The loss of the Vietnam War came as a surprise to the US as they were the more powerful side in terms of size‚ money and military equipment so they had been expected to win. In all of these aspects the US out performed Vietnam‚ for instance‚ in its peak the US army had reached 543000 men in 1968 against the highest membership of the Vietcong (VC)‚ 245000. The US was also stronger economically‚ managing to spend $28 billion per year on the war‚ supplying high-tech weapons and machinery. There were
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Situational Leadership and Applicationsfor Military Leaders in a Field HospitalI. Research TopicThe US military is a professional force of combatants with integral support services and equipment. There is a wide variety of worker skill sets‚ each with their own military occupation specifications. I will examine the Hershey and Blanchard Situational Leadership Model and explain how can it be applied to the military and in particular to a Americanmilitary field hospital. I will examine the levels
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FM 3-09.30 Final Draft CRC Tactics‚ Techniques‚ and Procedures for Observed Fire and Fire Support at Battalion Task Force and Below FINAL DRAFT 31 May 2001 FM 3-09.30 (6-30) Tactics‚ Techniques‚ and Procedures for Observed Fire and Fire Support at Battalion Task Force and Below DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. ARMY HEADQUARTERS‚ DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Preface The purpose of this field manual (FM) is to provide a source
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the choice reaction time‚ incorporates some decision-making skills where the soldier must now press keys that correspond with two different colors‚ red and blue‚ where red imitates the enemy and blue represents the civilian. The prediction the platoon leader comes to before initiating the experiment is that the reaction time of the second scenario will be noticeably slower than the first because of the added complexity of not knowing which of the two colors will pop up on screen. Methods Participants
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and adopt each of their brothers into their own family. Restrepo examplifies the struggle and suffering to the comradary and didication of the modern day warrior. The documenters of Restrepo‚ Sebastion Junger and Tim Hetherington lived with the platoon of U.S. soldiers in the Korengal Valley‚ Afganastan for 15 months. The Korengal Valley was appropriatly dubbed the deadliest place on Earth. During the occupation of the valley 50 American soldiers were killed in action while others were seriously
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the army they say “10 minutes prior is on time‚ and being on time is late”‚ that is the standard set forth and expected to be accomplished by the armed forces. By oversleeping I not only failed to meet the standard‚ I also failed my squad and my platoon because they did not have accountability of everyone‚ another main standard of the army. I also took the time of my team leader‚ who had to sit and wait for me while everyone else did PT. Missing movement not only cost me more time in the end‚ it
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They Things They Carried English 111 2pm Tim O’Brien authored the novel “The Things They Carried” a novel filled with short stories about the Vietnam War. The first passage in the collection lists the numerous things the solders in O’Brien’s platoon carried. Varying from weapons‚ to thoughts of loved ones back home. Distorting the line between the tangible and intangible‚ O’Brien writes about the things like bibles‚ pantyhose‚ moccasins‚ and pictures. Things the men carried tangibly‚ but are
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This semester we have learned about both operational processes and troop leading procedures. These two leading styles are used by a commander at every level to carry out some type of mission to reach a final goal. The troop leading procedure is a list of steps that can be used to clearly organize‚ prepare‚ and carry out the mission. Operational processes are a system in which the commander drives his support staff to plan‚ prepare‚ and execute the mission while he assesses and adapts to everything
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I enlisted as a scout of The Great Drasaeniel Kingdom while we are at war with the Wothage Kingdom and my scouting platoon of soldiers is currently deployed in the west field while we watch quietly from a nearby forest. The ground trembles as an army of approximately 70‚000 strides forward. A constant drumming of synchronized steps‚ there’s no need for a scout to state the obvious: there’s reinforcements marching forward from behind. Up close‚ it’s the squeaking of leather and jingling of chainmail
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senator and the reporter are meeting. This aspect keys in on two soldiers who grew up together‚ went to college together‚ and enlisted together. We watch in real time as these two along with their platoon initiate this military action; this new plan to take Afghanistan. The idea is simple‚ the platoon is supposed to take over and guard key areas of Afghanistan where we know terrorist frequently travel. They’re supposed to helicopter in‚ through dangerous mountain paths and keep terror in its place
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