Open and Asymmetric Warfare Experiment CDT PVT Jacob L Williams PL100 MAJ Erwin Section C2 5 September 2013Abstract The overall purpose of this study is to determine if there is some sort of relationship between a soldier’s reaction time in battle in two different scenarios. Scenario #1 includes the utopian environment of warfare where all targets are the same and are bad. Scenario #2 is more realistic and incorporates the decision-making process to decipher between ally and nemesis. A simulation
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confuse or to cause confusion” (Mark). Wars have been around in the world ever since the time of ancient Mesopotamia around the time of 2300 BCE. In general‚ war is used to solve conflicts between two or more nations through the format of military battles. There are many people who oppose the use of war to solve conflicts‚ arguing that there are less violent ways to solve conflicts between nations. That being said however‚ there still has yet to be a compromise format that has been proven to successfully
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Deployment and the Military Family Amanda Meadows SOC 101 Susan Fouriner August 6‚ 2010 Deployments are a difficult time for military families. Deployment of a loved one affects the whole family. The service member may worry about how his family may fare without him or even miss milestones in his children’s lives. The spouse has to function as a single parent and take on responsibilities left behind by the service member. The children may suffer from behavioral problems and not adjust well
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Military coercion strategy has long since existed as a means to enforce a desired set of outcomes‚ behaviours‚ or policies. The definition of coercion covers a lot of theoretical ground‚ including both compellence and deterrence. The successes and failures of military coercion can be seen through the mechanisms of‚ Destruction‚ Punishment‚ and Denial that theorists have argued are part of the methods of coercion. The effectiveness of military coercion may be linked to the credibility‚ capability
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Do what you can‚ with what you have‚ where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt. In this round we need to realize what we can do with what we have. I think that the use of PMFs abroad is both efficient and justified. In this debate we ought to look to the value of National security above all else because that is the purpose of both the military and PMFs which are the topic of this resolution. To reach my value of national security my value criterion will be pragmatism. To define pragmatism I will use
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Command and Coordination Mechanism of Multinational Joint Operations Nationality: Fijian Rank: Major Name: Ilai (Jack) Moceica 20th April 2010 Name: Ilai (Jack) Moceica Rank: Major Arms: Infantry Corps Enlistment date: March 1985 Post: Officer Instructor Education Level: Grade II Military Staff and Tactics Auto-biography I was born in Fiji on 14 July 1965 and educated at the Queen Victoria School. I enlisted into the then Royal Fiji Military Force in Sep 1985 was posted to 1st Battalion
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Private Military and Security Companies after the Cold War An analysis of the causes of the proliferation of PMSCs‚ their implications under IHL and outsourcing peace support missions to PMSCs. Name: Tuyet Anh Mandy Nguyen Student number: 2549857 Course: The Changing nature of war Lecturers: Prof. dr. W.G. Werner and Prof. dr. W. Wagner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam‚ 18th of October 2014 1. Introduction Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs)
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POWER AND ITS POWERS: The Supremacy of Power Frank Chodorov‚ an American writer and libertarian once said “The State acquires power and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.” When I was in my high school‚ I always dreamed for Utopia‚ a perfect state wherein there is no poverty and starvation. Power is delegated in every people and there’s equality‚ justice and freedom. Utopia sometime refers for World peace‚ this may sounds
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The article “A Leap of Faith: When and How Ex-Combatants Resort to Violence” by Anders Themnèr‚ examines and argues an alternate theory as to what triggers Ex-Combatants to become violent. The previous school of thought‚ argued for the DDR approach; DDR stands for disarm‚ demobilize and reintegrate. This approach is based on the idea that Ex-combatant violence has a causal relationship with personal security‚ economic opportunity‚ and access to arms. Themnèr argues‚ contrary that there are three
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Lincoln‚ Swift‚ and Shorteno Fraser identified several methods to assist mental health providers with creating positive environments for families of military men and women. Identify children and families who are at increased risk during predeployment‚ including families of reservists‚ non-active duty men and women‚ to intensify education and services as part of deployment preparation. Enhanced support services for military family during periods of increased stress. Programs and procedures already
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