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    strike our ship‚ Prince Albert as it was headed towards Australia. I could still remember the day when the Japanese suicide rocket bomb crashed our ship with no remorse. The way people around me cringed with panic and anger‚ fearing one of the aerial torpedo will hit them‚ jumped off the ship unwillingly with terror in their eyes. Every second mourned the dead. The incident felt as if it were only yesterday. I can still remember when reality struck me as I tried to save that little girl. She was so young;

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    1 MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE‚ MANAGEMENT THEORY‚ AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MGMT310 American Military University Monique Outerbridge 2 Every organization utilizes different types of management techniques‚ practices‚ theories and principles. Each organization utilizes their own practices as it correlates to their organizations’ mission‚ goals and culture. What works for one organization may not work for the next. In my opinion‚ I believe that multiple management practices can work for an organization

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    To be an effective leader a person must have charisma‚ situational awareness and be adaptable. However a leader must also be creative and clever. Mediocrity does not lead to an effective leader. The military produces extraordinary leaders daily to ensure the safety of citizens everywhere no matter which side they are fighting for. These military leaders have to make quick decision that can affect the lives of millions. Situational awareness is something that is instilled in every member of the

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    those many people ask themselves is‚ “What if she’d been equipped with sonar?” This meaning the ship could have detected the enemy submarine’s presence and could have taken evasive action. This might have saved the ship from the sinking or even the torpedo hits. Captain McVay had no idea of the submarine’s presence‚ nor did the crew of his ship. There was nothing that could have been done unless the ship was equipped with sonar. The weapons could have been ready to fire and possibly destroy the submarine

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    Early morning of December 7‚ 1941‚ approximately 350 Japanese fighter planes‚ bombers‚ and torpedo planes attacked Pearl Harbor‚ an American naval base located near Honolulu‚ Hawaii. This two-hour bombardment destroyed roughly 20 American ships and 300 airplanes. By the end‚ nearly 2‚500 American soldier and sailors died‚ while 1‚000 were left wounded. On December 8‚ 1941‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan‚ going on to saying‚ “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this

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    Harriet Tubman is a great example of an extraordinary women in women history because of her actions that have affected our present lives. She served in the Underground Railroads during the 1850’s. But not many know how she escaped slavery around 1849 and she also helped the Union during the Civil War. To them she helped cooked‚ was a nurse‚ she helped spy for the Union‚ and she was the first women to lead a military expedition. She and Colonel James Montgomery planned a raid to free the slaves in

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    neutrality. Preferring to remain isolated from the war‚ America tried to broker peace between the allies and the axis‚ the war was in Europe; America did not need to get involved. On May 7th 1915‚ German U-boats‚ patrolling in the Atlantic Ocean‚ fired torpedos at the British passenger ship Lusitania sinking her in 20 minutes. 128 Americans were killed. Woodrow Wilson‚ demanded that Germany stop attacking passenger ships‚ and declared that America was too proud to fight. Wilson also tried to mediate a

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    Imagine leaving your house on the way to Hawaii. When we got to the airport I met this girl around my age and we became friends until we had to leave. It was a long flight but when we landed in Honalulu the pilot let me sit in the cockpit because I was the only kid on the flight. We checked in at the Waikiki Banyan for five nights. Later that night we went to the Luau which is a group of Hawaiian woman dress in grass skirts and dance at the beach. The next day we woke up pretty early to see

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    Pearl Harbor On a sad day pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Pearl harbor was located in Hawaii‚ december 7 1941(Arizona). The Japanese sent 33 ships and 350 planes and aircrafts. He sent the planes and aircraft north of oahu early in the morning(Pearl Harbor). The mission was to sink 8 battleships that were among 180 vessels anchored in pearl harbor. There was a ship named the Arizona and it was one of the 8 battleships. It was shot down by a 800 kilogram bomb(Arizona). This completely

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    times higher than air) and is a viscous medium to move through. * The body of a fish is of a streamlined shape to move quickly in water. * The streamlined shape of a fish: * a) is long ellipse tapering to a point (shaped like a torpedo) in the direction of the flow of water. * b) reduces the drag (a drag is water resistance caused by friction between moving water and the body of the fish). * The general adaptive features in a fish for locomotion in water:

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