...Transformations of Military Technology Transformations of Military Technology The military is armed forces authorized to use lethal force, and weapons, to support the interest of the citizens, and the profession of soldiering goes many years back. The military’s primary reason of existing is to engage in combat and be victorious. This is the primary focus for all military throughout history. Tactics and methods are used for engaging and defeating the enemy in direct combat. However the soldiers and armies have come a long way from the spear, or the bow and arrow. The innovations along with changes in tactics and strategies were crucial to the evolution of warfare. In the middle ages the army, air force, marines, national guards, and navy did not exist. Medieval knights were the middle ages military. Knighthood was awarded to members of nobility. Normally a man must have been born the son of a knight in order to become one. At the age of seven or eight, a young knight would be sent away from home to begin formal knight training, in preparation to dominate the medieval battlefield. In this training, the most commonly used weapons for war were swords and the lance; by horseback riding knights wearing body-covering armor. In addition, the knights were taught to use a wide range of weaponry, from simple tools and farm implements to sophisticated acts of surrounding and attacking the enemy, for capture. Wounds inflicted on the battlefield were usually cuts to arms, legs and scalp;...
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...Ten years ago the United States of America would have had been considered the most powerful military in the world. Unfortunately, there are terrorist’s that believe that the U.S. military is not. With the recent attack that brought down the “Twin Towers”, American people have been pondering the strength of the military as well. The U.S. military has to surpass all countries in research and development. By doing that, the U.S. will make itself the most superior military force in the world. The most devastating aspect of the battlefield is death. Recent wars have proven this but it seems as time goes by the death toll does as well. There is currently a variety of research and development underway to lower this right now. One of them is called the “Radar Scope”, which gives a soldier the ability to see through walls. DARPA expects the scope to be sent to squads conducting building searches. The device has the capability to sense movements, even breathing, through 12 inches of concrete and 50 feet further into room. This device alone will cut back on deaths with the advantage of knowing where people the door is broke down. An even more advanced version of this device is in the making. It is called the “Visi Building” and it will be able to actually see through many walls to give of location of people as well as objects. Visi Building will improve surveillance by allowing people to drive or fly by to see inside. Even though the Visi Building is years away from use...
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...MILITARY TECHNOLOGY & THE NATURE OF WARFARE 1815 - 1945 With both the World Wars in the twentieth century, conflicts arose that had become somewhat inevitable, yet the nature of which were undoubtedly total wars that had not been anticipated. However, with military technology extending the boundaries of warfare, such conflicts fought on such an unprecedented and devastating scale had been threatening throughout the latter part of the 19th Century. This period was littered with strife, characterized by the American Civil War, The Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War whereby the major powers had demonstrated their threatening capabilities. These bloody conflicts were all typical of 19th century warfare. They were classified in a transitional period between the Napoleonic conflicts of the 18th Century and the total warfare of the 20th Century, in which armies across the globe witnessed an evolution in the nature of warfare. For many, this evolution had been founded upon the transformations in military technology. Furthermore, between 1815-1945, mass industrialization supplemented an ever-changing school of thought surrounding warfare and the deferrals of such conflicts to settle a fraught European Balance of Power created a developing uneasiness between the misunderstandings of modern warfare and capabilities in reality. The consequence was bitter periods of conflict where ad-libbing attempted to allow...
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...The military worked best off of knowledge and technology. There was training conducted daily to get the job done and giving the other members that was flying the aircrafts the ability to complete their missions. With knowledge there was very little room for error and with the technology inside the aircrafts; the pilots never had problems when it comes to getting every mission done. There was one thing that the military lacked and that was physical assets to the parts or personnel that is needed to get the job done quicker. Knowledge means acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation (Dictionary,2011). This means in the military there are ways that every individual gain the knowledge to work in the field that are in on active duty. Each and every command in the United States Navy have to conduct on the job training daily and training from the book twice a week. The way they conducted that when it comes to be book training is to get a member of the lower paygrade to do the research and come up with a plan to train everybody else n the shop. By doing this it helps the individual to utilize the book and know where he got that information just in case they come across a problem. With the on the job training they can see how to do the job while using the materials at hand like laptops, paper manuals, and the tools that is needed to complete that job. The United States Navy also have certain quals that each member have to get in a certain amount of...
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...Part 1 Abstract Physical fitness is a mandatory requirement by all military personnel. This enables the soldiers maneuver through their daily endeavors of protecting a nation. The nature of the job on the contrary places soldiers at the risk of injuries some of which may materialize at the most unwarranted moments. The military therefore require a highly mechanized medical service, one that secures quality (Patrick,1998). Quality in the provision of medical services encompasses a number of factors key among which is accuracy in diagnosis, treatment and drug prescription. Additionally, data in the medical spheres require secure and integral storage. Most of the diagnoses especially those associated with terminal recurrent illnesses depend largely on the patient history. All the patient details therefore require a secure database and an appropriate filing mechanism. Initially, all these activities were performed manually or mechanically with the medical system relying on paper back files and manual diagnoses. These had a number of pitfalls given the dynamic nature of military operations. Soldiers keep moving from place to place depending on the security needs of the country and they will always need to have their medical services with them. Mechanical administration becomes cumbersome in such conditions with portage prove difficult. It also becomes difficult to keep a sequential filing system for references (Marion, Ball & Joan, 2004). Technological developments...
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...Organizational Behavior and Communication Com 530 January 13, 2012 Organizational Behavior and Communication The United States Army focused on personnel, training, technology, and leadership or this entire combine for the success of the Army in both peace and war. One of the important variables is culture; military culture of army personality, values, or way of thinking. Culture within the Army is widely diverse with the varieties of gender, religious background, races, or whether they are or will be active or reserve duty. As new people enter the Army, then they have to deal with external adaption and integrate them into the Army’s way of life and beliefs. New members are then taught to perceive and feel the same in the Army. The servicemen are taught limited use of forces in war at all possible, effects of military growth on units, insubordination causes, and innovation in the military, learning abilities impact within the organizations, leadership development, and potential conflicts on reconstruction teams. The Army has to be able to move large formation of servicemen safely on the battlefield, so there is a need to have critical control and command. Cultures The Army has the traditional approach where they have a higher up command (hierarchy) to direct and enforce policies, procedures, and process to fit the Army culture. Then the soldiers (clan culture) have more flexibility but less focus on control and structure. They are driven to shared goals, vision...
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...collected is all part of business research. It is the information collected that will help managers and business owners make the best decision. While I served in the military for eight years, the U.S. Air Force has practiced business research that has resulted in how the Air Force will proceed in the future. The military uses many ways to collect data. One method they use quite often is by conducting surveys. The Air Force quality of life is known to be at a higher level than other branches. In an Army barracks you could find up to three soldiers sharing one room. On the other hand, in the Air Force provides one room for every airman. It is this quality of life that keeps retention rates higher in the Air Force rather than the other branches of military. At the same time, though, it is not the Army or Marines main mission to keep retention past the soldier’s first or second enlistment. As missions and technology change, the importance of business research in the military workplace is high. Our military budget and the data related to funding effects how the managers and military leaders make their decisions. Now that the war in Iraq is over, many of the military contracted companies are going through major changes such as downsizing. Not only are contractors going through changes, but also the military itself...
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...dioxide (NO2) in Greater London urban area listing (UK0001) The Air quality plan is setting out what the government will be doing about improving the air quality in London as well as reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions. Another is “River Thames: application for registration of a launch” The government are setting out a registration for a powered boat to be in the river thames. The boats that are not included are Kayaks, canoes, and other non powered boats. The reason for this is to attempt reduction in emissions and other toxic wastes. All boats kept, rented, or let for hire must be registered with the Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 2010 annually to calculate the amount of emissions entering the water. Affecting the military services Declaration of war Some policies have an immediate impact on the armed forces. Solders will only go to war when instructed by the government and most likely will not have a choice. The soldiers will be delayed with resources and equipment set by the government. This has an impact to the armed forces due to the risks and the dangers involved, such as death, serious injury...
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...derive from?” Most have argued for a larger Western heritage dating to classical times of combining decisive battle, superior technology that is the dividend of rationalism, group discipline, and notions of freedom, audit, and constitutional government.(1) Of course, there was a particularly American variant of Western military practice that grew up on a vast frontier and was the result of the impatient nature of American popular culture and its familiarity with machines manifested best in something like George’s Patton’s romp across central France in the summer of 1944, or the dash up from Kuwait to Northern Iraq in the spring of 2003. Cohen, however, believes the U.S. way of fighting is more complex, incorporating all sorts of non-conventional elements. To make that point, he reviews warfare of the eighteenth-century along the northeastern seaboard of the American continent that rugged two-hundred-mile corridor of mountains, forests, and lakes from Albany to Montreal dubbed the “Great Warpath.”(1) His investigations reveal two less appreciated sources for the way Americans currently fight. One was the birth of a unique, and less remarked upon strain of raiding, ambushing, subversion, living off the land, ad hoc alliance building with indigenous peoples, long-range reconnaissance, and patrolling behind enemy lines.(1) The other was a sort of military populism: non-traditional tactics, by which early colonialists survived against the superior numbers of the French, Indians,...
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...for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire shows the connection between militarism and industry in a society. In fact, it is possible that the superiority of Ottoman military technology had a greater impact on the militarism seen by later European imperialistic empires, than the Europeans on the Ottomans. This conclusion would answer the origin of Middle Eastern militarism and whether European-might was a cause. It is possible that the Ottomans could be the origin of some European militarism. During the Gunpowder Revolution, Europe and the Ottoman Empire were discovering the importance of gunpowder and its impact on the military. The Ottomans are viewed in a...
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...will support and strengthen my logistical experience. For logistics I should continue to pursue a logistic career because the economy relies on logistics. The economy functions on supply and demand. Companies distribute and receive supplies to supply the economy of what it demands. It does not matter what type of business it is: military, agriculture, industrial, manufacturing, human resources, or financial. The logistical behavior never changes. Every supply and demand business model is requisite of logistics. Logistics is the reason for economic growth and technological advances. If it weren’t for the increasing demand for logistics to supply the economy quickly, then it wouldn’t have stimulated the advancement of technology to do so. Michael Porter, a business strategist, inferred that the increased logistical demand made business subsequently competitive. The competition through logistics sparked the technological industry into innovative equipment. In turn, this stimulates new businesses to grow and provide new employment for logisticians (Sheffi, Y 2012). Employment growth Advanced technology allows businesses to increase revenue and...
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...this company since they all contact one another with smart phones and have 12 computers each and every one of these users should have an identification number as in a pin for each and every one of them that way they can all be able to be identified. On this company they are required to have a rule-based access controls. The reason why I require this for this company is cause each user is going to have access to a phone and computer which requires each and every one of them to have a pin in order for them to access their devices. That is why this access control is so important on these devices cause if they don’t know there pin then they will not be able to gain access. 3. For this company I would recommend that they use fingerprint technology for all these servers and employes. The reason why I say this is because for one thing there is too many employees to keep track of. So if each and every one of the employes and computers have a fingerprint scan installed into the server and computer then they will be able to be identified who is using the computer or server regardless of where they work from. That way they can be able to have control of their business and be safe and smart at the same time. For there access control on this company will be...
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...Government Limit the Military Spending? There is a product, each country only have one. To buy it, everybody in this country should dig their pocket. This product is named military spending. With the large amounts of research and the development of high technology weapons, regional warming of local wars, armed conflicts, and intensified arms race, the series of a new arms race, military deployment and new high-growth military spending boost are being performed on the international stage. However, governments are concerned about seeking “peace via war”. As the arms trade is the major cause of suffering for human beings, governments should limit their military spending; nobody in the world wants war. Under such rhetoric combined with powerful lobbying of the military industries, governments are intentionally aiding military, because the military spending is an important indicator to reflect the dimension of a country’s military strength, and also a major factor of the military strength. As it is a serious issue in the world and so important for every country, every country values this issue as a primary one and pay special attention on it. As each country has different situation and government systems, there are different views towards military spending. Some people suggest increasing the military spending while some people suggest governments to cut the military spending. Some people think that government should keep increasing the military spending, the reasons...
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...ggggggggg\kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk\ F F D Fddd D D D D Dd D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Dd D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Dd D D D D D D D D D D Dd D D D Dd Dd D D D D D Dd D D D D D D DFirepower is the military capability to direct force at an enemy. It is not to be confused with the concept of rate of fire, which describes cycling of the firing mechanism in a weapon system. It involves the whole range of potential weapons. The concept is taught as one of the key principles of modern warfare wherein the enemy forces are destroyed or have their will to fight negated by sufficient and preferably overwhelming use of force as a result of combat operations. Through the ages firepower has come to mean offensive power applied from a distance, as there is an immediate dissonance with the thought of one-on-one close quarters combat. Firepower is thus something employed to keep enemy forces at a range where they can be defeated in detail or sapped of the will to continue. The term firepower also commonly describes the collective offensive capabilities of a military force. Contents[hide] * 1 History * 2 Later examples * 3 Further reading * 4 References | History The earliest forms of warfare that might be called firepower were the slingers of ancient armies(a notable example being the biblical story of David), and archers. Eventually, the feared Huns employed...
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...implanted into you so less identity theft, and increased technology due to increased portions of the brain being unlocked from neural enhancements. Some of the cons could be issues such as the religious views on such things. Some religions believe that the use of cybernetic implants for financial transactions to be a form of the mark of the beast and would have no part in such implants. This issue alone could start major riots and divisions in certain states. Another issue could result from the physical enhancement side. There will probably be an increase in crimes such as grand theft auto due to people having increased strength and in essence feeling almost godlike. They will probably be more likely to ignore the laws and think that they are above them. This will also cause those who cannot afford such implants to be at increased risk. The neural enhancements could also cause people to be able to outthink many security systems and be able to develop more homemade devices for crime. There is a lot consider when dealing with cybernetic implants. While on one hand it definitely has the potential to be able to help our economy and be able to help a lot with all the medical issues we face today, there is still a great deal of issues to be worked out before any of these things could be implemented into society. The biggest area that I see these things occurring in at first would have to be the military. The use of these in the military...
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