Background: In between the years of 2006 and 2007 the executive officer at the time of the United States Navy ship the USS Enterprise, Owen Honors was seen in some not so tasteful videos. These videos were broadcasted on the ship’s television network for the crew to see. In the videos Owens and other crew members are seen in different situations using anti-gay slurs, and also mimicking the action of masturbation in varying situations as the source material for their “skits”. These videos are…
On December 7th of 1941, a war began that changed the history of the United States and the world. On this day, the Japanese declared war on the US by attacking Pearl Harbor. This attack claimed a staggering 2,403 lives and wounded 1,178 others instigating the US’s entrance into World War II. I was fortunate enough to visit and participate in a group performance at this historic site, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack. While visiting this monument, I learned about the…
Nassau and her captain, Commander Austin K. Doyle. Doyle played a great role in the development and innovation of the escort carrier, leading eventually to its great role in the Navy. Doyle was the first captain of the U.S.S. Nassau, which is a prime reason he had such an important role in the improvement of escort carriers. He was there from the beginning. During his early days at sea, Doyle observed the operations of his ship…
more than a dog should be working. “CIA K-9 Unit dogs work 60 hours a week, on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.” (Types of War Dogs.) There is no doubt that dogs, as well as other animals, are pretty resourceful. Since the late 1950’s, the United States Navy has been studying marine…
in the daily operations and functions of Detachment Chinhae’s Communications Operations Center supporting the Republic of Korea-Navy (ROKN), Commander, Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) and seven Echelon III commands. His Sailors provided…
Zegart (2015), “Drones already have the ability to hover over a target for up to fourteen hours without being refueled, and to combine real-time imagery with real-time strike capabilities.” (para. 11) The use of drones has the ability to give the United States an advantage over other…
embodies the title “resilient” is Marcus Luttrell. Marcus Luttrell is the main character of a book written by himself called, Lone Survivor. In March 1999, he joined the United States Navy and began Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training with Class 226 in Coronado, California. In 2001, he graduated and became a United States Navy Seal. SEALs go through what is considered the toughest military training in the world and are some of the most…
of followers who he taught to succeed. By the time Marko was ready to leave he had developed a love of the military. Although his father wanted him to pursue a political career when he got out of military school, Marko wanted to have a career in the navy. Marko remembered his love of the ocean and ships from when he was younger and convinced his father to send him to a rigorous private academy. The academy gave Marko the academic skills he needed to get into a prominent naval academy when he…
U.S. is an Islamic terrorist attack. America and the west are at a war with extreme Islamic terrorism. The threat of terrorism is growing every day, even though our administration tells us we are defeating it. The war was not created by the United States when they invaded Iraq in 2003. Islamic terrorists desired to bring down the west, and most importantly, the U.S., long before the U.S. Iraq invasion. They made it official when they flew hijacked planes into the World Trade Center towers…
region. - She created and implemented a consolidated Detachment inventory system in order to centralize and create positive control over assets. She meticulously inventoried and tracked 1,200 Windows workstations, ensuring Outside Continental United States Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-Net) assets were secure and readily available during the FY 2014, FY 2015 and FY 2016 personal computer refresh; flawlessly prepared and executed the disposition of more than $1.4M in ONE-Net assets including…