Mission Command evolved from years of defining tactical leadership. As its official reference defines it‚ “Mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations”. This radical shift from centralized strict command to decentralized initiative evolved as a pragmatic result of the decentralized style of Wide Area Security
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An Overview In the years since 1945‚ it has become increasingly evident that the Grand Alliance forged between the British Commonwealth and the United States was often beset with disagreement over the correct strategy to insure the final defeat of the Axis powers. Early on‚ both British and American staffs could agree that Germany represented a greater military threat than Japan‚ but they did not often see eye to eye on the strategy that would most efficiently defeat the Reich. The Americans were
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Secondly In addition to Operation Overlord‚ Operation Market Garden was a key attempt that would help delilitated the German army. With the successful landings in Normandy the allies were pushing deeper into Europe‚ the retreat of German forces all the way to the Rhine River allowed the Allied armies be on the front doorstep of the Rhineland. Established in the south was the United States and in the North was The UK and Canada. Commanded by Field Marshal Montgomery of the United Kingdom‚ he convinced
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Little Rock Nine Telisha Jackson Topics in Historical Study HI 252A Professor Eric Schoeck One morning in Little Rock‚ Arkansas‚ nine of the most courageous young black teenagers woke up from their beds scared but determine to make a difference. They had no idea that not only would this decision they made to desegregate Central High would effect them‚ but also their families and communities. These teenagers knew that this was going to be a dangerous situation but not to the extent that
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troops had not planned and prepared Operation Overlord‚ the Invasion of Normandy would not have been successful. The National World War II Museum of New Orleans’s website states that “The plan for Operation Overlord entailed landing nine divisions of sea and airborne troops‚ over 150‚000 men‚ along a 60-mile stretch of coast in just 24
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17 and 26 September 1944‚ there were over 11‚000 casualties among three participating Allied airborne divisions. This casualty count represented just under one third of the committed airborne force; it was more than among all Allies on 6 June 1944‚ the first day of Operation OVERLORD. 1 There were over 17‚000 Allied casualties‚ when the ground force numbers are included. More than one Allied division was lost in the 10 days of Operation MARKET GARDEN. This paper will examine responsibilities
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What are the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when not treated? By Jennifer Petrell Research Methods Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Paper Abstract What are the affects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when not treated? There is a known battle among our nation’s combat veterans and this battle comes from within us and this silent battle is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This disorder can be dated back to Vietnam now that they have an actual name for it. There are some
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LEBANON‚ 1958 Unrest in the Middle East This paper was written with the intent of the reader gaining a further knowledge of the role the United States intervention played in stabilizing Lebanon in 1958‚ when the country was on the brink of civil war. The paper briefly gives a summary on the state of Lebanon‚ how a civil war was nearly imminent‚ and why the United States got involved. The U.S. military had no idea what they would encounter in country but were prepared
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The late 1980’s were a period of change‚ both in the United States and across the world. Van Halen had broken up causing cultural unrest amongst the common man‚ and poor economic progress in the 70’s paved the way for the first Republican president since Nixon (who didn’t leave the best of impressions during his tenure as president)‚ and the U.S. was just as concerned as ever about the expansion of communism‚ with the Sandinistas in Honduras and the Castro family in Cuba inching communism ever closer
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