United States Special Operations Command

Lone Survivor is wrote through a navy SEALs eyes as he is traveling through the Afghanistan and Pakistan border. Their mission is to track down and capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. They are working with the Taliban but the North and South Taliban don’t get along. The seals have to work as a middle man to get the North and South Taliban to work together. Marcus talks about their routine as they go through Navy training and then when they get through the SEAL training. They are going through the…

A book by Mark Lee Greenblatt features a man named Chris Kyle. Chris a Navy seal , independently rescued Marines that were trapped in a house in Fallujah Iraq during his tour. He went to every extent to make sure no man was left behind, even if that meant dragging a Marine fifty yard to safety. In the Military no man is left behind, following that principle comes down to the person's heart. The gut feeling of putting your life or job or time on the line and casting out to see what you can catch…

Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad? Remotely-controlled aircraft, otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones can be equipped with bombs and missiles for attack missions. The original drone, the MQ-1 Predator and the upgraded MQ-9 Reaper are the two most commonly used unmanned aerial vehicles. They are cherished for their ability to fly thousands of feet over a target for long durations of time and relay high-resolution, live reconnaissance. In…

the nuclear bomb in World War II, United States leaders has lived with the knowledge that poor judgment can put half the world in jeopardy. Looking at past and present historical events, one can speculate that the thought process of Cold War leaders and modern day leaders has transformed. As the times and conflicts have shifted from ones of strategy to today’s boots on the ground conflicts, the transformational leader has played an integral role in the United States’ share of successes and…

Freedom launched on 19 March 2003 was a major success essentially due to receipt of information in a short time frame. Establishing information dominance over one's adversary will become a major focus of the operational art in the future.6 The United States has led and maintains a significant advantage in the development of information- based technologies. This advantage is well grounded in U.S. military capabilities7. The roots of the U.S. military's information-based RMA have been decades in…

Introduction: On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the global conflict in Europe, but it’s Regular Army was not trained to conduct synchronized combined arms operations on the level of their Allies. The first display of large-scale, combined arms operations by the United States was the Battle of Cantigny on May 28th, 1918. Cantigny marked an important transition in the strategic organization of the American Military and set the stage for the United States to become active participants…

The United States Military is one of the largest organizations in the world, and as such the quality of leadership plays a vital role in ensuring either success or failure. Units in the military are all under the ultimate command of a single individual: The President of the United States. However, a robust organizational infrastructure is in place that trickles down through several branches and layers until you arrive at the smallest team components, which are usually no larger than ten to…

In the clips prior to Lone Survivor Navy SEALS trainees ring a bell three times and place their helmets on the ground when they want to voluntarily fail SEALS training. By the end of the clips there’s a line of helmets showing that there is a limited number of sailors that passed. Sailors are exposed to extreme conditions in the training such as drowning and cold, yet they don’t go through these challenges alone as they are surrounded by their fellow trainees. This brotherhood in the face of…

genocide of Armenians was exclusive to World War I6. The sequence in which the two World Wars took place varies greatly. World War I started when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, as the country wanted to reaffirm its right to command as a Balkan power. As conflict was occurring between these two countries, Europe rapidly witnessed nations going to different alliances. Austria-Hungary and Germany became allies and Serbia and Russia also became allies, along with the French.…

variety of issues that the United States has faced over the last two decades forced the country to focus on its own economic recovery. The United States saw a significant economic turnaround after shifting its focus from “global policeman” to domestic issues. During this period, the United States retook its position as the preeminent world power, recapturing the highest GDP and balancing the national deficit. While the United States scaled back its foreign assistance, states began to fail, and…