The Defense Cooperation Of The United States

Since the inception of the United States of America 250 years ago, our government has enacted a practice of lies and deceit that keep its citizens in the dark. Matters such as false allegations that result in long standing wars, financial misuse and abuse, secret alliances that serve the government agenda's, and the altering of history affect not only the US citizens, it affects the global population as a whole. This deception has resulted in mistrust of the US Government as people question what our government is up to and what they are seeking to gain. In order to earn the public's trust, the United States Government needs to be transparent with its citizens, giving us the information whether it's positive or negative instead of allowing

In the book “ For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012” by Allan R. Millett , Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis tell their readers about all the major historical events that occurred in the United States and how they either brought up or brought down the United States later in the future. The authors organize the book by listing the historic events in chronological order. The authors built the structure of the book by using a large vocabulary and by having a formal tone in order to catch their audience attention which are professors and/or students. The purpose of this book is to inform and educate others on the major historic events that occurred in the United States so that they will have a better understanding on the events that built up the Unites States.

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).

Currently, the United States military is drawing down from thirteen years of sustained combat operations in two different countries: Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Throughout this period of time, millions of veterans, as well as support personnel, have been deeply influenced by the dramatic effects of modern warfare. These individuals have knowingly and willingly sacrificed a tremendous amount – in thousands of cases, their lives. For those that do return, a vast number face difficulty regarding their mental health; however, this is not solely due to exposure to combat. As these individuals return home from the combat theater and separate from active duty military service, they often find

The US Army has fought two major wars since 2001. The outcomes from these two war has informed the need to understand the operational environment through partnership with US allies in the regions of US interest in order to dominate these areas. The full benefits of Regionally Aligned Forces (RAFs)/Brigades can therefore not be overemphasized.

The Services and the Joint Force share the responsibility in ensuring that mission command is a common attribute of our Profession of Arms. Our collective efforts must institutionalize mission command by adopting and formalizing the character traits that enable a bias for action and responsible initiative at all levels of the force.

defensive posture of the United States, their ability to plan for attacks on the United States may become diminished to the point of unsuccessful operations. (JCS 2015, pg.)

The movement from a drafted to an all-volunteer force has proven to provide the Army of the United States with some of its most impressive Soldiers. Whether Soldiers desire to join the military for the pay, job security or answering the call to serve their country, these desires have become increasingly obsolete in today’s Army because of budget cuts. The Army will begin to lose quality Soldiers due to continued pay cuts to military pay, basic allowance for housing and changes to retirement plans.

As President Ronald Reagan famously said, “History has taught us only too well, that tyrants are tempted only when the forces of freedom are weak, not when they’re strong.”

Throughout the course of history it has been proven that a country cannot survive without employing the use of armed forces. These forces offer security to the people of the nation. Having a strong military base allows the United States to have allies, as well as being a power house country. Through the actions of our soldiers, we have been able to protect our homeland along with providing aides to other countries in need. Currently, there are three main branches of the US Military; the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Navy.

In January of 2013, the Department of Defense set aside the “1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule” (Carter, 2015). This takes all restrictions off women allowing all who meet the qualifications to hold a combat role in the military. The Armed Forces have opened over 110,000 positions to women and have set their standards. Anyone, who can meet operationally relevant and gender neutral standards, regardless of gender, should have the opportunity to serve in any position (Carter, 2015). The Military Services and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) were directed to implement this new change in policy by January 1, 2016 or submit an exception to this policy if they

Lastly, Poland’s changes in policies have created economic growth. However, the military is growing at a slow but steady pace. With the willingness to fund the national defense, weapon systems are improving. Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have sharpened training, but, key areas still need to be enhanced. With contributions from allies, Poland hopes to develop their own advanced national air defense system. Freeing them from using old Soviet-era air defense equipment.

There are many challenges when it comes to rebuilding failing states and retraining their militaries. The practice is done for the purposes of advancement of political objectives, also the attempt to provide stability within a hostile region, saving a fragile nation from collapse, and to provide support to oppressed groups and populations aligned with similar value structures. It is not a new policy tactic for the United States, there have been several cases where America has played a big role in nation reconstruction and redeveloping regional armed forces. While there have been some successful campaigns in these efforts to fight insurgency, improve conditions in regional civil conflicts, and stabilize areas, it has not always been effective policy. The United States has had a pretty varied legacy with these types of interventions. From different case examples, it can be concluded that when a liberator is rebuilding a state or a military, and is dealing with a population that is multi-ethnic and has deep religious divisions, the effort is probably more likely to fail than to succeed. Further research also indicated that acting multilaterally produced much better results with nation reconstruction/intervention. Usually, during intervention campaigns, short term goals were reached, although there are often issues with achieving long term goals of peace and stability.

The defense sector is one of the utmost complex and important parts for a country, and it has a vast inventory of capabilities for the defense of the country against its enemies. Various internal and external factors create this complex system even more complicated. Its effectiveness can be measured in many different ways: by the readiness and availability of forces to defend the country and/or execute given mission and tasks, by the transparency of expenditures and activities, by the trust of the population, etc. To secure and provide required capabilities on time and when needed, the defense sector requires proper and sufficient budget, because after all, everything is connected with the financial resources.

Over 20 years ago, the Iron Curtain across the Soviet Union fell to the ground. The idea that individual nation-states could have their own sovereignty came into light as hulking statues of Joseph Stalin fell from city circles. However, today the framework of Europe is being questioned as Russia’s encroachment into the Baltic region has brought strength of democracy into jeopardy. America had a firm hand in the creation of NATO and has an obligation to protect and strengthen the alliance, however under the current administration has remained concerningly absent from the effort to protect the Baltic Allies from Russian hegemony. It is imperative to promote discourse regarding the action of the United States Federal Government should take in