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The Ship model I have chosen is the Olympia (C-6) protected cruiser. It was a U.S.S. ship commissioned in 1982. The reason I immediately chose this ship was due to the evidently noticeable rotatable turrets on the bow and aft of the ship. This style of turret was reminisce of the U.S.S. Monitor’s rotating turret, previously studied in class. I liked how I could relate previous knowledge of technological advancements and see how they were implemented later on in ships. This ship was one of kind

Summary: Russell Weigley analyzes the American Navy strategy of ship building from the end of the Civil War to the start of World War I. Through the impact of two people, Stephen Luce and Alfred Mahan. Luce created the Naval War College and took part with the naval thinkers that came about in absence of ships after the Civil War. The main focus of Mahan was to build a fleet of battleships, concentrate the fleet, and steer away from guerre de course. To take advantage of their free time in wake

Passengers Moral Philosophical Essay In the 2016 film Passengers the main character Jim is put into a very desperate situation where he is all alone in a ship and has a choice to wake someone up, thus dooming them too. Jim was awoken by an asteroid belt 111 years too early while he's on a course to homestead 2 in the spaceship the Avalon. Jim is one of 5,000 passengers and 256 crew members in cryogenic sleep, the passengers are going to colonize the new earth like planet homestead 2. He quickly

“Wherever the U.S. Navy goes U.S. commerce follows”[1] Alfred T. Mahan and the influence of sea power on U.S. expansion in the Pacific Alfred T. Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History in 1890, outlined and argued that three factors were crucial to The United States' rise to the position of a great world power; the construction of a canal in Central America, the expansion of U.S. naval power, and the establishment of trade/military posts in the Pacific, as a means to stimulate trade with

Newton's Negative Neglect Isaac Newton faced many hardships in his lifetime, yet managed to be internationally famous for his genius mathematical and physical discoveries, and remarkable inventions. Newton was extraordinary in the sense that he was able to endure complications in life and still be an enormous success. The majority of individuals would have cracked under the predicaments Newton faced. Newton overcame neglect by suppressing his emotions, defeating limitations of his time, and becoming

Nathanial Flick was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1997. He joined the Marine Corps in 1993 where he served for ten years after completing his junior year of school Dartmouth at College. During his term he whole heartedly fought in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars where he held the positions of Weapons Platoon Commander of the First Battalion, and First Marines and the Second Platoon Commander of the First Reconnaissance Battalion. Beginning at the officer candidate school, Nathanial Flick relied

I sat down with a former Grunt Sergeant, Jake Stone, on a calm, sunny, Saturday November morning, to ask about his experience in the Marine Corps. Mr. Stone is a rather frail looking man in a wheelchair that you can tell used to be a powerful man despite his age which is approaching late seventies. I learned a lot from him. For example, Mr. Stone was a training officer during the Vietnam War. He was stationed in California teaching hand to hand combat, bayonets, pistols, rifles, hand grenades, flamethrowers

Marine Online (MOL) is a computer based information system that is used throughout the Marine Corps. In the Marine Corps, this system enables all military and some civilian personnel the capability to access their electronic personal record which retrieves information from Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS). According to Onley (2005), “MCTFS is the only fully integrated personnel and pay system supporting active and reserve forces within the Department of Defense (DOD)” (p. 1). Due to the

Greetings, I am Dexter Bolding I recently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Prior to this, I spent nearly two decades in the United States Marine Corps. In the Marines I had an opportunity to manage at different levels, which included the managing of a thirty-three Marine Aircraft Firefighting Section, managing a five man Marine Corps Recruiting Office, culminating in me spending the last seven years directing the Marine Corps Substance

Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America’s battles has made it the very symbol of military excellence. The Corps has come to be recognized worldwide as elite fighting forces, renowned for their physical endurance, for their high level of obedience, and for their fierce pride they take in, as individuals, in the capacity for self- discipline. The reasons for their high repute however go much deeper.” – Clare Booth Luce First to Fight is a essential