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    Monte Cassino Battle

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    numerous Allied attacks on Monte Cassino. Colonel Heilmann, the commander of the German forces within the city of Cassino considered Monte Cassino to be a strong point for the Axis forces to turn the Allied forces away from their advance towards Rome. He had established numerous reserve forces and had priority of fire support to repel the onslaught of Allied attacks. The Allied forces primarily led by British military commander, General Harold Alexander, struggled against pinpoint artillery accuracy

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    On November 14, 2003, a fire was reported at the Greenhalgh Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The Pawtucket Fire Department was dispatched to the fire. One of the satellite stations, Cottage Street Fire Station, happened to be directly across the road from the old mill and could see first-hand that the fire was already fully engulfed. This fire rapidly spun out of control, destroying three mill buildings, thirteen homes, and damaging seventeen other structures before being contained. Twenty-one

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    Continued Comments) (Continued) Provided direct operation support to the Battalion Commander for over 21 days working as the S3 for Hurricane Mathew. Managed and oversaw over 350 mission support hours in the rescue of individuals, personnel and VIP movements, and Medevac missions. Additional during the response, due the Task Ford Commander being released early for a medical concern, I became the acting Task Force Commander until the end of the mission leading the Task Force Response. I stood up the operational

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    Japan's The Soviet War

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    increasingly aggressive China, Russia and North Korea. The controversy with remilitarization lies in Japan’s constitution, which forbids Japan from having a military. After WWII, Japan’s wartime atrocities were fresh on the mind of the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur. In order to eliminate the possibility of Japan ever taking aggressive military action again, MacArthur and his senior officials wrote a new constitution for Japan, which pursued a number of reforms including

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    1. The purpose of this position paper is to evaluate the challenges that face USAFRICOM Commander in his AOR and way forward to address them. 2. A significant issue confronting the Commander, USAFRICOM is advancing peace and security in the AOR. 3. The key point to the Commander is to work with partners in the region to enhance peace and security to: a. Counter terrorism organizations in the region b. Address and prevent conflicts in the region and disrupt transregional threats. c. Advance

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    The operational level commanders, of Operation Husky, failed to provide adequate command and control and were average in their integration of the joint Allied force. The Allied Force Commander, General Eisenhower, and the 15th Army Group Commander, General Alexander, failed to apply mission command and specifically the elements of commander’s intent, mutual trust, and understanding. Furthermore, the Allied Force Headquarters, and specifically the air component commander, Air Chief Marshal Tedder

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    C3CEN/CT-C2 is unable to adequately recreate Sea Commander faults found in the National Security Cutter (NSC) fleet to provide quality support. In September of 2015, C3CEN/CT-C2 received only the Situational Awareness (SA) hardware equipment and software equivalence for the Sea Commander systems found on the NSCs, but missing the much needed Tactical equipment. This lack of equipment requires C3CEN/CT-C2 to simulate not only the peripherals attached to Sea Commander, but the inter-system data communicated

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    it's up to the Executive Branch to carry it out. Commander In chief Presidents is the commander in chief of the United States Army. When United States is at risk of war the president has to make an important decision. Military Leader discourages the commander from getting involved in the operation. In order for the president to keep his interest he has to deploy troops to foreign countries. Throughout the years president’s role as the commander has expanded since the days Of George Washington.

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    The relationship between a commander and his staff is key to the success of a unit. Maintaining a healthy, positive relationship between the commander and staff is crucial to providing a unified and organized model for soldiers. Unit staff are responsible for implementing the commander's orders, guidelines and policies, as well as assisting the commander in executing command and control throughout the unit (ADRP 7.0, 2012). While the commander is held overall responsible for the success of the unit

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    range of military operations. While the military is largely known for fighting and winning the nation’s wars, it is not uncommon for military commanders to face challenges outside that of military combat operations. One of the more challenging operations that Joint Force Commanders face, is that of responding to natural disasters. While military commanders may conduct exercises both in the United States and with our coalition partners and allies, natural disasters that require a military response

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