United States Secretary of Defense

At his inauguration as 45th president of the United States on 20 January 2017, Donald Trump said "From this day forward, it's going to be only America first -- America first. . . Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. . . We will follow two simple rules -- buy American and hire American." Clearly, the United States and the world have entered an uncharted territory. He has three clear and chilling messages: From now on, America will be self-centered, protectionist, and less…

Chemical Corps. The Road Travelled The Civil Support Team Asymmetric Engagements aren’t a new topic for the United States. Since the early part of the 1960’s America has had to deal with this threat in some form or fashion. Civil disturbances of the 1960’s, the frequency of terrorist acts in the 1970’s, illegal drug use in the 1980’s. The 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City, no one will…

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…

For example, she stated,”You know, back in the 1970s, I worked for the Children 's Defense Fund. And I was taking on discrimination against African-American kids in schools…..And on the day when I was in the Situation Room, monitoring the raid that brought Osama bin Laden to justice, he was hosting the "Celebrity Apprentice." In addition…

Virginia unanimously supported it. Delaware’s votes were evenly divided, and the other states voting (CT, NY, NJ, MD, NC, SC, and GA) all disapproved. This defeat, however, was not the end of the debate over the federal negative at the Convention. The limited version of the negative lived on in the working draft of the Constitution, which granted Congress the power “to negative all laws passed by the several States contravening, in the opinion of the national Legislature the articles of union,…

Put plainly the United States government’s treatment of Native Americans, in this particular case the Ute Indian nation of the old West, was, quite frankly disgraceful. Ranging from at best intimidation and prosecution and at worst which was sadly quite often one-sided warfare and outright large-scale slaughter. The Utes, the earliest inhabitants of Colorado, fittingly enough lived throughout Colorado. Like many Greats Plains Tribes, Their diet consisted Primarily of Buffalo, with the odd…

1. Purpose: To provide information on the Evolution of the Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century 2. Facts: a. The U.S. Army Doctrine essential idea is to seize, retain and exploit in sustained land operations that will improve and maintain a position of advantage. Doctrine is always changing as the Army has faced encounters during deployments since the war in the 1990s to recent. b. Strategic and technological realties have been a lessons learned from recent…

The Doomsday Plane The United States Air Force consists of an enormous fleet that includes all sorts of special use aircraft with broad mission capability. One of the most unique, and fear inspiring aircraft is the E-4B NAOC (National Airborne Operations Center) Nightwatch. These planes, four specially configured Boeing 747-200s, possess a unique and somewhat eerie job. It may not have impressive payload characteristics like the large bombers, or the advanced attack weaponry on nimble fighter…

Rules of engagement for the Unites States in the Vietnam War were a framework put into place by military authorities to define the limitations and circumstances that combat will be initiated or continue with enemy forces. (Georgia Tech College , n.d.). The rules are put into place to be compliant with international law for conducting war, minimize friendly fire accidents, and protect civilians. All of these regulations also had political motivation and each level of rank within the army from…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt was born in New York, Hyde Park a January 30 of 1882, his father was James Roosevelt and his mother was Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, he was an only child. Regarding his education, he had private tutors until he was 14, after he attends to Groton School, a school only for boys, in Massachusetts. After his graduation in 1900, he entered to Harvard University. Franklin study law at Columbia University, he passes its examination in 1907 but later he found…