Liana Arnot
Professor Dominguez
English 101
4 December 2015 Imagine stepping outside and there was a foreign military in control on the street that you live on. Having one 's home invaded by an unfamiliar person is a scary and traumatizing experience. It encourages a person to take more precautionary measures to ensure that their home is safe, but being watchful is not always a guarantee of safety. This concept reflects what the people of Okinawa experienced in the nineteen forties and still struggle with today. The beautiful island of Okinawa is located south of Japan and is composed of several small islands. Okinawa was its own Ryukyu Kingdom before it was annexed by the Japanese in 1879 (mainichi.jp). Today, the Japanese government itself does not truly treat Okinawa as an equal to mainland Japan. In fact, many of the Okinawans do not consider themselves to be Japanese and actively voice that their culture is starkly different than that of the Japanese people. The Japanese government is placing these bases on the Okinawan’s home without consulting them. It is an unfair act upon the locals because their home is being taken from and they can do nothing to stop it. The bases are not only disliked by the locals but it is also harming their marine life and polluting their environment. Mainland Japan is fully capable of housing the new military bases but they would rather throw it on the nonviolent island of Okinawa. The locals of Okinawa have not had a pleasant experience
This report is directly concerned with the Australian Government’s policies under ‘Operation Sovereign Borders,’ its ‘Regional Resettlement Arrangement’ with Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with the Republic of Nauru, which remove, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) irregular maritime arrivals to countries where their fundamental reason for seeking asylum – persecution on grounds relating to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity – is sufficient cause for further persecution, and even criminal sanction, in the recipient country. This report reveals that by transferring LGBTI asylum seekers to countries which intend to persecute them on the same grounds for which they originally sought asylum, Australia is breaching its international human rights obligations by directly undermining the principle of non-refoulement .
The law gives police officers power to use deadly force when they feel physically endangered, but that power doesn’t extend to opening fire at fleeing individuals. When is it necessary or proper for an officer to shoot at a fleeing suspect? This question was posed after a police shooting in South Carolina. There was video recorded by a bystander that shows a black man being shot in the back and killed as he runs away. According to A seminal 1985 Supreme Court case, Tennessee vs. Garner, “The police may not shoot at a fleeing person unless the officer reasonably believes that the individual poses a significant physical danger to the officer or others in the community.” So by that precedent it is only justifiable to shoot a fleeing suspect if they meet that criteria. No two situations are identical neither are any two officers, but law enforcement officers should use only the amount of force necessary to dissolve the situation in order make the arrest. Force should only be applied to protect officer or others from harm. The levels of force police use include basic verbal and physical restraint, less-lethal force, and lethal force application of each depends on the situation. KRS 503.090 is the use of physical force in law enforcement.
Okinawa was known as the “longest and largest battle” (157). This time, causing more casualties than previously. As mentioned previously, Okinawa was Japanese territory and they knew the terrain perfectly. This time, not only was there constant rain, but constant shelling. Constant shelling made it very difficult for Americans. It was very difficult for them to get those men who were wounded and needed help. Taking such risk, would sometimes cause the casualties and stretcher-bearers to get hit. As a result, they would have to leave behind the marines who died on Okinawa unlike Peleliu. “From my experience, of all the hardships and hazards the troops had suffer, prolonged shell fire was more apt to break a man psychologically than anything else” (265). The Americans had to be vigilant at all times. “Most nights on Peleliu, we had to keep a sharp lookout in front, rear, right and left. But that night on Okinawa, we had to scan even the dark sky for parachutes” (220). The Japanase wanted to ensure by any means necessary that there was bloodshed, even if they had to literally put their own life on the line. To ensure that, the Japanese had kamikaze and suicide
The Operations Superintendent would have OPCON and TACON as well. Making small changes to how we operate as an organization to become more effective in daily operations would be TACON. The flight chief is the best example of TACON as they run the flight who is conducting the daily operations. They are told to conduct guardmount, but they are not told in what order they conduct their briefings or what type of information needs to be briefed every day. They also assign who gets posted at each location for the day. OPCON would be the post priority chart that tells the flight chief which posts are the most important and require the most manpower. TACON is used when the flight chief decided who will work the most important post and who will work the gates. Below is a flow chart to help you understand how OPCON and TACON blend together (Figure 1-1). ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL (ADCON) Administrative Control is the direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and other matters not included in the operational missions of the subordinate or other organizations. ADCON is mostly the responsibility of the Service Chiefs and Secretaries. However, some functional areas can also utilize ADCON. CONCLUSION Understanding
For decades leading up to what was the attack on Pearl Harbor, there were growing suspicions and concerns that a threat to Hawaii by the Japanese was imminent. The so-called “Japanese problem” was viewed as not only a security threat, but also a threat to everyday life by way of social, economic, and political implications. The United States Government was co concerned with the growing threat that they employed the military to plan and prepare for different contingencies relating to an attack by the Japanese. The military did just that, although the exact contingency for which they planned was not expected. Regardless, the territory of Hawaii entered one of the most important periods of martial law in United States history. This period in history lasted for nearly 3 years, spanning from hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 until October 24, 1944.
“Better to be safe than sorry.” This American proverb explains the need for Japanese internment camps in simple language. The threat of invasion, espionage, and Anti-Japanese sentiment all made it necessary for the removal of Japanese-American citizens to safe, habitable, and protected environments where the government could be sure that no harm befell them or the rest of the population.
On 10/2/16, at approximately 2115 hours, Officer Sailor #7661, and I, Officer Harrell #3441 were working uniformed patrol unit 3A21, driving a marked black and white police vehicle. We were conducting normal patrol when we received a radio call of possible drunk in public suspects at 287 Parke St. The comments of the call stated there were seven to eight Male Hispanics, drinking and smoking marijuana in the driveway of the apartment complex. The caller stated that only one subject lives there and the rest are soccer teammates.
attack on a military installation will require additional help in the form of transport vehicles and aircrafts, spaces to house the injured, traffic control both inside and outside the installation, medical teams, media etc. from local, state and federal agencies.
Nine hundred eighty-six is the number of people killed by police officers in 2015 in the United States, which is more than double the deaths reported annually over the past decade (The Washington Post). That number given is a total count of deaths under any circumstance of the fatality. Police force against citizens has become more and more aggressive each year, all though some of the force is needed for the situation, hundreds of people each year get killed by police that use force that is not necessary. The FBI did a five year study on deaths of citizens by police officers, and compared the percentages of races killed. Outcomes of that were not surprising if you keep up with modern day news, with the myth floating out in space that blacks are more likely to be killed by police than any other race. The percentages read 51.1% black, 46.3% white, and 2.6 other races murdered by police (FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting). If all police officers were required to wear body cameras during the line of duty, it would greatly reduce police brutality and create a much safer working environment.
Okinawa is an island in the south Pacific near Japan. It is still an active military base used by the United States ever since World war II. During WWII, the American forces later in the war started to take the island in an operation entitled Operation Iceberg (“Battle”). Okinawa is Located roughly 350 miles off of the coast of Japan. The battle for Okinawa began on Easter Sunday 1945. Okinawa quickly fell to American forces in one of the bloodiest battles of WWII (Frame).
You are the Secretary of Defense and the President has asked you to advise him on the use of military force.What are the costs and benefits of resorting to force? The Secretary of Defense’s job entails of many main responsibilities. One of the many being that it exercises authority, direction and control over the department. The Department of Defense is directly under the president, who is the Commander in Chief. The main objective of the Department of Defense is to provide the military the necessary resources, means and power to deter war and protect the citizens of the country. The main headquarters of the Department of Defense is at the Pentagon, which is located in Arlington County, Virginia.
Okinawa had trees that was littered on hills that had a reach of 505 meters high. This was advantage for the Japanese that was above the American troop. Japanese also used coral and limestone to blend in with the environment as a camouflage.They used the island’s natural obstacles and enhanced them , to throw their enemy off
Suppose we lived in a world where Barney Phife was the norm; where Little House on the Prairie was the norm or Leave it to Beaver was the adventures of every young man? Many have said if we could just go back to simpler times when right was right and wrong was wrong and no one came uninvited to thrust themselves upon our quiet family time. However, I would need to take my cell phone with me and I most certainly could not do without my pda in order to function as an upstanding and responsible citizen. This is where many people find themselves quandering between the technology of today and the simplicity of the past. With this technology has come the ability for others to enter our homes at perhaps the most inopportune times uninvited to thrust upon us their wares for profit or for charity. The question therein lies as to whether the first amendment guarantees the right for those to come and go as they please into our world or do the citizens of this great nation
The Marshallese people have internalized the invader's version of their own history and they need to resurrect their own collective memory to free themselves from the pernicious and malignant effects of colonialism. During the World War 2 United State conquered the Marshall Islands from the Japanese. The Marshall Islands were then consolidated into a trust territory governed by the U.S. Since then the Marshallese people saw the U.S. as some sort of saviours. In results to this they started to change from their own traditional ways of living and transformed into a country filled with Western Ideologies. As these transformation started taking place the island became
The Okinawans had not only lost its sovereignty to the Americans, but also its identity. As the protagonist walked through the American Army base, he encountered a maid who he assumed must work for a American family. The impression of the maid as he described when their sights crossed at each other, was, “her placid, self-possessed air gave the impression she was someone who belonged here and made me feel a vast distance between us.” (34) It would be unusual for a local resident, like the protagonist, to express his discomfort standing on his own land—Okinawa. The lack sense of belonging to its motherland from the protagonist contradicted the maid’s sense of self-possessing and belonging to Okinawa. They are both Okinawans, yet there’s a vast