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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"United States Armed Forces"”.
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United States Military Preparedness
… that now jeopardize the preparedness of the United States armed forces for combat. This thesis examines the nature, criteria, and inadequacies of America's military preparedness. In examining military preparedness, the thesis has found that military preparedness consists of five pillars: …
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Business process re-engineering: application for littoral combat ship mission module acquisition
… and programs that produce weapons system for the United States Armed Forces. Although the overall acquisition system functions well as designed, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the business process within PMS-420, and whether another design is more efficient. This paper will review the …
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The Unknown War: Army of the Republic of Vietnam Combat Operations 1962-1963
… War has tended to focus on the actions of the United States Armed Forces, the People’s Army of Vietnam, and the Viet Cong, while the history of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) has remained largely untold. ARVN, when mentioned, is usually portrayed as incompetent, ineffective, and …
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The evolution of the curriculum of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1924-1988: a search for rigor
… process of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF) and its predecessor, the Army Industrial College (AIC), as it was influenced by a variety of factors between the years 1924 and 1988. Most of the published material used for this study was found in the library of the National …
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Use of Federal Troops in Civil Disturbances 1892-1968
… examines and evaluates the use of regular army forces in quelling civil disturbances within the United States. The term civil disturbance is defined as excluding Indian wars, western frontier violence and all incidents prior to the passage of the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878, which forbade the …
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Nationalism or Cost-Benefit Analysis in Perception: The Logic of China’s Foreign Policy Choices in Bilateral Disputes in Post-Cold War Period
… issues, fourteen disputes between China and the United States over the Taiwan issue, economic and trade issues, and the issues of United States Armed Forces infringing China’s sovereignty, and six disputes between China and South Korea over the security issue, the fishing issue, and the …
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Awards and public perception: exploring the relationship between the evolution of American military awards and the changing American public
The use of awards by the United States military is a tradition dating back to the American Revolutionary War. Since their inception, awards have been either adapted or created to suit the needs of the military of the time. Common among these needs are attempts to influence the American people’s …
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Feasibility Study among Military Personnel with Traumatic Amputation during Military Combat or Training
… in a group of adults who served in the U.S. armed forces and sustained the loss of one or more limbs during any combat or military training activity. The specific aims of this study are: 1) To describe the level of well-being (e.g., degree of mobility, physical/social activity, pain, anxiety, …
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Examining the Indigenous Relationship Between Education and the United States' Military from 2001-2009
This phenomenological study examines the relationship between education and Native American participation in the military from 2001-2009. The study is based on both phenomenological and Indigenous methodology. The theoretical framework is structured by primarily by Tribal Critical Race Theory and …
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Science of Thought and the Culture of Democracy in Postwar Japan, 1946-1962
This dissertation examines efforts to foster a culture of democracy in postwar Japan, focusing on Science of Thought, one of the most influential associations engaged in publicly rethinking democracy in the years after fascism and defeat. The group was founded in 1946 by seven young intellectuals …