United States Secretary of Defense

The fog of war is a documentary about the life, former experiences and times of Robert S. McNamara, the previous Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson organizations. The piece is a blend between authentic footage and a meeting with Robert McNamara by the chief, Errol Morris. While permitting McNamara to recount the story from his point of view, Morris likewise partitions the film into eleven lessons that can be detracted from McNamara's life. What results is an inside take a gander…

The Department of Defense is one of our fifteen cabinet departments that is part of the executive branch. The function of this department is to run military affairs and operations. It does this from their headquarters which is the Pentagon. Though the president is over the whole department, it continues to break down and smaller leadership roles that the president appoints people too. For example, the department has a Secretary of the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of Administration and…

In the year 1920 women in the United States voted for the first time and since there has been a continuous push for gender equality. Unfortunately in the 21st century, males are still superior to women- especially when it comes to occupations. Beginning at a young age, Americans are taught that they need to gain a higher education, so they can have a decent career one day. According to Caryl and Barnett, women are expected to be as successful as men throughout their education but once they apply…

external stakeholder organizations. This paper identifies a few historical challenges that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies faced in the past, how those organizations sought to overcome those challenges, and how these solutions can apply to other public organizations. Historical Challenges Communication and operational synchronization within the Department of Defense are two particularly notable historical challenges. During the conflict in Vietnam…

A: PLAN OF INVESTIGATION The purpose of this investigation is to determine to what extent the United States’ failed invasion of Cuba in the Bay of Pigs was caused by fear of the Soviet Union. This investigation will use sources to be summarized in section B, mostly coming from the CIA’s released documents on the Bay of Pigs investigation. These released documents were broken down into five volumes, of which I used volumes one through three most prevalently. This investigation will also…

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, served as a courageous advocate for major economic and political reforms during the 1960s. The unprecedented spike in steel prices resulted in President Kennedy taking initiative, in regards to the “public interest.” As a result, Kennedy called upon the nation in a news conference on April 11, 1962. The purpose of the conference was to reach out to the people to come together during a time of economic recession and convey support…

Understanding the difference between Homeland Security and Homeland Defense is blurred, they have similar tasks and mission, and we use descriptive definition verses legal definition to characterize them. Both have the same goals of protecting United States but utilizes available resources differently due the nature of the legalities of the Constitution and mission sets. Resources that come from local and state level are part of the Homeland Security structure are limited, with the exception…

Pacific that the United States and her partners will have to counter in order to maintain control and economic prosperity of the region. Therefore, it is integral to future sustainability of peace that the United States will have pursue economic bilateralism continue to deter conflict through the building of strong military partnerships across the region. Moreover, According to America’s Strategic Response to China’s Military Modernization by Ashton B. Carter, current Secretary of Defense,…

The phrase when defense pacts are invoked is used instead of if invoked because given the ongoing territory disputes the Philippines has with China it is only a matter of time before armed conflict arises. For years Philippines has engaged in dispute with China over the Spratlys Islands (comprised of small islands, reefs, atolls and rocks). Portions of the Spratly Islands have been claimed by The People’s Republic of China (PRC), The Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), The Philippines, Vietnam,…

other standing orders they receive. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), involves the producing and managing of foreign military intelligence. Their mission “is to provide timely, objective, all-source military intelligence to policy makers, to US armed forces around the world,”…