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    the Coast Guard's history, pistol marksmanship, shipboard firefighting and first aid Military bearing includes marching, drill, learning and knowing the 11 General Orders, and learning the rank insignias of the Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. Male recruits must complete 29 push-ups in 1 minute, 38 sit-ups in one minute, a 1.5 mile run in under 12:51minutes, and sit-and-reach of 16.5 inches, jump off a 5-foot platform into the pool, 100 meter swim, and treading water for five

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    Massachusetts was founded on the ideal that all citizens are equal in the eyes of the Law. Without the Massachusetts State Police and their 149 years of experience our beloved state would be overrun by criminal offenders. As of 2014 the Massachusetts statewide crime rate was on average 25.59%. Violent Crime being about 4.06 % of the average, and Property Crime being about 21.53% of the average. The Massachusetts State Police is an agency apart of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ E.O.P.S. (Executive

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    gatherings such as parties or fund-raising events on a regular basis. In the early years of Churchill’s schooling, he was quite unruly and did badly in his first two schools. In the spring of 1888, he was sent to Harrow School, which was a boarding school near London, England. After a very short time there, he joined the Rifle Corps. This action led to the beginning of his own military career. One of the first steps to becoming an official member of the British military was to pass an exam for

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    when he needs it least. When a combat arms soldier messes up, the consequences are dire. Lives can be lost and it is devastating. This is why they strive for discipline and proficiency. It is extremely frustrating to see someone sitting back in an air-conditioned office when you are training outside. Does this allow me to talk down to support soldiers? Of course not. They all play vital roles in accomplishing the Army’s mission and are allowed to make mistakes. This state of mind can only be toxic

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    in all directions, but when traveling at a much faster speed, the ripples of the waves are only seen from behind the boat, unable to get out of the way. When this happens, they are characterized as wakes. How is this compared to a jet flying in the air? Well, when a jet is flying in the atmosphere, sound is produced from all directions, similar how ripples are caused when a boat travels through water. Obviously, sound is traveling a lot faster than the water around a boat. The jet will have to travel

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    also visited his grandparents often in West Virginia. Charles had a rather normal childhood besides the moving from state to state. After Charles finished his general education in 1938 he decided to attend college. He worked at Civil Conservation Corps to earn money, so that he could attend college. Once Charles had saved enough money he chose to attend the University of Illinois. While at the university he joined the Army ROTC program. While in the ROTC program he was a part of the Perishing Rifle

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    Within the modern military era, Arabic-speaking armies have traditionally shown themselves to generally ineffective. From the 1960s, where Egyptian regular forces performed poorly against Yemeni irregulars, to the ‘70s, where the Syrians only managed to impose their will upon Lebanon through the utilisation of their overwhelming weight of weaponry and numbers. The Iraqis army demonstrated their own ineptitude in the 1980s, firstly with their wars with Iran, where their opponents were in possession

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    ATSJ-MPB-T-B 30 OCT 03 MEMORANDUM FOR Small Group Leader, ATTN: CAPT SETTLES, MPOBC 6-03, U.S. Army Military Police School, Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473 SUBJECT: Book review of The Defence of Duffer’s Drift 1. Reference. The Defence of Duffer’s Drift, by Major General Sir Ernest D. Swinton. Published in U.S. Army Infantry Journal in April 1906, 72 pages. 2. Recommendations. a. Recommended Audience. I recommend this book to be read by all

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    lessons from World War I convinced many military leaders to avoid the repetition of the bloody stalemate of trench warfare and called for the reintroduction of the decisiveness in the battlefield. This led to military thinkers in Air Corps Tactical School to "evolve complex air power theories" that utilized modern technology in developing long-range bomber fleets (Murray, 2000, 3). In theory, these bombers would bring back decisive victory in the battlefield. However, these bombers were unable to deliver

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    An Overview In the years since 1945, it has become increasingly evident that the Grand Alliance forged between the British Commonwealth and the United States was often beset with disagreement over the correct strategy to insure the final defeat of the Axis powers. Early on, both British and American staffs could agree that Germany represented a greater military threat than Japan, but they did not often see eye to eye on the strategy that would most efficiently defeat the Reich. The Americans were

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