Yes, they have drills and they practice for the kinds of problems they could face, but they do not practice for these issues at the level of the military, nor do they spend as much time on what they will do if something goes wrong. There are incident drills where there are mass casualties and simulations where people are hurt, trapped, sick, or any combination thereof (Thompson, 1991)
Retirement pay, however it is calculated, really is part of the total compensation package. However, recent Pentagon studies suggest that military pensions are no longer affordable, and that requiring the military to continue paying those pensions will cripple its ability to fund the current military salaries and pay for equipment (Attkisson, 2011)
"First and foremost, there is no "vesting" in the military retirement system. There is no special retirement accounts, no matching funds provision, no interest" (Powers, 2012)
The war is not going well, money is needed for domestic purposes, especially in a time of economic slowdown when millions of Americans are still out of work, many American families are being kicked out of their homes (due to foreclosures), and the economic recovery in general is slower than anticipated. An article in the scholarly Middle East Quarterly points out that the Taliban insurgency into Afghanistan is "gaining ground" (Aymeen Jawad, 2012, p
S. To a "…moral, benign and cooperative foreign policy" that did not include torture and would close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (McCrisken, 2011, p
It is not clear if those Americans polled really remembered why Bush sent troops and war planes into Afghanistan to begin with, because at that time (October, 2001) nearly 100% of those polled supported routing the Taliban and bin Laden's terrorist organization from Afghanistan. Continuing on the subject of the need for American troops to be removed from Afghanistan -- and the draw down that is taking place in increments -- just a week prior to the successful raid to kill bin Laden, a Washington Post -- ABC News poll, showed that 49$ of Americans "…disapprove of Obama's management of the war and 44% voiced approval" (Wilson, et al
S. To a "…moral, benign and cooperative foreign policy" that did not include torture and would close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (McCrisken, 2011, p
It is not clear if those Americans polled really remembered why Bush sent troops and war planes into Afghanistan to begin with, because at that time (October, 2001) nearly 100% of those polled supported routing the Taliban and bin Laden's terrorist organization from Afghanistan. Continuing on the subject of the need for American troops to be removed from Afghanistan -- and the draw down that is taking place in increments -- just a week prior to the successful raid to kill bin Laden, a Washington Post -- ABC News poll, showed that 49$ of Americans "…disapprove of Obama's management of the war and 44% voiced approval" (Wilson, et al
The war is not going well, money is needed for domestic purposes, especially in a time of economic slowdown when millions of Americans are still out of work, many American families are being kicked out of their homes (due to foreclosures), and the economic recovery in general is slower than anticipated. An article in the scholarly Middle East Quarterly points out that the Taliban insurgency into Afghanistan is "gaining ground" (Aymeen Jawad, 2012, p
S. Military Assistance Prior to Sanctions and How Funding was Used Prior to the 1999 military sanctions placed on Indonesia for "human rights abuses which followed the vote for independence in East Timor (Manning, 2003)" the United States provided support and arms to Indonesia for the Timor invasion and other military objectives
¶ … institute such strict military controls? Sparta's militarism and commitment to maintaining a standing army was no accident. "Sparta seems to have developed gradually as a practical response to unusual circumstances," ("History of Sparta," n
). "The evolution of the Spartan army began during the heroic Mycenaean age (1600 BCE to 1100 BCE), a time in Greek history when tactics were simple and warriors sought individual glory (and fought out of formation)," ("The Spartan Military," 2010)
S. Navy's Crittenden Report in 1957 that argued that the argument that the assumption that homosexuals were more of a security risk than heterosexuals was a red herring and that gay men and women were not any more sexual predators than heterosexuals were (Bateman 12)
Their lover was their companion and policeman, reminding the soldier of his code of conduct and duty to the state. Big brother was literally looking over the soldier's shoulder at all times (Pacion)
Marxian theory says that war takes place due to competition for resources, yet the Malthusian theory says wars occur because of either a power vacuum or as expanding populations encounter scare resources. Yet neither of these theories explains one of the odd facts of the 20th century -- that of the replacement of colonial regimes with military or autocratic regimes controlled by the military when the colonial powers leave (Cashman, 2010)
Indeed, evidence suggests that civil and political rights appear to be granted in a sequence beginning with a strong infrastructure and then more robust economy. However, there is a fine line between allowing the economic system to develop under military rule, enhance technology and more, and diverting economic funds to remain in power (Haas, 2008)
14,500 wards have taken place between 3500 BC and the late 20th century, killing 3.5 billion people and leaving only 300 years of peace" (Henderson, 2010, p
This has been a theme of the famous chaplain and rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff (Greenberg 1999)
Therefore, internationally, chaplains facilitate religious freedom, not only for their own service members, but for others, as well. According to Army Regulation 165-1, Religious Support, Army Chaplain Corps Activities, "Army Chaplains represent faith groups within the pluralistic religious culture in America and demonstrate the values of religious freedom of conscience and spiritual choice" (Headquarters, Department of the Army 2009)
This requires them to help facilitate religious freedom for all of the service members under their care. In South Africa, military chaplains are seen as the guardians of "first human right - religious freedom" (Lampman 1999)