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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"U.S. Marines"”.
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An ethnography of 'courage' among U.S. Marines
… among combat infantry, specifically U.S. Marines. U.S. infantry combat soldiers conceive of the cultural value courage in its many manifestations and formulations. I maintain that courage manifests itself in both vocal signs, as directly or indirectly referenced spoken discourses, and in …
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Helmand: The U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 2010-2012
… Province was under the combat control of the Marines from 2010 to 2014, and during the first two years, operations near the town of Marjah and the district of Sangin closely followed principles laid out in 3-33.5. Although the withdrawal of American units in 2014 did not bode well for the …
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Perceived Deployment Stressors And Well-Being Among Veterans Of Iraq And Afghanistan
… and well-being.</p> <p> Thirty eight U. S. Marines and Sailors that deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan were recruited for the study. Using the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DDRI) questionnaire and the General Well-being Schedule (GWB), the following research questions were …
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An alternative testing methodology for TOW missile training systems
… will improve the final product fielded to U.S. Marines and Soldiers.
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The Ladle and the Knife: Power Projection and Force Deployment under Reagan
… cover that allowed him to withdraw U.S. Marines from Beirut in early 1984. Analysts and commentators focus on his muscular power projection like defense spending, SDI, and the invasion of Grenada, but in practice Reagan exercised a high level of restraint in troop deployment. These …
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A study of the Force Structure Review of the United States Marine Corps Acquisition Organization to functionally align with the Marine Air Ground Task Force: The transformation of a competency aligned federal civilian workforce
… mission is to provide needed equipment to U.S. Marines in the operating forces that, at any moment, can be called upon to engage in combat operations. Ensuring employee job satisfaction in itself is a difficult task. This difficulty is exacerbated when the employees are civilians working in a …
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Predictors of post-deployment mental healthcare utilization among active duty Marines
… Data were collected from 447 active duty U.S. Marines one week, three months, and six months following return from Afghanistan. A four-stage analytic approach was used to test predictors of service use, examine latent measurement models, investigate the longitudinal associations between …