She was born in the Marinette Marine Company yard in Wisconsin when her plates were cut. She was one of sixty five ordered for the United States Navy. Her War service life began in 1965 when designated for landing duties as an ATC, armored troop carrier, in Vietnam. As with most of the sixty five built she would be abused, and at times miss-handled, in the hands of others during her service.
Although but just one of the many thousands of insignificant landing craft ever built she would instill an everlasting memory in those who served in her. The little Mike 8 Class LCM, dubbed as Zippo after being converted to carry a flame thrower, went to war in the November of 65 with Old Glory Streaming. She was with certainty as her builders had proudly claimed on their build sheet, all steel American.
I met her for the first time on thanks giving day in the year of our lord 1966 when I arrived at an old French Colonial boat yard. The yard was located at the head of a mud banked side canal off a river in the Mekong Delta in an area abundant in canals. The majority of this terrain was taken up by old abandoned French Plantations. In their heyday the plantations produced a variety of agricultural commodities such as pineapples, sugarcane and rubber. As there were few roads the French had set about building canals for the transportation of the harvested crops to the main shipping ports located on the rivers. The canals were understandably built using the classic Western European style of, straight, narrow and deep.
At the boat yard she had been refitted and issued with a newer style turreted flamethrower, which had been bolted and welded to her deck. On the turret some wag had roughly painted in white scrawled lettering the name Zippo....
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... set out as an over complicated on-paper plan, and sit back expecting the little craft to perform like the line battleships of old.
Unfortunately, the higher-higher proved beyond doubt that they had a tendency to forget, or ignore, the very first principle of a war plan. KISS “Keep it simple stupid” and the second but even more important “After the first round goes off even the best of plans can quickly fall apart”. And at that point the ability to think fast and adapt can mean the difference between an acceptable military success and an unmitigated military disaster. Factual this proved in Zippos case, for in her short existence she certainly experienced both the successes and disasters.
However, life it seems never proves to be quite that simple. In the end no amount of fast thinking and adapting by her crew managed to save Zippo from her premature demise.
Giving way to the parties and the fun associated with college kids, Caputo failed out of college and realized what he really wanted to be was a Marine. He joined the Marines and went through a lot of officer training until he eventually reached what would be known as his final rank of Lieutenant. Introduced to the Vietnam War in 1965 as a Platoon leader, Caputo walked into the war a little scared but with a lot of determination. Caputo started the war with a lot of field work including jungle expeditions and shooting escapades, and eventually was sent to keep track of the everyday deaths occurring during the war and all the paperwork associated with such a job. Later he was put back in charge of a platoon which eventually lead to his downfall following an unethical order he gave his men that resulted in the killing of a couple Vietnamese pedestrians believed to be part of the Viet Cong.
The first enduring lesson of war termination in the Russo-Japanese War is that the most effective war termination plans are created before the war. This lesson would appear somewhat obvious, but historically, detailed war termination plans before the start of war are infrequent. Efforts to e...
He was then drafted into the U.S. Army where he was refused admission to the Officer Candidate School. He fought this until he was finally accepted and graduated as a first lieutenant. He was in the Army from 1941 until 1944 and was stationed in Kansas and Fort Hood, Texas. While stationed in Kansas he worked with a boxer named Joe Louis in order to fight unfair treatment towards African-Americans in the military and when training in Fort Hood, Texas he refused to go to the back of the public bus and was court-martialed for insubordination. Because of this he never made it to Europe with his unit and in 1944 he received an honorable discharge.
The Art of War is a treatise written in Ancient China that discusses the most and least effective military strategies for successful warfare according to Sun Tzu, a military general whose existence is still debated to this day. While not every military commander in the history of warfare has read it, the strategies provided can be used as a way to assess said commanders and the effectiveness of their campaigns. In Sun Tzu 's own words, “The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat:--let such a one be dismissed!”1 This paper will discuss various iconic battles throughout history and how closely the leading commanders of each army followed the advice of Sun Tzu. Despite the fact that Sun Tzu lived hundreds of years before many of these battles took place, the
Introduction “Leaders have always been generalists”. Tomorrow’s leaders will, very likely, have begun life as specialists, but to mature as leaders they must sooner or later climb out of the trenches of specialization and rise above the boundaries that separate the various segments of society.” (Gardner, 1990, pg. 159). The. In a recent verbal bout with my History of the Military Art professor, I contended that the true might of a nation may be inversely proportional to the size of its military during peacetime.
The Mark 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) Torpedo is a heavyweight submarine-launched torpedo; which is the primary weapon of all U.S. Navy submarines. According to FAS Military Analysis Network, The primary goal of this weapon is to be able to “combat fast, deep-diving nuclear powered submarines and high performance surface ships.” The Mark 48 torpedo has gone through many phases of modifications over the past four decades; which have shaped this weapon in to what it is today. Throughout its history the Mark 48 Torpedo has been a revolutionary weapon. Its greatest contribution to modern naval warfare is its ability to give all U.S. Navy submarines a universal weapon to combat the world’s largest naval powers better than any previous torpedo has been able to achieve.
After being in France for a little under a year she was finally sent back to Africa to start her third term. The first place she was assigned during this term was at a mission compound near the town of Galmi. Her time at this station however was short for many health problems occurred while there. Eventually she requested a transfer and was sent to another mission station.
Amongst military theorists and practitioners who studied war, its origin and implications, Carl von Clausewitz assumes a place among the most prominent figures. With his book On War, he demonstrated his capability to provide thorough historical analysis and conclusions of the conflicts in which he was engaged, and as a philosopher he reflected about all encompassing aspects of war. Today, Western armies conduct modern warfare in a dynamic environment composed of flexible and multiple threats in which civilians form a substantial part. Studying Clausewitz provides current military and political leadership useful insights to understand twenty-first century warfare. He explains the nature of war, provides an analytical tool to understand the chaos of warfare, and he argues for well educated and adaptable leadership capable of creative thinking. Although he died before his work was complete, his writing style was ambiguous and unclear at some moments, and current technology reduced some of his tactics obsolete, his work still arouses and inspires military and political strategists and analysts.
Van Riper describes linear systems as structured and predictable and nonlinear systems unstructured and unpredictable. He asserts, “Good Strategists know and understand how nonlinear systems work and use this knowledge consider strategic questions or recommended strategies.” He supports this claim by citing quotes from historic individuals such as Colin Gary, Williamson Murray, John Lewis Gaddis, Carl von Clausewitz, and Brigadier General Shimon Naveh. Van Riper specifically cites Clausewitz by stating, “War is more than a true chameleon that slightly adapts its characteristics to the given case.”1 Additionally, Van Riper discusses the Vietnam War as an example of how linear systems were unsuccessful and World War II as an example of how nonlinear systems through operational art and design were successful. Key terms the Author uses throughout this article is operational design whose purpose is to arrange campaigns and major operations in time and space to fulfill the aims of strategy, and operational art which is the employment of military forces to attain strategic goals in a theater of war or operations. Lastly, he criticizes the joint community for creating doctrinal publications that are confusing and, in some cases, unintelligible to readers. In the end, Van Riper stresses the
That formidable force that makes one believe that one needs what one usually only desires; that mind-set that is really more of an entity that sits on ones shoulder, and relentlessly screams “further, further”; that asset that makes those who are not zealous, jealous... That is ambition.Ambition has been the backbone of every army! Through those great ancient Egyptian wars, through Persia, through Hastings, through Waterloo, through the native American/greedy colonist battles, through the world-wars, through the Balkans, and through every other great conflict that has ever existed but that I am unable to cite, each party was blessed by pure and passionate ambition...ambition to win at whatever cost necessary. Surely only the collective force of ambition found in a battle is liable to cause as much suffering and damage as has been caused by all battles that have ever been lost or won? Even the weakest, most injured warrior who persevered has been touched not by insanity, but by raw ambition, and even the most perturbed and exasperated warlord is supported not by his schemes, but by the ambition to realise them.Ambition is the ultimate wonder of the world! Ambition made all seven of them and more...shouldn’t it be regarded as their veritable (no matter how intangible) superior?
As a visionary, he leveraged the diversity of his team, creating an inclusive environment of mutual trust to work through the challenge of blind flight. He exercised his conceptual team dimensions pattern developing alternatives that created three new aeronautical instruments. Ethically, Doolittle relied on his intellectual humility to overcome a lack of training and command experience to successfully lead a NAF using the strength of his staff. He crafted an artful solution to an ethical dilemma that kept his credibility with his men while meeting the intent of General Arnold’s order. The attributes of Jimmy Doolittle are personally relevant because they demonstrate our similarities and differences. I want to emulate his conceptual team dimension style to help me make my teams more successful, instead of prematurely dismissing an idea as I did with my Armory project. I will continue honing the intellectual humility we both share, building on the success I had when I assumed control of the Logistics division, continuing to empower all my teams. Thanks to Jimmy Doolittle, we can travel all over the world, around the clock, without worrying about safe air
This brave woman started in 1914 when the Germans took over. She moved to Brussels where she became a volunteer for the red cross. She helped many wounded soldiers that had been caught.
Firstly, Monsieur Tepan, father of Zapo, was born in the old days and had seen wars many times. He had experienced wars since soldiers fight on horseback, using a sword, so he got used to a war. One of the characteristics of Monsieur Tepan is ignorance. He does not care about what happened in a time of war. For example, when he happened to visit his son, he was not afraid of danger. It can be seen from the play that he kept repeating “you needn’t think that’ll frighten me, it won’t be the first fighting I’ve seen” when his son warned him about the Captain coming to the battlefield and get furious, he was still relaxed and said “Don’t worry, I’ll have a few words to say to your Captain.” Moreover, he is a superficial person. He always enjoys everything but does not take anything seriously. For example, he was talking nonsense about wars in the old days; he nominates himself to join the war, while he is too old and stuck in the old times of battle, with horses and swords. He comes up with impractical ideas. For instance, he gives advice to his son and Zepo to end that “It’s very simple. You just tell your pals that the enemy soldiers don’t want to fight a war, and you [to Zepo] say the same to
“The aircraft carrier – because of it’s mobility, its versatility, and the capabilities that it
2000 in Palm Dale, California on Edwards Air Force Base. For the first year of her life she lived on Edwards Air Force Base with her mom and dad. During that time she developed a fever and spent a few days in the hospital. In that time it was discovered that she had transverse myelitis, which paralyzed her from the waist down. Doctors said she would never crawl or walk, this is what they told her parents, but someone forgot to tell Destiny. By the age of one she was already crawling. As the years went by her determination inspired us all as we watched her take her first steps with the help of her dad. Due to her illness she was in and out of hospitals