“This ship is the Kaliningrad. The Americans call it the OMEGA. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. The end-all‚ the ultimate” (DiMercurio 35). This quote is describing the Kaliningrad‚ which is a Russian submarine. This submarine is literally invincible because the submarine takes advantage of water and uses it as a type of armor. The water is a meter or two from the actual body of the submarine‚ so the sub can take several hits without dying. The book takes place basically during the Cold War
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BATTLE OF CALABRIA (BATTLE OF PUNTA STILO) - 1940 INTRODUCTION 1. In the history‚ the Struggle for the Middle Sea describes the naval war fought in the Mediterranean and Red Sea with five great navies that participated: a. Great Britain’s Royal Navy. b. Italy’s Regia Marina. c. France’s Marine Nationale. d. United States Navy. e. German Kriegsmarine. 2. It examines the national essential that made the Mediterranean such a vital theater for each of these powers and
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The Cold War (1945-1991) was basically an ideological standoff between the ideas of Communism supported by the Russians and Democracy/Capitalism supported by the Americans. Communism is a political ideology which has the central principle of ¡§communal or communist ownership¡¨ of all property and therefore the abolition of private property. Democracy is a form of government in which the people vote‚ have a representative government and via these representatives ¡§govern themselves¡¨. During the period
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INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY EK115008S The Deep Sea (2012) It is odd that a planet with 65% of its surface covered by ocean and 57% by 1000+m of deep-sea is called the ‘Earth’. Some 49% of the globe’s surface is 3-6 km below the ocean waves and the average ocean depth is 3.8 km. The deep sea is dark‚ devoid of plants but home to many animals which have been collected on hooks and lines‚ in nets‚ from the stomachs of other deep-sea beasts‚ viewed and photographed from tethered cameras
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While patrolling a torpedo boat in the South Pacific in 1943‚ they were attacked. Injured Kennedy led the survivors to land‚ where they were rescued soon after. He had saved their lives. Kennedy didn’t stop there. Determined to make an impact - now in the political world‚ he
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surprise as a tactic with three aircraft carriers‚ no battleships‚ and 200 or so aircraft to take on the Japanese Armada stepped in to cloud Admiral Yamamoto’s military vision. With the element of surprise like bolts from the blue‚ the American torpedo planes from the American Enterprise bravely diving vertically from 20‚000 feet was able to sink three Japanese carrier and their fighter planes in just one hour. The remainder of the Pacific war of WW II consisted of a series of Allied island victories;
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Battle Strategies of the First World War A battle strategy is a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim or a tactic used to direct military operations and movements in war or battle. In World War I‚ battle strategies were often planned with the idea of wearing down the enemy’s supply of troops and equipment allowing the enemy to become more vulnerable to a later attack. Battle strategies were used to deploy aircraft in the sky‚ direct soldiers and vehicles on land
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INTERNMENT FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR BY PAUL JONES SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY 15 JUNE‚ 2014 On December 7th‚ 1941‚ the most horrific attack on American soil‚ by a foreign power occurred; 353 Japanese fighters‚ bombers and torpedo planes launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers‚ dropping their devastating payload upon the unprepared naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. Two months after the attack‚ President Franklin D Roosevelt issued one of the most controversial
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Dequantes Lamar dropped the summer hip-hop hit "Type of Way" in 2013 under his teenage nickname‚ Rich Homie Quan. He first considered a career in professional baseball‚ but in 2008‚ the Atlanta native dropped the single "Stay Down" featuring the Stack Money Boyz. Things came to a halt when he landed in jail for a year on burglary charges‚ but upon his release in 2011‚ Quan began to make up for lost time. Hooking up with the Atlanta crew Loyalty Ova Royalties and becoming quick friends with member
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HA Hartwig‚ Matthew 05JUN13 US Navy Corpsman The US Navy Corpsman has come a long way since the indoctrination of the medical field in the Navy. Along with the advancement of medicine‚ the roles of the Corpsman also advanced. Corpsman now play one of the most important roles in the Navy‚ as they go anywhere and everywhere the Navy goes. Whether it is sailing across the seven seas on any of the various ships or submarines or its on land working in our hospitals and clinics. Even going distant
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