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    The Captive Audience was written by Allan Gurganus, Gurganus writes on the subject of how the military changed his views on a political view. Gurganus starts the short story by mentioning that he was ashamed of photographs with his uniform on. In contrast to his subordinates, Gurganus wore his uniform in a depressing manner. The soldier was not proud of his service, to the extreme point Allan would keep his clothes in a dark meat locker. The reason for this recluse manner was because of Iraq’s capturing

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    Operational art implies that war is the use of military force to achieve a strategic political goal, and that warfare is the methodology in which the government employs its military force to achieve that goal. The concept of operational art as a cognitive process to align actions in space and time is critical to understanding its relationship to war and warfare. As a cognitive process, its strengths and weaknesses derive from the human element. Historical examples demonstrate that those who have

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    that blur the fight lines of the war on terror. In fact, the war on terror and the war on drugs have converged to shape a hydra-headed beast that greedily targets not only Americans, but specific groups of people. Strategies and enactment used to battle terrorism in the U.S. have been turned on the drug war, with awful outcomes measured in lives, appendages, and money. From the Patriot Act to the utilization of witnesses to reconnaissance, the wars on drugs and terror have dissolved into each other

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    and educate commanders about war yet the underlying theme is not victory but to ensure the survivability of their soldiers in battle. Sun Tzu and Vegetius differ on their ideas of this specifically on the relationship the military holds between the governing body as well as relations with the civilian population. However, what they do come together on ideas of efficient battle that minimizes Soldier loss as much as possible. Sun Tzu Wu, also known as Sunzi, was a military strategist and general who

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    Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester and nine other soldiers were trailing a military convoy in 2005 when about 50 Iraqi insurgents launched an ambush. Braving machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades, Hester, along with her squad leader, successfully flanked and cleared two enemy trenches, killing three of the attackers. For her actions, Hester was awarded the Silver Star--the first female soldier so honored since World War II. (“The Amazon Edge”) Sergeant Hester’s involvement in this active combat situation

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    Napoleonic era provided operational practices that remain fundamentally relevant today.   The Napoleonic Era is an example of Revolution of Military Affairs (RMA) and is fundamentally relevant today. During the Napoleonic Era many scholars studied the techniques used during his nearly twenty years of military success two of the more famous scholars is Clausewitz and Jomini. Both scholars were on Napoleons staff and learned a lot from failure as well as success. During my paper I will discuss

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    The use of the armed forces is determined by national military strategy. An important role in the implementation of the national military strategy in U.S. played airpower. The versatility, speed, range, high maneuverability, and advanced technology are the distinctive proprieties of operational and strategic airpower. Over the past 70 years, the entire notion about airpower has met a massive change in modern warfare. Airpower has evolved into a fighting force with the same rights as other branches

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    Future Warriors Network Chip Varner September 9, 2015 Instructor Williams, Jeffrey L.   The military is an organism made up of many organism. Each organism makes the next one better. The earlier days the military was small and moved as one. The purpose for this was to keep the communication as quick as possible at the time. The main brain of this earlier organism was no more than a week ride from the smaller and larger organism. So if the one part needed to relay information to and from

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    The World’s security environment nowadays, enhanced with rapid globalization, is uncertain and complex, with rapid changes and emerging conflicts that bring national and transnational threats, presenting broad national security challenges, which will require employment of the US military as national instrument of power. The US military, as instrument of power, will be used in conflicts ranging from peace to war, varying in purpose, scale, risk, and combat intensity. The ability of the US military

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    Question2: In Carnage and Culture Victor David Hanson expressed a slanted perspective about the crucial battles in western history in order to support his theory that western militaristic strategies are superior to alternative forms of warfare. He fostered his sentiments by explaining how specific battle tactics can unify or divide a nation in a matter of moments. However, his reference to the concept that western warriors continuously triumph in war, is expressed in a manner that does not fully

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