Operation Overlord was the code name used for the Allied attack on German-occupied Northern France in the summer of 1944. The organization responsible for planning this task was SHAEF‚ the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force‚ and the officer in command of Overlord was Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Command of ground forces was given to General Bernard Montgomery‚ while naval forces would be commanded by Admiral Bertram Ramsay. Air forces were under the control of Air Chief Marshal
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Brandon Socials 11 P196 #1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5 1) The cold war was a period from 1946-1989 when there was tension and hostility between the communist Soviet Union and its allies as well as the capitalist United States and its allies. The war began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany‚ leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. 2) a) Communism was considered a threat to democracy because communism complete
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result‚ several troops‚ Tim O’Brien included‚ strive to create a parallel reality: a world where there is tranquility. Before Tim is reintroduced to his old platoon‚ this alternate reality was the perfect way to deal with stress. However‚ when the old squadron shows up‚ the narrator becomes a mysterious‚ cruel person seeking revenge in the meanest way possible. This transformation resembles every American soldier’s description of Vietnam. Similarly‚ everything that Tim was participating in goes against
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in both linear and non-linear environments‚ (from the integration of organic AH-64D Longbow and OH-58D Kiowa aircraft) is unparalleled‚ with both airframes also providing ample firepower to support troopers on the ground. While the BCT cavalry squadrons also benefit from the added capabilities of air-ground integration‚ the support that BCT scouts receive is purely external. This might not sound like an issue‚ but there is a direct correlation between a pilot who is directly assigned to your cavalry
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The frequent question‚ “How do we forge good American citizens?”has been asked every year‚ and it is addressed differently by every group in society. The National Defense addressed this question by creating the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) for all four military branches: Air Force‚ Army‚ Marines‚ and Navy. Although eligibility requirements and specific mission vary among branches‚ they share the primary goal of developing responsible and informed citizens‚ who are motivated to obtain
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Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain refers to the World War 2 major air campaign fought against United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) by Germany’s air force (Luftwaffe). The battle began in the summer of 1940 and was waged in the skies over Great Britain. When France fell in June 25‚ 1940‚ it triggered a series of miniature events that lead to this battle. Great Britain and France were allies during the Second World War and both declared war on Germany (September 1939). Though despite their
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learned organizations. There are 5 different groups that make up the Kentucky Air Guard; Medical Group‚ Operations Group‚ Maintenance Group‚ Contingency Response Group and Missions Support Group. Within those five groups there are units/flights/squadrons. All the different sections perform different task that are also mission critical to the operation of the organizations. Things change and update constantly‚ the regulation in which one group may references to execute their jobs are updated and everyone
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States navy prevailed over it. Even though the American navy was small‚ comparing ships it was as good as any other in the world. An example of that was the U.S.S. Constitution which was a forty-four gun frigate. The Constitution an entire British squadron off New England‚ then sank the British frigate named the Guerriere a month later. Because of the small size‚ the American navy had to use wise methods. They tried to cause disruption through hit-and-run tactics. They would only engage vessels
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I serve in the Civil Air Patrol Edmond Composite Squadron ground team. I am a ground team member level two which signifies that I have done proper training to participate in ground team searches for both lost aircraft and missing persons and aid in natural disaster reliefs. I have gone on three searches‚ two of them for the same mission. One search was a search for a thought-to-be downed aircraft. My team and I searched the area around Cushing for a crashed aircraft using an elper. We did not find
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