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    4. Which of the following is defined as military power that can contribute to the resolution of this form of warfare, but is not decisive? irregular warfare 5. How many levels down must the commanders intent be easy to remember and clearly understood? two 6. counterdrug activities are part of which operational theme? peace time intervention 7. the minimize injection-site discomfort, not mare than how many vaccine injections will be given on the same day? five 11. prior to deployment, one of the

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    Born of two fathers, the American Revolution and the age of enlightenment, the French revolution was primarily a social upheaval that conspired to overthrow religious and privileged classes. The French Revolution changed the degree to which the people were willing to suffer and sacrifice in order to achieve their war aims through democratizing the Army and creating the necessity of larger political alliances than ever before. Guibert wrote in his Essai: Imagine that there arose in Europe a people

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    People's War Legitimacy

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    Legitimacy: The American Revolution and the People’s War The Marine Corp’s doctrinal publication Insurgencies and Countering Insurgencies has over 60 references to legitimacy and describes irregular warfare, of which a People’s War would constitute, as “a violent struggle between state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population.” While there are many aspect of the American Revolution that can be analyzed as to their importance to victory, none are as important

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    Explain how logistical issues that the British military encountered in the Revolutionary War contributed to the American Victory. Logistics is the planning and moving of supplies, food, equipment and people from the point of the supplier to the place/people who need them. The military operations of the British suffered significantly because of a logistical system that was not able to sustain supply lines. The 3000-mile journey that the supplies had to make from the host country to the New World

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    over forty years of worldwide operations, that ‘If you can do the UW missions, you can do all others.’" If SF is trained and prepared to conduct UW, then they can be called upon to conduct the other aspects of warfare across the entire spectrum of military and security operations.

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    Carl von Clausewitz, born in Burg bei Magdeburg, Prussia, was a general and a military theorist. He was influenced by the Napoleonic wars in which he fought. He served in both the Prussian and Russian army, and played an important role in initiating an alliance between Prussia, Russia and Great Britain against Napoleon. He served as the director of the Prussian War College and wrote his masterpiece On War, a work on the philosophy of war. His main goal was to examine war in all its aspects. Clausewitz

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    Ever since the civil war women have been trying to gain rights to be able to join combat forces in the United States military. But throughout those decades there has many debated on whether or not women in combat is such a good idea. Some people think that the cost of having women in combat will have a more negative impact overall than a positive impact. When it comes down to the decision if women should or should not be the most important thing to consider is if this decision would impact the United

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    Kennedy's Role In War

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    doctrine of massive retaliation.” Accurately, Kennedy foretold of a future where each conflict would be unique, and “in those situations we must counter it….with a whole new strategy, a wholly different kind of force, and an entirely different kind of military training”. Indeed, the wisdom contained in Kennedy’s speech was a product of 17 years of war, policy, and strategy development, concluding that advanced nuclear technologies alone could not prevent, or deter limited war. Rather, the US needed

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    provides a critical input to the planning process by shedding light on the intent and future decisions of both state and individual actors; the value of an object and effort to expend in its pursuit; and the overall organization and employment of military force. The discussion begins by providing the theoretical foundations that led to the notion of strategic culture before turning to its practical use, and limitations. During the 1920s, Max Scheler coined the term “sociology of knowledge”. He emphasized

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    for my services – 1914-15 star, British war medallion and the victory medallion. (Gould, 2010) I enlisted for many personal reason however there was a bit of a desperate hurry to get people over there anyway, (Gould, 2010). I had already had basic military training when I was in school so I thought it would be a bit of an adventure to test my skills. I also went for patriotic reasons – I love my country and I am very proud to be Australian so I wanted to do everything I could to back my country up

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