overthrow Queen Elizabeth and finish with the support it provided to the Protestant rebels of Flanders‚ at war with Spain for some twenty years. For this Felipe II had met in Lisbon a giant armada: 130 warships and transport‚ with a crew of 12‚000 sailors and 19‚000 soldiers. Commanding a prestigious Andalusian aristocrat‚ the Duke of Medina Sidonia was. Their mission was to reach Dunkirk‚ on the shores of Spanish Flanders‚
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to declare war were due to the impressments of U.S. sailors by the British‚ the blockade of U.S. ports‚ the British supporting the Indians and as well as the British violating America’s neutral rights. To further understand why America went to war; I will explain each of the reasons a bit more clearly with additional details. To begin with‚ every time the British came across an American ship‚ they would attack it‚ and then take any sailors who had once before served for the British and make
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inventions such as the telescope‚ barometer‚ and the microscope were created. These mainly impacted scientific discoveries‚ giving scientists a better understanding of space and weather. However‚ many innovations in the sailing industry “enabled them [sailors] to make long-distance voyages beyond
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Odysseus and his crew are approaching Scylla‚ Odysseus knows that six sailors will die. However‚ he says‚ “I told them nothing‚ as they could do nothing” (ln 620-621). Odysseus is implying that‚ as they approach Scylla‚ six sailors will get eaten. However‚ he won’t tell them‚ because he thinks they cannot do anything to change their fate. Odysseus could have told the sailors and spent time searching for a way to avoid losing six sailors. He even holds out
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message of repentance. c. Sailors‚ on their way to Tarshish. d. Ninevites‚ the people in Nineveh of Assyria. 4. Jonah’s rebellion towards God results in showing his Divine plan through punishment. a. God follows Jonah onto the boat and creates chaos of nature through the storm. b. The sailors go from fearing the storm and calling out to their gods to fearing the Lord of creation. c. In order to calm the seas‚ Jonah must get out of the boat. c.i. He instructs the sailors to throw him overboard.
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leadership skills‚ traditions and values from generation to generation making it the strongest and most unique organization in the Armed Forces. I have been mentored by many good Chiefs‚ Senior Chiefs and Master Chiefs who have molded me into the Sailor I am today and encountered some with leadership styles that I did not understand or agree with; but the one thing they all had in common is a sense of pride and heritage to be a Chief in the worlds finest Navy. Subject matter experts in their ratings
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thought provoking plot. Melville uses the story of an innocent sailor named Billy Budd to formulate an intricate social allegory. Showing firm position‚ Melville sets up a parallel between the story’s conflict and the moral dilemma for the everyday reader. The story of Billy Budd becomes a fitting example of an allegory‚ as is becomes a mode of illustration that conveys another meaning that comments on society‚ not just the literal of a sailor. From the very beginning‚ Melville begins to set up the
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nearly every industry has been changed drastically because of advancements in technology and cellular capabilities; however‚ I’ve personally only seen a few ways the Navy has been affected. The way we send day to day correspondence‚ how we train new sailors‚ and how we troubleshoot broken equipment are a few examples of some things that have become easier due to these advances. Only 35 to 40 years ago‚ email didn’t really exist the way it does today‚ and phone infrastructure wasn’t as good on our ships
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Melville starts the building up of essential elements that makes Billy who he is. The first time Billy is mentioned in this book‚ the nickname “Baby Budd” is used‚ emphasizing Billy’s young innocence compared to the hardened‚ sailors of the warship‚ Bellipotent. Unlike the other sailors‚ Billy is not jaded‚ but rather unmindful of the atmosphere surrounding his transfer. The narrator says‚ “Of self-consciousness he seemed to have little or none‚ or about as much as we may reasonably impute to a dog of Saint
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flanked by English ships attacking from both sides. A fierce battle was soon raging and the flashes of 2000 guns lit up the ships in the gathering darkness. L’Orient was caught by the English broadsides and was set ablaze. It was then that the English sailors saw an amazing sight. There on that burning deck they saw a boy standing alone. He was Cassabianca‚ the 12 year old son of one of the ship’s officers. There he stood‚ alone at his post. He was surrounded by flames and facing the astonished English
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