United States Special Operations Command

understand the significance of intelligence provided by Oleg Penkovsky during the Cuban missile crisis, it is of utmost important to examine the climate of the intelligence community in the United States leading up to the crisis. On September 19th, 1962, about a month before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) on “The military Buildup in Cuba” considered the possibility of the Soviet’s deployment of medium and intermediate-range ballistic…

Chris Kyle once said “Despite what your momma told you, violence does solve problems” (Aldrich)This is true if you are talking about his life. Kyle started life as a little cowboy growing up in Texas. Then riding bulls and being a Navy SEAL in his middle life. To live in Heaven with God in his late life. To truly understand Chris Kyle, one must understand his early, middle, and late life. Chris Kyle was born on April, 1974 in Odessa, Texas along with his younger brother Jeff (Burling 15). When…

hardship, friendship, face offs with death, and memories at Iraq. Chris would have happily continued doing all those things, even looking at death one last time, but it was time for him to retire the old rifle, say his goodbyes, and head back to the state he knows well, Texas. With ten honorable years of service Chris finished his final deployment November 4, 2009. Kyle says “ I got out of the Navy November 4; on November 6, I was kicking Texas dust.” (Kyle 418). When he settled back in his…

From the initial invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq following the 9-11 attacks to now, the United States government and tax payers have spent a total of almost 1.6 trillion dollars since 2003 on the war to combat “terror.” With US military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands US service members are sent overseas to fight those who wish to do America harm. To move all those troops, equipment, logistical services, and then to pay for any injuries that may come to the vets after…

US soldiers pointed guns at Turkey forces and simultaneously the major of Turkey Special Forces in Iraq was speaking with his commander over the phone in order to request a command to clash with US soldiers. However, the commander insistently commanded the major not to resist (commander got this order from Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces H. Ozkok) and let US…

today and has shown itself to be a resilient organization able to bounce back from constant security force operations against it. Keywords: Nationalist, Unionist, Protestant, Catholic, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Omagh, McKevitt Background History and Operating Environment The Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), or Real IRA, is a U.S. State Department designated Foreign Terrorist Organization located in Northern Ireland. The British Government…

The joint U.S.-British operation ended Iran's drive to assert sovereign control over its own resources and helped put an end to a vibrant chapter in the history of the country's nationalist and democratic movements. These consequences resonated with dramatic effect in later years…

by the White House in which five Taliban officials were released from the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and kept under supervised watch in Qatar. The decision was made by Gen. Robert Abrams, the four-star commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N.C. It came after Bergdahl broke his…

Reason of Intervention/treatment Christopher Kyle is a 38 year old, Caucasian, U.S. Navy veteran who was self referred for a psychological evaluation to determine his current cognitive and emotional status. Christopher has an extensive history serving in the U.S. military. Despite having a good support system, he continues to have issues with reintegration. Christopher reports that his behavior lately is interfering with his life and becoming a burden to his family. The contributing factors…

hand. Also the soldiers have to be mentally ready to be under fire and not knowing if the next bullet shot at them might be the death of them. In my family lots of my relatives have served our great nation. My father was a parachute packer in the United States Navy. My cousin is becoming a marine, and my great grandpa served as a German sniper in world war two. If I where to be accepted into the Navy Seals I would like to be a marksman or sniper. To attend the collage of my choice I will need to…