Military - November 2007

I am writing an Ethics paper on the subject of mutually assured destruction. The idea is that when two countries have a critical mass of nuclear weapons aimed at each other, neither will attack because the threat of retaliation is too menacing. If peace can be attained through these means, is it worth it? I have my own opinions but I'd love to hear some more.

Thanks.

2007-11-16 11:50:47 · 6 answers · asked by olleicua 2

follow up to this question.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AggtdZ_ktW3jIV.c0crWGn8gBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20071116155521AAMZEbC

2007-11-16 11:37:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Basically my cuzin joined the marines and went to parris island and graduated , he came back home for a couple of days and he decided that it aint for him. Hes got to leave on the 19th of november for i guess what the marines call schooling....What happens if he decides not to go back and can he quit? Will he get a dishonorable and will it affect anything? PLEZ I NEED to knoW ASAP HE LEAVES VERY SOON THIS MON

2007-11-16 11:13:59 · 17 answers · asked by kingjoker357 1

for those who had the experience of handiling and using diferrent rifles .anyone can comment as long as you keep it decent and constructive thanks

2007-11-16 11:07:29 · 13 answers · asked by Airbound Gabe 3

To show to his people that his brave actions match his brave words?

2007-11-16 10:36:44 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know he was considered for the nomination but didn't get it. I honestly don't know too much about him, but I am interested to hear from experts.

2007-11-16 10:24:50 · 4 answers · asked by jimmytyler 1

Once I complete my 14-18 months over there. Can the army MAKE ME do another tour, if I don't want to go again? Thanks!

2007-11-16 10:19:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i joined th NAVY in 2005 & was supposed to leave for basic in sept of 05...i was in a bad relationship at the time & he was threatening me. so i called my recruiter & told him that i was pregnant even though i wasnt. my question is could i still join after all that. i still want to...just dont know if i can

2007-11-16 10:05:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

graduating december 7th

2007-11-16 10:05:45 · 7 answers · asked by !*navy wife*! 2

As a vet I feel Medal of Honor winners and POW's
are the hero's. Am I missing something.?

2007-11-16 10:01:47 · 13 answers · asked by ? 6

I just answered a question it was (Who is your Hero) I was very surprised to only see one answer saying soldiers who died for our country. Are u surprised more ppl didnt think of soldiers as their heros? Is America as patriotic as we say we are?

2007-11-16 09:54:27 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Three years ago my Army friend got a DUI, nobody was injured (thank God), but the military wasn't happy. He ended up getting demoted from E-6 to E-5. A few years ago he was able to put on E-6 again, but he doubts he'll ever be able to put on E-7 or E-8 (he should be E-8 by now). He's got 5 more years until he retires and it seems like he's lost hope. I'm not familiar with the Army rules, but I want to know anythingthat may keep him motivated. It seems like he hasn't gotten over it and he blames himself over and over again. Saying what he could have been... I'm thinking he might be able to put on E-8 if he's really motivated, but I don't want to seem over excited. Does anyone know if there is anything he can do or if it is possible for him to at least put on E-7 before retirement? I'd be so appreciative.

2007-11-16 09:39:37 · 9 answers · asked by Y.a.S.L 3

My son is being discharged from the Army. He desperately wants to stay in but made a horrible mistake and smoked a joint while home on leave several months ago. He did 45 days extra duty and had 1/2 of his pay taken for a month and a half. He thought that was it. He then found out they were kicking him out. He wants nothing more than to serve his country and is devistated by what has happened. His ra code is a 4 which means he can never go back in. Is there anything that can be done?

2007-11-16 09:27:18 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Army statistics released this week show the number of desertions rose in the four years before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America prompted the Bush administration's war on terrorism. Desertions then fell for three years but they have been rising steadily again in the last three years as the increasingly unpopular campaign in Iraq has worn on.

Even with the recent increases, less than 1 percent of the Army's active duty force of 507,000 soldiers desert, according to Army data. That compares with 3.4 percent of the 1971 force that fought the Vietnam war, Maj. Anne Edgecomb, an Army spokeswoman, said Tuesday.

And even with a sizable boost in the rate of prosecutions, the overwhelming majority of cases still are handled through administrative discharge. Some 5 percent of cases go to trial, Edgecomb said.

"The three primary reasons deserters cite for their actions are dissatisfaction with military life, family problems and homesickness," she said.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265137,00.html

2007-11-16 09:20:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I leave for basic training november 26, my rate is a BM. Sometimes I think I made the wrong choice

2007-11-16 09:19:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

the us navy is being mean and to strict! anyone who has any kind of charge cannot get onto the base to work. that is garbage! i served 5 years in the navy on the base and never stole anything or did anything bad or wrong to the navy. now the navy is unfairly pointing the finger at me like im a bad person or a suspect!!!!!!!!
how would you feel if your brother or sister or child had a good job that they worked hard for and believed in and tried to do everything right. then the navy just took away that job for no reason.
not like the person did anything wrong to the navy or on the base even. was not a state or federal problem. lets say this person has kids and mouths to feed and with out warning the navy just takes away the base id? no more money or food or benifits or anything all because of a charge from 3 or 4 years ago that the person completed all requirements. completed what the courts said and paid thier price. SHOULD THEY BE PUNISHED AGAIN AND AGAIN? i wasnt part of 9/11.

2007-11-16 09:07:16 · 8 answers · asked by babyherc1r 1

A Navy Lieutenant said I would be doing the work of a Physician Assistant when he explained what the scholarship was about before I applied for it. Is this true? What kind of work do you do?

2007-11-16 08:24:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The pre-911 geo-political deal to destroy America's military and deliver the globe to the New World Communists?
Posted by Royal Dutch Shell Plc.com at April 6th, 2007

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite claims by some critics that the Bush administration invaded Iraq to take control of its oil, the first contracts with major oil firms from Iraq’s new government are likely to go not to U.S. companies, but rather to companies from China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

While Iraqi lawmakers struggle to pass an agreement on exactly who will award the contracts and how the revenue will be shared, experts say a draft version that passed the cabinet earlier this year will likely uphold agreements previously signed by those countries under Saddam Hussein’s government.

“The Chinese could announce something within the next few months” if all goes well with the oil law, said James Placke, a senior associate at Cambridge Energy Research Associates who specializes in the Middle East.

2007-11-16 07:48:18 · 10 answers · asked by DAVID MICHAEL 1

i think he has one more chance to take the test then he'll be kicked out. does anyone know how this whole deal works?

2007-11-16 07:25:19 · 9 answers · asked by StudentofLife 2

been in the navy .... any help

2007-11-16 07:16:27 · 8 answers · asked by hopefullseal 1

I live near an Army post and it was suggested to me that I find a soldier to do a contract marriage with in order to get my cancer testing and treatments paid for. Is this legal? What is the punishment for me, as a civilian, if it isn't legal?

2007-11-16 07:06:56 · 12 answers · asked by stephvinnie 2

Part of this is just me letting off some steam but I do actually have a question. OK this is the deal. My just got back from a deployment. The first day he got back to work after 5days of crew rest he got told to pack a bag and that he was leaving in 16hrs for a TDY. When he asked how long he was going to be gone they said to plan for a week and pack for a month. Now it is not so much the long deployment that bother me, because we can plan for them. However lately it has been these TDY that have really been pissing me off. Three days always turns into 2wks, and 1wk always turns into three. We constinantly hear phrases like "Yeah, this just got handed down to us" or "we don't have anybody else that can do it.". My husband and i have rolled with the punches so far, but we were hearing these type of excuses so often that last time my husband looked into. The last time he got sent on a no notice TDY he found out that his command knew for over a week that it was probably going to get..

2007-11-16 07:04:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Last night at the debate a mom was complaining that her son who had joined the army had to go to war! Shouldnt they have known that was a possibility? What function did they think the Army provides?

2007-11-16 06:38:52 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am leaving for basic training in jan. and i have a signal intelligence analyst reserved for me i have read a page or to to describe the job was wondering if any1 out there has done this job and can tell me what im gettin myself into?

2007-11-16 06:31:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought I had everything figured out, but after talking to a friend whose husband is active duty, I'm confused again. DH is national guard RESERVES. He's deploying next month. We did all our paperwork for BAH, COLA etc, thats good to go. Does the rate go by where we live or where he'll be doing his pre-deployment training? The unit he's going with is from PA. We live in northern VA, and he'll be doing his pre-deployment training at Ft. Bragg for about 90 days (we think). The ANG knows we live in NoVA and it's on all our records. Do we get the rate for NoVA when he reports for deployment or do we get the rates for Bragg while he trains there and THEN the rates for NoVA once he leaves the country? I've been told it works differently for reserve s active. Which rate do we get? DH was told BAH goes directly to me. My friend said it's paid to our apartment complex and then I get leftovers. Is there more paperwork for that? Where do I find all the benefits in the LES statement?

2007-11-16 06:20:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-16 06:09:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just read that about 3,000 leave military service personnel leave (for many different reasons) before their time is legally up.

considering 200000 young people enlist in the military every year, what percentage are deserting ?

2007-11-16 06:04:41 · 8 answers · asked by inbangur2008 3

I'm leaving for my basic training for the Air Force December 18th and a question that has been going around is will I get like a leave to come back home for a few days to visit my friends and family and if so will I also recieve my first paycheck? :)

2007-11-16 05:59:18 · 12 answers · asked by Heather 1

Or, what percentage of US military support McCain, and what percentage support more extreme methods?

Here are some quotes about him from an article today:

“One of the things that kept us going when I was in prison in North Vietnam was that we knew that if the situation were reversed, that we would not be doing to our captors what they were doing to us,” [McCain] said.
[….]

“I want to tell you. Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney all think it is O.K.,” Mr. McCain told the diners in Boone. “They have one thing in common. They don’t understand the military and the culture of this nation. If they did, they could never condone such behavior.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/us/politics/15cnd-mccain.html?ex=1352869200&en=73fdf47bcf1916b9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

On the campaign trail, Mr. McCain does not dwell on the personal details of his five and a half years as a prisoner of war, the “torture ropes” in which he was bound day and night, or the beatings..

2007-11-16 05:49:33 · 9 answers · asked by Wave 4

My fiancee just went to Redstone Arsenal for AIt. We are getting married in December. Will me & my daughter be able to move up there with him after were married? He will be there for 8 months.

2007-11-16 05:29:21 · 10 answers · asked by elisia f 1