question remains whether this is a good idea. As of January 24, 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the military’s ban on woman serving in combat roles and on December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ash Crater proceeded with Panetta’s request and completed this process (“Pentagon Says Women Can Now Serve in Front-Line Ground Combat Positions”, 2015). This has created a great amount of controversy between the United States armed forces. It is evident that U.S. military is striving to…
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…
In fact in the United States in October of 2015 two women passed ranger school, however, at the time women were not eligible to infantry service and so could not immediately join the ranks of the rangers, but later in the same year Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the military to open all positions to women (Evans, Lederman); giving First Lieutenant Shaye Haver and Captain Kristen Griest the chance to serve their country as they have been trained to do (Evans). While CNS News, which reported…
In the 26th song of the popular Broadway musical Hamilton and conclusion to the first act, “Non-Stop”, George Washington sings to Alexander Hamilton, before asking Hamilton to join his presidential cabinet as Treasury Secretary, “They are asking me to lead / I am doing the best I can / to get the people that I need / I’m asking you to be my right-hand man.” (Miranda). Hamilton later uses similar words (“they are asking me to lead”) to his wife, Eliza Hamilton, as she pleads with him not to take…
very interesting memoir about the events of the author throughout the opening months of his time as the Secretary of Labor. Initially in the piece, the author is jumping through the hoops of being freshly appointed to the cabinet position after being a university professor. He starts by attempting to gather his team by June in order to get the department set up quickly. Furthermore, he states several pieces of criteria that a member of the cabinet should have in order to be appointed. In the…
Introduction The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is a low unmistakable battle rocket produced by designers of the United States. It is greater than numerous other prior undertakings, semi-stealthy long-go weapon embodying 2,000 pounds. The rocket's generation begun in 1995; however various issues amid trials happened that brought on deferment of its dispatch until 2009. Presently, JASSM is incorporated in the military payload of numerous different nations, for example,…
pillars are evaluated. Suitability: can we accomplish the desired effect? Feasibility: can the task be completed with the means available? Acceptability: are the costs justified?. China presents a burgeoning national security threat to the United States militarily, economically, and politically.…
Lynx Defense Range Bag This bag is made in the USA in Sanford North Carolina, and it is Berry Amendment compliant under USC, Title 10, and Section 2533a. What is the Berry Amendment and what does it have to do with a range bag anyway. The Berry Amendment is a statutory requirement that restricts the Department of Defense (DoD) from using funds appropriated or otherwise available to DoD for procurement of food, clothing, fabrics, fibers, yarns, other made-up textiles, and hand or measuring tools…
predictions have forecasted mass displacement and large famine, indicating a grave future for the world if current climate trends continue. Multitudes of people will be displaced and natural resources will be wiped out. Specifically studying the United States, climate change would adversely influence its infrastructure. America’s national security groundwork will be affected through the weakening of its military resources and the inevitable chaos from the citizens of the country, allowing a…
largest defense company in the world and the most important suppliers of the Pentagon to the network - but who they were and what they wanted? Officially there is to much information, but a look at the recent past may shed light on the object and purpose of the action. The affected defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon was already target of cyber espionage: In April 2009, a 1.4-terabyte file was stolen, which was the largest at the time, weapons project of the United States to…