63D Regional Support Command: Case Study

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a segregated U.S. Army. They fought in World War II. It was made up of Japanese Americans that were from the Mainland and Hawaii. The men from Mainland thought that the Hawaiians didn’t speak English very well. There was a conflict between both groups and got sent to a detention camp. The 442nd learned about teamwork very fast. They decided they would complete every assignment that came their way. Frank Hachiya wrote a letter to his 8th grade teacher before he was killed. In addition, he talked about all his regrets in life and how he wasted most of his time. At his funeral, his teacher read the letter.

While they most tested on Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian civilians, there are records of Russians and Pacific Islanders being tested on as well. The unit was given the full resources of the IJA and received special attention from the Imperial Government during its entire existence.

The threat environment has expanded from a strategic, nuclear, symmetrical threat from bombers, ICBMs, and air-or-sea-launched cruise missiles, to a continuing symmetrical threat in addition to an emergent asymmetric threat, focused across all domains, borders and agencies. Accordingly, our political leaders recognized a need to transform the military for a new ‘home game’. United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) was established to assume responsibility for the defence of the US homeland, and this new Command was tasked to provide military assistance to civil authorities (MACA).

The United States Military has been around since June 14, 1775. Many things have come and many have left. The President of the United States is the commander in chief, who is responsible for all decisions. Each branch of the Military has a unique mission of security and peace. But the United States Marine Corps is known the rapid reaction force because they are normally the first boots on the ground. The U.S. Armed Forces are made up of 5 armed branches, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy.

There is something about an old man sitting in his rocking chair sharing stories that sparks just about anyone’s interest. It just so happens that man was my grandfather, telling stories about his experiences serving in the military, I couldn’t help but sit and listen in fascination. He had so much to say; from how he had two pet monkeys during the war, learning how to ask for tea from a Vietnamese man, to desperately trying to sleep through the haunting visions of dead bodies he had seen in combat. My grandfather is a strong man, but even so, he still needs help in some aspects of life after serving in the military. He began to tell me about his trips to the Department of Veteran Affairs Clinic and the medical support he received. He said to me, “Now baby girl, Lord knows I am thankful for the aid government offers, but I sure wish some things were different. Not just for me, but the Veterans out there that need more than I do.” This was something that really made me think about what our government does offer and how it effects our citizens. Some would argue that we have ample support opportunities and the government is offering all that is needed, while others would argue there is not enough aid and the government is not, in fact, doing everything they can to help the men and women who have served our country.

Lieutenant Holden served as the Brigade S4 for the Area Support Group-Kuwait in support of ARCENT Forward, tenant organizations and coalition forces while deployed for nine months. She flawlessly executed the S4 duties and responsibilities equivalent to the standards of a company grade logistical officer (90A). Lieutenant Holden was hand-selected, as the MACOM Fleet Manager for 301 leased Non Tactical Vehicles (NTVs) and responsible for the processing 200-250 transportation request in support of troop movement and operations in Kuwait.

The Military Support Program (MSP), which began in 2007, is a program in Connecticut designed to address the needs of active duty, veterans, reservist, National Guard members and their families needs. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is the body that over sees this program. There are two key programs within the MSP the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program and the MSP Embedded Clinician Program. The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program is a thoughtful, comprehensive program designed to address behavioral health issues associated with deployment. Beginning a year prior to a Unit’s scheduled deployment, service members and their families participate in Yellow Ribbon these events are held at different venues, such as hotels

“Ting, ting” is all I hear once the casing of the bullets hits the ground, that’s not the only thing that hit the ground. Women down, call the medics. Ladies weren’t allowed to join any combat services until 2013. Once they let females join the military, they started an unprecedented research effort to understand what would happen if they had mixed genders in the military. “They took the form of a year-long experiment called the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, in which 400 Marines—100 of them female—trained for combat together and then undertook a simulated deployment, with every facet of their experience measured and scrutinized (Narula).” The training took place in North Carolina and California, all the training they did was

It is noted that over “70 percent of organizational change efforts fail” (Jansson, 2013). Nevertheless, change is an inevitable part of a learning organization. The 93d Signal Brigade is experiencing change. Senior Army leaders have determined that there is a need to transform from geographically based information technology services to consolidated enterprise services at regional locations. Employees know this as Network Enterprise Centers (NECs) regionalization. The driving force behind this initiative is the United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). Employees within the 93d Signal Brigade, which is a subordinate unit to NETCOM, are voicing their concerns about the effort to regionalize network centers. The

Operation Fortitude is also known as “D-Day Mission”, was part of a major role in winning the war in 1944. This operation was one out “35 subordinate plans and operations”, and from that Fortitude North and South were created. The strategic ruse was to fool the Germans who started to tighten the noose around most of Europe into thinking the allies were armed and ready. The Nazis were taking control of most of Europe and this is when the Allies came together with an idea to win the war. How did they jump the gun on Germany to make their yearlong plan work? Through deception, the Allies would create a web of deception, giving incorrect information, and used double agents. The best-laid plan is when only a few know about it, yet it would take

In 1962 as part of a greater nuclear warhead test program, Operation Dominic, the United States organized a sequence of high altitude nuclear tests at the strongest period of the Cold War, known as Operation Fishbowl (Emanuelson, Jerry). Three high altitude nuclear tests were initially prepared with two additional low yield tests added at a later date. North of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, approximately nine hundred miles from Hawaii, Thor missiles were planned to be launched from Johnston Island. All tests were designed to be piloted at night to alleviate any possibility of retinal damage or burning of the eyes to the military personnel involved.

1.The general differences between a geographic combatant command (GCC) and a functional command start with the titles, and is codified in what is called the Unified Command Plan establishing joint commands. A geographic combatant is responsible for a specific geographic portion of the world called an Area of Responsibility. The world is divided into 6 geographic areas, and respectively the commands that are responsible for all military operations in those regions are as follows:

Operation Lam Son 719, named after South Vietnam General Lam in 1971 along Route 9, was one of the biggest aviation asset, personnel losses, and one of the most disastrous operations of the Vietnam War. The operational intent was to stop the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) from continuing its supply route and stronghold on the Ho Chi Minh trail and Base Area 604 in Laos. The hasty operation was supposed to serve two purposes; assist the shift of power for the war to allow for treaty possible discussions and to validate Army of the Republic of South Vietnam’s (ARVN) ability to design and maintain operational control as the allied forces pulled out. The operation seemed to be doomed to fail from its inception.

Operation Husky marked the first time that the United States Army utilized Airborne Infantry units in an active military operation. The 82nd Airborne Division formed the backbone of the American airborne operations during this campaign. Initially, the 82nd’s role in this operation was to land three of its regiments, the 504th, 505th and 325th, behind enemy lines to provide assistance to the allied forces that were taking part in the amphibious assault on the coast of Sicily. This plan was to be implemented in three separate lifts, or successively, over the course of a few days. However, due to poor coordination and weather during the first lift and friendly fire during the second lift, the third lift was cancelled. Despite the initial phases of this operation being plagued by improper preparation and poor coordination during execution, the American paratroopers created positive effects on the German and Italian forces by creating confusion and attacking critical points of Axis infrastructure. Of these

To meet with Navy Munitons Command (NMC) East Asia Division (EAD) Unit Guam personnel to obtain a random sample pull of past issue transactions as well as the file documents relevant to the selected issue transactions as it relates to the Management of Conventional Ordnance Inventory Accuracy.