Essays on Air Force

Anderson Air Force Base – Guam is a military port based in the United States of America located approximately 4 miles northeast of Yigo. Along with the Naval Base of Guam, they were placed under the Joint Region Marianas on the late 2009 that was in October. Anderson Air Force Base was established in 1944 as North Field and was a posthumous recognition in the name of the late of Brigadier General James Roy Andersen (Mulligan and Gibbs 2005). This base was built to serve as a bomber forward operating locations of the United States Air Force, which provides back-up Continue reading...

PEOPLE:

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated Continue reading...

Introduction

One of the longest wars that America has involved itself in was the Vietnam War. This war, which took place between 1959 and 1979, was a prolonged struggle between the United States and North Vietnamese nationalist forces who were trying to unite the country under a single communist government. Unlike many wars where America has emerged victorious, the nation was however defeated in this war and communism took over in Vietnam. Many Americans opposed the war and today, this war is often used as benchmark of what America ought not to do when it comes to foreign conflicts. In Continue reading...

In spite of the fact that significant milestones have been made in airline technology, cases of many commercial airlines landing on the wrong airports continue to be on the rise. Although cases of commercial aircraft landing on the wrong airfield are not very common, this does not imply that they are unheard of in the United States. Commercial flights in the United States landed or began to land erroneously in other airports several times in the last two decades. However, the actual figures could be higher than the ones reported by the media and the relevant authorities. There are Continue reading...

Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) In Iraq-Afghanistan Wars

Abstract
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are homemade bombs that are constructed and deployed in certain ways. Since October 2001, IEDs have been responsible for over 3000 combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. These devises are designed to specifically kill, harass, or injure people or groups of people. In Iraq and Afghanistan, IEDs have been widely used. They are hidden behind guardrails and signs, inside animal carcasses, and under roadside debris, these encounters are very dangerous as they are causing thousands of death in Iraq and Afghanistan annually (Tanielian, 2008, p. 11).
This strategy has taken a different direction where Continue reading...

The history of women in the United States Military can be traced back during and about the year 1776 during the Revolutionary and Civil wars in the United States. Just like in many nations of the world, the roles played by women in the United States military were limited. Women mostly served with the armed forces as volunteer nurses, cooks and laundresses and some went ahead to serve in disguise as soldiers (Foner). Due to the chauvinistic nature of our society women were not allowed to serve officially in the US military until the Army Nurse Corps and Navy Continue reading...

Johnny Cash arguably became one of the most influential people to ever step onto a stage with a guitar. He won many awards and honors for his contributions to music. Later in his career, which spanned over five decades, he was also a published author. These and many other achievements earned him places in not one, but three prestigious music halls of fame. However, not many know about where Johnny Cash came from, or the story of his life behind the curtain, when he stepped off stage.
Johnny Cash was born the fourth of seven children, in Kingsland Arkansas. Continue reading...

On February 13, 2014, we had the pleasure of hosting Mr. Terry Rector in our SELP 694 seminar class. Mr. Terry Rector comes from the small southern town of Yazoo City, Mississippi. What I liked about Mr. Rector is that, despite his aversion to go to school, he showed a lot of character. A very hard working innovator, Mr. Rector, throwing caution to the wind, invented a ‘UFO’ detector and home-automation devices while in school. After graduating from Yazoo City County High School, Mr. Rector joined the U.S Air Force. After two years of training, he was assigned to Continue reading...

Introduction

After the September 11 bombings in New York and Washington, the United States tightened their counterterrorism efforts to thwart further plans of terrorist groups. This does not mean that policies were ineffective before the attacks, but there were murmurs of intelligence failures. It was argued that it was the Central Intelligence Agency’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s faults for not being able to intercept the plans of the groups that attacked the World Trade Center (Lewis, 2004).

Intelligence and Strategies

The Intelligence Community or IC of the United States consists of executive agencies. These agencies are separated to prevent Continue reading...

Corruption

The definition of corruption is the misuse of public power for private profits. We can see this occurrence in large firms or enterprises. We can also see this in most of the activities regulated by the government. To speak more about corruption, it is scanning off money for their own profits. We can see these conditions where organisation don’t work properly because of which normal people have to money for their problems to be solved. Corruption stages will differ among a country side for various sorts. For example, there can also be minoroutstanding corruption during a country with Continue reading...

Voice Stress Analysis

Voice Stress Analysis

Polygraph is to elicit admissions even before the exam
Although courts have not generally allowed polygraph evidences, there are cases when they can be complimentary to the court’s findings. However, the court should qualify its expert examiners, device and the conditions under which the examination will take place. The polygraph tests are done in advance because the jury does not want being usurped by their findings. As the findings from polygraph can be erroneous, courts are normally reluctant to endorse them, because they are taken as close to calculated gamble. Therefore, they should come even Continue reading...

Introduction

The World War II is the deadliest war that the world has ever faced. Major Powers of this planet fought World War II under flags of axis and allies powers. The world war started in the year 1939 and continued till 1945 but various other battles were fought earlier that caused this war. Millions of soldiers and civilians from both sides lost their lives in this war and hundreds of millions people were directly or indirectly affected by the World War II. Winners of the war, allied forces altered boundaries of nations that lost the war. The world war Continue reading...

The American policy is exhibiting more and more concerns in that it usually emphasizes that the free world security as well as freedom principles are more important even though the global threats are on its door. The United States’ involvement is something that has been witnessed all over throughout the years and this powerful country has come to be seen as a salvation to some people. The advancement of US support in the various world crises is still a controversial matter given that some think negatively about it as well as others think of it more positively. Nonetheless, the Continue reading...

The background of the War

In May 1967, the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser proposed the Arab countries to destroy the Jews as a nation (Dunstan, 2009). He was supported by the Syrian Defense Minister Hafez al-Assad, who would not object starting a war of extermination. Ahmad Shukeiri as the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization promised that the Jews will be allowed to return to their country of birth, if some of them survive.
Syria, Egypt, and Jordan started a general mobilization. Partial mobilization was announced by Kuwait and Sudan. Saudi Arabia also proclaimed the desire to take part in the war with Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnam War took place between 1961 and 1975. The technology of helicopters goes back to the 20th century. The US army had acquired experience on the effectiveness using helicopters during the World War II. Mobility set the pace of the war. Time, policy, politics, and circumstances converged with technology and adequate funding to create the Vietnam War. The US army entered Vietnam in May 1965 to find they were fighting a different kind of war than that for which they had been trained. However, they did not enter blindly. There were a large number of army officers already Continue reading...

Natural disasters occur in the planet from time to time. One of the greatest natural hazards that places on Earth can experience is the typhoon. A typhoon is a dangerous natural disaster which could bring great amount of devastation. In 2013, the Philippines experienced a major disaster due to the typhoon named Haiyan, based on its international name, which is considered as one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded. The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the hazard and impact of the typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. This paper also opts to analyze the mitigation strategy and Continue reading...

The United States has a proud tradition of military accomplishment and support. Federal holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrate the men and women who have fought and died in battle for American freedom. Historians have coined terms like the “Great War,” and the “Good War,” to describe the proud feelings of America’s participation in modern wars. After World War II, the country experienced an unprecedented economic growth and increased political power throughout the world, leading some to label the decades after World War II “the American half-century.” However, the memories of one American war stand in Continue reading...

Increase of PTSD in the Military

Psychology
Increase of PTSD in the Military

Introduction

In the post cold war era, there was widespread hope for the end of armed conflict. However, such hopes were belied. Instead of long-drawn standoffs between the major powers of the world, the nature of conflict became more variegated and localized. Added to the larger number of smaller scale conflicts was the new phenomenon of a ‘clash between civilizations.’ Islamic movements challenged the supremacy of the United States, which had emerged as the sole superpower on the global stage. The new realities have forced the United States to continue to deploy military Continue reading...

Introduction

Question 1. how and why the incident happened (what conditions allowed the incident to happen)?
Hiroshima is located in the west of the largest Japanese island of Honshu. The town's name translates as "Wide Island". It is so named because the bayou Ota, flowing from the mountains to the plains Chugoku, where the Hiroshima formed at the confluence of the Inner Sea 6 islands protrude into Hiroshima Bay. They located the city. Hiroshima worth almost entirely in the valley, only slightly above sea level; to the north-west and north-east lie the hills, up to 700 feet (Rotter, 2008).
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- Describe the organizational culture of the Air Force Academy as presented in this case in terms of its similarity and differences to a typical college or university.
In many respects, there are similarities between the environment of a typical university or college and the Air force Academy. It is a common environment that creates a feeling of belonging, of identity for the students / cadets, provides a social support structure and consists of students of different ages and backgrounds working towards developing themselves and working towards their future.
However, in the case of the air Continue reading...

A Medical Malpractice Opinion

Citation
McCall v. United States, No. SC11-1148 (Fla. March 13, 2014).
Facts
On February 21, 2006, Michelle McCall, who was six months pregnant, was diagnosed with preeclampsia. Her doctor’s, who were all U.S. Air Force employees, determined that it would be best to immediately induce labor in order to save the child. On February 23, Ms. McCall delivered a healthy baby boy, however during the delivery she had lost a lot of blood. In a follow-up operation on Ms. McCall to repair some damage that had been done during delivery, her medical staff failed to properly monitor her Continue reading...

Introduction

The way the Nigeria government approaches the air security of the West Africa region has been hugely influenced by the role of the national leaders as far as international security is concerned. The conception of the role has become the basis for any international and foreign engagement of the policy. According to history, Nigeria has always been perceived as the West Africa leader which has had a strong destiny manifested and its perceived responsibility in protecting and promoting the interests of Africans globally in any ramifications. There is also a belief that the air security of the country is Continue reading...

The United States and Cuba continue to share a strained and fragile relationship based on the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion over fifty years ago. This strained relationship had a long term effect on the Kennedy government. The attack at the Bay of Pigs started with a group of Cuban refugees who were trained and financed by the American group the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 1960. They arrived in Cuba and attempted to overthrow the government headed by Fidel Castro. This socialist government, led by Fidel Castro fought back and the attack on the government Continue reading...

Introduction

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or “drones” as they are more commonly known have seen an amazing rise in popularity over the last few years. Everyone from the military and national spy agencies to Internet retailers such as Amazon.com and even individual hobbyists have increasingly made use of UAVs for a variety of reasons and purposes. Today, a future of UAV ubiquity is closer to reality than science fiction.
Historically, the largest user of UAVs have been the armed forces and although UAVs have been used by army units dating back to the Civil War; since 2001they have gradually become Continue reading...

Reasons for the Allies Bombing of Dresden in the Second World War and Were They Justified in Destroying the City

Introduction
During wartime, countries often suffer great losses to areas of their country, their cities, their civilians, and their landmarks. In World War II, the city of Dresden, the capital city of the German state of Saxony was bombed over the span of three days in February of 1945 by the British Air Force. The death toll from this attack on the city is estimated to be between 22,700 and 25,000 people. Furthermore, approximately 1,600 acres of the city was destroyed. There is great debate over whether or not this bombing by the British Air Force Continue reading...

The World War 2 involved the two groups of countries, the Axis, and Allied forces. Germany, Italy, and Japan led the Axis. The Axis nations obtruded upon other countries and expanded their territory. The United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France led the Allies, a group that consisted of fifty countries. In the late May 1940, the British evacuation of Dunkirk left France at the mercy of the Germans. Britain was on its own against the German invasion strategy, the Operation Sealion. The German plan, however, could only work if the German Luftwaffe had taken control of the Continue reading...

Foundation Course –

Winston Churchill, finding a way through
I. Introduction to Winston Churchill
Who is Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (November 30, 1874 –January 24, 1965) was a British statesman, better known as the most prominent of the prime ministers of the United Kingdom. People remember Churchill for his priceless contribution to the struggle for peace during the Second World War. But at various times of his life, Churchill was a soldier, author, journalist, painter and politician. Still his achievements as a strong leader in the world history are always put in the first place. Though Churchill is sometimes considered Continue reading...

Abstract

Vigilance decrement is one area that psychologists have always worked hard on in order to provide the best methods to top it. In essence, there are several negative effects of vigilance decrement. The loss of concentration when doing something over a long period of time hinders the effective performance of a given task. As such, these problems may seem to be negligible, but in the real situation they have many adverse effects. Completely stopping vigilance decrement is to some extent impossible. This is because of the human nature to lose concentration when exposed to the same task for a Continue reading...

The Regulation of Federal Acquisition (FAR) section 46.703 basically envisages the law of warranty. This statute sets the reasons for the need for warranties, defines the types and gives the scope and overview thereof. The first segment of this law gives the scope and overview of the warranty requirements. It gives Program Managers (PM), Logistic Managers (LM), Contracting Officers Representatives (COR), Contracting Officers (CO) and Project Officers (PO), together with others who are responsible for the implementation and development of warranty guidelines and steps to this great task. For example, the first step to developing a warranty is establishing Continue reading...

The judges mainly rely on a various principles when interpreting the acts of parliament. These rules include:

- The literal rule.
- The golden rule.
- The mischief rule.

The literal rule

It is the cardinal rule of construction (interpretation) of statutes. In this rule, words must be given their ordinary, literal, grammatical meaning. The literal rule is the first rule to be used in establishing the intention of the legislature.
In many cases, the courts are normally required to interpret the meaning of a given piece of legislation to enable them apply facts to the cases that come before the judges. As such, the courts have continually developed a wide range of rules of interpretation to assist them Continue reading...

Women’s Army Corps- WAC

It was in May 1941, congresswomen by the name Edith Rogers introduced a bill to create Women Army Auxiliary corps (WAAC). President Franklin D. signed legislation on July 1st 1943 that changed the name of the corps (WAAC) to (WAC) which stands for Women’s Army Corps and hence became part of the U.S Army Reserves. It was established so that to enable women to serve in noncombat positions.
The conversions of WAAC to WAC lead to a crisis in WAC recruiting. Some of the WAC recruiters lowered the standards that are required for acceptance into the corps while Continue reading...

Introduction

It is mandatory that all males between age 18-35 to join the military in South Korea. This is because it is a constitutional right that is one of the four constitutional duties that must be provided by all citizens. The Korean Peoples’ Army is the military forces of South Korea, consisting of five branches, namely, the ground force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Special Operation Force . The length of service depends on the kind of service provide. For example, the army and Marine Corps serves for 21 months while the navy and air Continue reading...

Introduction

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 also known as the miracle in the Andes was involved in an accident. The airplane was carrying 45 people who included the Uruguayan old Christian club rugby team, their friends, families and associates (Silvera, 2008). The aircraft departed Montevideo on the tenth of October 1972 with the team heading to play against a team in Santiago Chile. The trip was a straight travel through Argentina. However the Andes Mountain at the border of Chile and Argentina was a major obstacle. The aircraft clashed on the mountain as it was going through them.
There are Continue reading...

Jeanette Walls is a writer who is also a journalist. Jeanette was born in Phoenix Arizona. She attended an affiliate college of Colombia University called Barnard College where she graduated with honors. The Glass Castle written in 2005 is one currently her bestselling novel. Jeanette Walls grew up in a stubborn family that refused to conform to the demands of the immediate society. Her parents non-conformity according to most people, was their not only a source of blessing but also a curse. Besides Jeanette, the family also had three other children. In their younger ages, the family lived like Continue reading...

Exam #2 Short Answer & Essay

Question 1 & 2
A) Joseph Goebbels was a closest friend of Adolf Hitler and a german politician incharge of propaganda ministry in the Nazi government.
b) Eva Braun was a long time companion of Hitler during the Nazi Germany and she acted as a wife for less than fourty hours.
c) Ernst Röhm was a close friend of Adolf Hitler who co-founded the sturmabteilung a militia party in the Nazi Germany.
d) Magda Goebbels was a close supporter of Adolf Hitler and a wife to one of his closest friend Joseph Goebbels.
e) Heinrich Himmler was a military Continue reading...

11-4-13

The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) was a branch of the Army, Navy and Air Force seconded to the Chinese Air force during World War II. Although they only existed from 1941 to 1942, this group, known as the “Flying Tigers” made a lasting impression upon air combat during the war.
The Flying Tigers were formed by President Franklin Roosevelt to help the Chinese against the superior air forces of the Japanese (Chennault, pp. 24) The idea for the group came largely from its first commander, retired U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel Claire Chennault. (Chennault, pp. 26) Col. Chennault Continue reading...

The Department of Defense is one of the most significant departments within the portfolio of government as it is directly associated with the safety and security of a country. The government allocates huge amount of money for the department in its annual budget in order to improve its efficiency and power and to protect the country against any outside forces. The budget allocation keeps on increasing year after year to add more security personnel, missiles, fighter planes, and latest arms and ammunition. The primary responsibility of the Department of Defense is to coordinate and manage with all agencies and Continue reading...

Abstract

The events of an accident that students watched in a YouTube clip were followed by some questions to these students. The question about how fast the cars were going before they smashed into each other resulted into higher estimates of speed than when the verb was replaced with hit. On conducting another test on the same participants a week later, the probability that the participants who received the verb smashed recalled seeing glass after the accident was higher than that of the participants who received the verb hit. These disparities in the answers are consistent with the view that Continue reading...

UAV or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is an aircraft that can fly without an onboard human pilot. It is being controlled remotely by a computer or a pilot on the ground. There are numerous UAV shapes and sizes even characteristics and configurations. This type of aircraft started as a simple remote-controlled aircraft, but as time goes by, automatic control has been developed along with its increasing tasks including military operations and special applications.

The Evolution of UAV

The technology and idea of having an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle started and evolved from World War I’s Kettering Bug and then the World War II’s Continue reading...

Introduction

The US department of defense has published various regulations governing the conduct and action military personnel and civilians within the US itself and other installation outside the US. One of the installation under which stringent rules have been established is the US Army in Europe, (AER). Among the regulations made are the traffic rules. The Driver and Vehicle Requirements and the Installation Traffic Code for the U.S. Forces in Germany, establishes an installation traffic code governing the registration requirements and operation of motor vehicles in Europe. It supersedes the earlier AER regulation given in the year 2009. This regulation Continue reading...