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 Theater
Mercury Theater on the Air The Mercury Theater on the Air was an hour-long dramatic Bernard Herrmann.
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www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/theater.html   (942 words)

  
 Alarming Increase in Suicides Among U.S. Soldiers Fighting in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A report by a 12-member team of military and civilian mental-health professionals dispatched to Iraq in October to evaluate troops is expected to be released after the holidays, officials said.
Using the military's 12-month rate of a dozen suicides per 100,000 troops, self-inflicted deaths this year in the Iraq theater should amount to no more than 13 at this point, according to Dr. Paul Ragan, a Vanderbilt University professor who was a Navy psychiatrist for 11 years.
Both the Army's and the U.S. military's overall suicide rates are lower than a U.S. civilian figure altered to match the military's race, age and sex demographics, the military said.
www.veteransforcommonsense.org /newsArticle.asp?id=1442   (1585 words)

  
 America's Agenda For Global Military Domination New Undeclared Arms Race Classified Pentagon Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This mandate also includes military operations directed against countries, which are not hostile to America, but which are considered strategic from the point of view of US interests.
The vision is for a military that is far more proactive, focused on changing the world instead of just responding to conflicts such as a North Korean attack on South Korea, and assuming greater prominence in countries in which the U.S. isn't at war.
The sending in of special forces in military policing operations, under the disguise of peace-keeping and training, is contemplated in all major regions of the World.
www.rense.com /general63/global1.htm   (693 words)

  
 Training and Education Command   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
War, Policy and Strategy is not a traditional military history course, but instead uses selected wars, strategies and campaigns as vehicles for critical analysis and assessment, with the objective of developing sounder and keener instincts at the strategic level of war.
It is essential that senior military leaders develop an in-depth understanding of the interplay of these elements so that proper military advice is provided to civilian leadership and a sound military strategy is developed.
The course uses military leaders, visiting scholars thoroughly attuned to world dynamics, and visits to and discussions with the nation's foremost military leaders and civilian authorities to provide a multi-dimensional perspective for the intelligent analysis of U.S. global interests, regional policy objectives, and the formulation of effective strategies.
www.mcu.usmc.mil /MCWAR/CURRICULUM.htm   (1952 words)

  
 WAR STUDIES:
To analyze and evaluate the fundamental precepts for the development of the theater commander’s operational logistics concept to support both theater military strategies and the implementation of campaigns in the prosecution of a larger war strategy.
To analyze and evaluate methods for drawing together in a theater context the efforts (air, land, sea, etc.) of the military Services and allied forces for a campaign integrating operations, logistics, and the use of time to attain strategic military objectives.
The Military Departments/Services are responsible for generating/providing military forces to include their logistics.
www.ndu.edu /icaf/departments/war/35.htm   (841 words)

  
 Gray Space: Theater Planning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Space has improved the way the US military fights its wars, without their space eyes and ears they could be fighting in the blind once again.
The difficulty in distinguishing between civil and military space is increasing, especially with the rapid commercialization of space assets to include former military systems.
Theater warfighters, who must develop plans to employ the military instrument of power, must focus on space control and force enhancement roles and missions of its space forces.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/grayspc/planning/planning.htm   (1868 words)

  
 theater - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Famous theatre companies include the Comédie Française in Paris (founded by Louis XIV in 1690 and given a permanent home in 1792), the first national theatre.
The Living Theater was founded in New York in 1947 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina.
In the USA the centre of commercial theatre is New York City, with numerous theatres on or near Broadway, although Williamsburg, Virginia (1716), and Philadelphia (1766) had the first known American theatres.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /theater   (5188 words)

  
 USAWC Campaign Planning Primer, Step Seven, Subordinate Tasks
The theater and supporting operational objectives assigned to subordinates are critical elements of the theater–strategic design of the campaign.
Tasks for subordinates are determined to accomplish the theater campaign military objectives and achieve the desired end state.
Tasks are derived from the theater military objectives.
mason.gmu.edu /~ssledge/planningprimer7.htm   (291 words)

  
 Archive | August 14, 2000 | Military theater
NONE of our military is ready for duty at the levels they were eight years ago, and the fault lies solely with the Clinton-Gore administration.
Under Win-Hold-Win, military readiness would essentially be reduced to one and a half major theater war capability, while the second theater, if it cropped up, would be essentially be half-fought until the other was resolved.
It's clear that those two divisions aren't ready to fight two major theater wars -- but neither is the rest of the military.
www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0800militarytheatre.htm   (404 words)

  
 Advocating Mission Needs in Tomorrow's World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Deploying theater air forces planned and practiced operations as squadron-sized units operating from established bases in a mature theater with a well-developed communications and logistics infrastructure.
The "concept of operations" tag in both the theater strategy and campaign plan and air missions spheres is necessary since the particular concept of operations a commander develops to achieve objectives also determines the nature of the sphere itself, and thus everything contained within the sphere.
We have not seen the results of this change in specific theater strategies (though Operation Desert Storm provided a view of what they might be like), but we might conceive of three general models for theater military strategies in future regional crises: defensive, defensive-offensive, and offensive.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/loh.html   (4030 words)

  
 21st Theater Support Command (TSC)
After the United States military withdrawal from France in 1967 and the organization of the U.S. Theater Army Support Command, Europe, informally known as TASCOM, the brigade became the rear area counterpart of the newly formed corps support commands.
Consequently, the Department of the Army approved the elevation of the commander's position to Major General and on 19 August 1976 the brigade was redesignated 21st Support Command.
Authorizations for both military and civilian positions were decreased substantially and, in 1993, the grade of the 21st TAACOM commander was returned to Major General.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/21tsc.htm   (1018 words)

  
 Vietnam: History of the Bulwark B2 Theatre
Our B2 theater accounted for about half of the land and about two-thirds of the population of South Vietnam, and encompassed part of the enemy's Military Region II and all of their military regions II and IV.
She was the only female member of the four military delegations, spoke French and English fluently, was attractive and polite, and struggled resolutely, which won the respect of the Americans and puppets.
The agreement stipulated the ending of all U.S. military activities against the territory of the DRV by all forces, on the land, in the air, and at sea, no matter what their point of origin.
www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/tra/tra.asp   (16830 words)

  
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Of the military's services, the Marines Corps right now is moving fastest to fill this gap and is looking at shifting some resources away from traditional amphibious-assault missions to new units designed specifically to work with foreign forces.
To support these troops, military officials are looking at everything from acquiring cheap aerial surveillance systems to flying gunships that can be used in messy urban fights to come to the aid of ground troops.
The backlash on employment and social programs is the inevitable byproduct of both the American and European military projects, which channel vast amounts of State financial resources towards the war economy, at the expense of the civilian sectors.
www.informationclearinghouse.info /article8303.htm   (3629 words)

  
 Chapter 6- World War II Intelligence in the Field
The theater signal intelligence service was operated on a compartmented basis separate from other intelligence activities, and assignment of intelligence and counterintelligence specialists to units was normally under centralized theater control.
European Theater of operations, the first non-CIC intelligence organizations to deploy in England were forward elements of MIS-X and MIS-Y: specialized sections of the War Department's Military Intelligence Service that were tasked respectively with assisting the escape attempts of downed American fliers and interrogating captured enemy personnel in depth.
Military Intelligence interpreter, interrogator, and translator teams attached to Army divisions in the Pacific seem to have consisted of four, rather than six, persons.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Lineage/mi/ch6.htm   (6143 words)

  
 WAR STUDIES:
Analyze a multi-Service, multinational theater strategy designed to meet national strategic goals with emphasis on logistic requirements.
Evaluate the advantages/disadvantages to be gained through joint and coalition military action, with emphasis on theater logistics support.
Evaluate enduring campaigning principles and their effect on coalition military reach, endurance, timing, and tempo.
www.ndu.edu /icaf/departments/war/38.htm   (576 words)

  
 Surveillance Camera Players
Because it is being watched by two kinds of surveilling eyes, the SCP feel it necessary to produce an analysis of military surveillance that would complement and enrich the group's analysis of surveillance by civilian law enforcement groups, which is part of its discussion of generalized transparence.
That is to say, it protected the security-obsessed military from the prying eyes of the civilian population, and it protected the civilian population from the costs, risks and dangers involved in "cutting edge" research and development.
Like military rifles, which were parodied 100 years ago by Alfred Jarry, "smart guns" will be extolled for their accuracy, and for the possibility that fatal "accidents" -- like the recent police-involved shooting-deaths in New York of Malcolm Ferguson and Patrick Dorismond -- can be avoided, indeed, made virtually impossible.
www.notbored.org /military.html   (6880 words)

  
 HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: China Defensive
While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.
Joseph W. Stilwell head of the U.S. China-Burma-India theater, and at the combined level, Generalissimo Chiang appointed him chief of staff of the combined forces in the theater.
Military commanders were selected for their political loyalty to Chiang rather than for their military ability, and risking excessive casualties through offensive operations was unacceptable.
ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-ChinaD   (6719 words)

  
 Columbus World War II Round Table   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
military historians and others may access these accounts in the archives listed above.
All meetings are held in the Upper Arlington Library from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Military historians and others may access these accounts in the three archival institutions listed above.
www.ohiojunction.net /ww2   (172 words)

  
 Department of State, International Information Programs, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, December 1999 - "Preventing ...
After that, we then invest a great deal of training and resources to produce a mature, poised individual whose substantial military expertise is complemented by appropriate language skills and regional and cultural awareness for the area in which he will operate.
The host nation benefits from the training and support we provide, the objectives of the ambassador and/or CINC involved are advanced, and the Special Operations Forces benefit by enhancing their cross-cultural and language skills, and employing the expertise they have worked so hard to develop.
Special Operations Forces who are present on the scene often provide the U.S. ambassador and theater commander additional immediate reporting from people who are engaged in the culture, speak the language, and can provide an element of truth at a critical time without having to wait for forces to flow in from somewhere else.
usinfo.state.gov /journals/itps/1299/ijpe/schoom.htm   (1561 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:NATO assimilating new military theater on Russian border   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The appearance of NATO aircraft on the Russian border indicates that NATO has begun assimilating a new theater of military operations, according to Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, vice-president of the State Academy for Geopolitical Research.
Ivashov said that the modernization of airfields in the Baltic countries and the increase in their operational capacity is intended to accommodate 200 to 300 military aircraft.
He said that such economic changes might involve the possible redirection of gas deliveries from the west to the east.
english.pravda.ru /world/2004/04/22/53559_.html   (162 words)

  
 Veteran's Alart,
(2) Any veteran who served in the theater of combat operations in Korea during the Korean War, and is eligible for the Korean Service Medal; awarded for theater military service to include combat operations during the period June 27, 1950, through July 27, 1954.
National Guard and Reserve personnel who were activated and served in a theater of combat or in combat against a hostile force may also be eligible.
National Guard and Reserve personnel are eligible for VA health care, if they were ordered to active duty by a Federal declaration, served the full period for which they were called or ordered to active duty, and released or discharged from active duty under other than dishonorable conditions.
www.illegion.org /va1.html   (970 words)

  
 Pacific theater - WWII Campaign Brochures - Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Mariners Buried or Commemorated in Pacific Theater National Cemeteries.
Pacific Theater of Operations The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific.
US sources often refer to two major theaters within the Pacific War: the Pacific Midway was the turning-point of the naval war in the Pacific theatre.
pacific-theater.okeysearch.com   (270 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Utah now biggest military theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
WASHINGTON – In the war on terrorism, the biggest theater of military operations has shifted from Afghanistan to Utah.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testified this morning that the Pentagon has deployed more troops in and around Salt Lake City for the Winter Olympics than in the entire Afghanistan theater.
The soldiers are there to guard against terrorist attacks, Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26334   (65 words)

  
 Pictorial History of Ss: 1923, Pictorial History of World War, Pictorial History of Wwii Years., Pictorial History of ...
Chronological & illustrated with excellent captions covers the armed forces from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender.
Lavishly illust with outstanding photos well captioned with excellent text, it covers all the major theaters of the war.
Author served in the Corps of Royal Engineers with British 8th Army in Libya & witnessed the Germans final defeat in Tunisia.
www.battlefieldbks.com /000210.htm   (428 words)

  
 John Harris - Race, Demography, and Inequity Seminar Series
The American Military and American Theater tend to share vocabulary and imagery in their separate spheres of influence.
Within the walls of the Fort Bragg Playhouse, theater and military cultures merge in a manner underscoring the dynamic effects of racial narrative on community life.
The performance demonstrates the alchemy of fl performance practices and the capability of a military community to forge racial identities within American Drama.
www.unc.edu /depts/iaar/harris.htm   (299 words)

  
 Blank (1987) The Soviet space theater of military operations (TVD)
Blank (1987) The Soviet space theater of military operations (TVD)
The Soviet space theater of military operations (TVD)
To view the the latter's ratings, click on Chapters/Papers/Articles in the STATISTICS box, select a publication from the list that appears, and then click on either Quality or Interest in that publication's STATISTICS box.
www.getcited.org /?PUB=102736828&showStat=Ratings   (98 words)

  
 Pravda.RU NATO assimilating new military theater on Russian border   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The appearance of NATO aircraft on the Russian border indicates that NATO has begun assimilating a new theater of military operations, according to Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, vice-president of the State Academy for Geopolitical Research More details...
During the visit which will last till April 22 the Russian Defense Minister will discuss bilateral military and military-technical cooperation, reported the press service of the ministry More details...
The Russian oil company Lukoil will get down to developing the Western Qurna-2 field as soon as the situation in Iraq is stabilized, company president Vagit Alekperov told an extended meeting of the learned council of the Russian Civil Service Academy More details...
english.pravda.ru /world/2004/04/22/53559.html   (1662 words)

  
 Military Theater and Film
This page is for actors, writers and directors involved in presenting military themes on stage and in the cinema.
I also encourage active and former members of the armed forces to use this page as a voice of critique to those that portray military characters in their work.
Please feel free to post your latest entertainment event and exchange your thoughts on the image of the armed forces in the entertainment field.
www.military.com /HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,703717,00.html   (196 words)

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