefly about the history of JROTC, and what JROTC is all about. The concept of JROTC was brought up in the National Defense Act of 1916. The Act allowed the…

made the Japanese surrender; however, one must consider that this was only a piece of the entire span of World War II. What allowed the United States Naval Aviation community the opportunity to fly over the Japanese mainland was the successes of the submarine, surface, and land communities in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Specifically, the United States Submarine Community contributed to war by…