The profession of arms calls upon the skill and sacrifice of its members in ways that no other profession will. Reflecting upon nine years of combat‚ the Army is exploring the strengths that have sustained Soldiers and the challenges that they are facing as a profession. The Army has also made a commitment to education‚ efforts to sustain the bond of trust between the Army and the American public‚ and the impact of decentralized operations. What
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Arms trafficking‚ also known as gunrunning is the illegal transporting of firearms from one state‚ or country to another. Organized crime groups buy and sell weapons such as heavy machine guns‚ hand-held guns‚ recilles rifles and grenades to name a few to other groups for large profits. Arms’ trafficking is a multi-billion dollar business. 87% of firearms recovered from Mexico were traced back to the US over the last five years and is said to be responsible for fueling Mexico’s drug violence according
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ARM architecture From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The ARM architecture (previously‚ the Advanced RISC Machine‚ and prior to that Acorn RISC Machine) is a 32-bit RISC processor architecture developed by ARM Limited that is widely used in embedded designs. Because of their power saving features‚ ARM CPUs are dominant in the mobile electronics market‚ where low power consumption is a critical design goal[citation needed]. Today‚ the ARM family accounts for approximately
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Characters Raina Petkoff Raina‚ the heroine of the play‚ is the only child of Major Petkoff and Catherine Petkoff. She is a "romantic" and had romantic notions of love and war. Catherine Petkoff Catherine Petkoff‚ Raina’s mother‚ is a middle-aged affected woman‚ who wishes to pass off as a Viennese lady. She is "imperiously energetic" and good-looking. Louka Louka‚ a servant girl in the Petkoff household‚ is proud and looks down on servility. She is ambitious and wishes to rise in life. Nicola
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Roxane Noffra Mr. Livingston 06/11/2012 Task 2 In Farewell to arms‚ written by Hemingway‚ we can appreciate how the (Henry) protagonist grew due to his relationship with Catherine and his experiences in war. His growth represents a genre convention: a typical development in the characters‚ overall in the protagonists. At the beginning of this book‚ Henry is characterized as being a drunken‚ womanizer fascinated with the nightlife; in fact‚ when he knew Catherine‚ he considered her just as
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The Profession of Arms By PFC Sean Platts If one spends enough time in the Army they will hear the term “Profession of Arms” at some point. This is a term that is commonly used to describe the work that is required of soldiers in the US Army. All who serve are considered to be part of the profession whether they are enlisted‚ commissioned‚ or even a civilian contractor. It means many things to those who serve‚ but this is what it means to me. The first thing I notice about the term is the word
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During his convalescence in Milan‚ he had an affair with a nurse‚ Agnes von Kurowsky. Hemingway received two decorations from the Italian government‚ and he joined the Italian infantry. Fighting on the Italian front inspired the plot of A Farewell to Arms in 1929. Indeed‚ war itself is a major theme in Hemingway’s works. Hemingway would witness firsthand the cruelty and stoicism required of the soldiers he would portray in his writing when covering the Greco-Turkish War in 1920 for the Toronto Star
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Self-Infliction of Inhumanity in A Farewell to Arms War is the epitome of mankind’s inhumanity. It is in man’s nature to fuel the want and propensity toward war. Wars destroy nations and stability. Soldiers who fight in wars either come back in pieces or do not come back at all. The ones lucky enough to return home have changed drastically in what they feel and how they think. The horrors of war will forever haunt them. In his classic novel‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ Ernest Hemingway examines the effect of
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: George Bernard Shaw‚ “Arms and the Man: A Pleasant Play.” Introduction by Rodelle Wientraub. Edited by Dan H. Laurence. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Text Summary of Act One The scene is set in Bulgaria in November of 1885‚ during the Serbo-Bulgarian war. In a small town near the Dragoman Pass‚ a young lady loiters on the balcony off her bedchamber‚ looking out at the romantic night in the Balkan Mountains. Raina Petkoff is dressed in a nightgown but covered by a costly fur mantle. Her mother‚ Catherine
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Women Can Tone Arms: Toned The Arms: To women’s fitness without coming across the word "toned‚ group fitness classes‚ all claim to help women get those "toned‚ sexy arms. I wish my arms were more toned. Women feel uncomfortable using the word muscular to describe their goals. I wonder when and why the word toned took the place of bigger muscles and less body fat. Muscles can do: Muscle tone‚ or tonus‚ is what exercise scientists and fitness experts use to describe the continuous contraction
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