Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #20: Rpg-29 Anti-Armor Munitions,
2013
Claremont Graduate University
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #20: Rpg-29 Anti-Armor Munitions, David A. Kuhn, Anikh Wadhawan, Robert J. Bunker
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
Note—Up until recently, weapons that provide for armor and bunker defeat capability at the levels that the RPG-29 is capable of, have not been seen in the hands of the Mexican cartels. The fact that they have successfully obtained them—and the origin and mechanism by which they were obtained should be of extreme concern to everyone.
Vbieds In The Mexican Criminal Insurgency,
2013
Claremont Graduate University
Vbieds In The Mexican Criminal Insurgency, Robert J. Bunker, John P. Sullivan
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
At least 130,000 people have been killed in the ongoing Mexican “crime war,” and many more have been kidnapped or simply gone missing. Yet despite the significance of these numbers, official reports and news accounts frequently underreport the toll of this war.
Narco Armor: Improvised Armored Fighting Vehicles In Mexico,
2013
Claremont Graduate University
Narco Armor: Improvised Armored Fighting Vehicles In Mexico, Robert J. Bunker, Byron Ramirez
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
The introduction of this work analyzes the types and evolution of cartel IAFVs in Mexico. To this analysis can be added “vehicle number 24” in the picture gallery, which highlights fixed 50 cal. sniper rifles and machine guns found in or on various vehicles seized from the cartels. These represent multiple 50 cal. sniper rifles and heavy machine guns on fixed mounts inside vehicles and, in one instance, on the back of a vehicle with armored gun shield protection. While we have seen no photographic evidence of an organic (main) gun placed on cartel IAFVs as of yet, these weapons …
2013 O'Callahan Society Newsletter,
2013
College of the Holy Cross
2013 O'Callahan Society Newsletter, O'Callahan Society, College Of The Holy Cross
O'Callahan Society Newsletters
This annual newsletter of the O'Callahan Society includes a tribute in memory of Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., updates on the HCROTC Unit, recap of the 12th annual O'Callahan Society dinner, notification of changes in leadership and notice of the establishment of the O’Callahan Society Initiatives Fund.
Childcare And Youth Training And Technical Assistance Project (Cyttap) January 2013 Evaluation Report,
2013
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Childcare And Youth Training And Technical Assistance Project (Cyttap) January 2013 Evaluation Report, Kit Alviz, Tonia Durden
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications
From November 2011 through December 2012, 181 face-to-face trainings and 25 train-the-trainer events were offered to individuals as part of the Childcare and Youth training and Technical Assistance Project (CYTTAP) across 13 states. The trainings include Better Kid Care (face-to-face sessions that cover a wide range of topics from arts and math to challenging behaviors and physical activity); I Am Moving, I Am Learning (about preventing childhood obesity); and Rock Solid Foundations (on supporting young children's social and emotional growth and development). Positive ratings and significant change were the results across all projects.
International Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking: A Network Approach,
2013
California State University, San Bernardino
International Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking: A Network Approach, Stephen Richard Anderson
Theses Digitization Project
This current study extends our understanding of international illicit drug trafficking of cocaine and heroin. Much of the research examining drug trafficking between countries has been done at the regional level. Although these two drugs are only produced within a small number of countries, they end up being used all over the world. This research provides a global portrait of the architecture of cocaine and heroin trade and tests whether crime opportunity theory can account for the relative position of transhipment nations. This project focuses on recent trafficking trends. The data used to build the architecture of each drug treade …
A Soldier's Home,
2013
Eastern Illinois University
Subordinate-Supervisor Communication: Junior Naval Officer Feelings And Obstacles When Communicating Up The Chain Of Command,
2013
Gonzaga University
Subordinate-Supervisor Communication: Junior Naval Officer Feelings And Obstacles When Communicating Up The Chain Of Command, Neva R. Fuentes
Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses
Research on subordinate-supervisor communication has revealed that employees in civilian organizations often stay silent about workplace problems. Comfort levels between subordinates and supervisors, was a major factor to this silence. Currently, there exists very little literature on upward communication from subordinate to supervisor amongst U.S. Naval Officers. The purpose of this thesis was to explore Junior Officer (JO) feelings and perceived obstacles about communicating up the chain of command with senior officers. Interview questions from a previous study (Milliken, Morrison, & Hewlin, 2003) on subordinate-supervisor communication were adapted for an electronic survey and used to explore JO feelings and perceived …
A Mechanism Design Approach To Bandwidth Allocation In Tactical Data Networks,
2013
Purdue University
A Mechanism Design Approach To Bandwidth Allocation In Tactical Data Networks, Ankur Mour
Open Access Theses
The defense sector is undergoing a phase of rapid technological advancement, in the pursuit of its goal of information superiority. This goal depends on a large network of complex interconnected systems - sensors, weapons, soldiers - linked through a maze of heterogeneous networks. The sheer scale and size of these networks prompt behaviors that go beyond conglomerations of systems or `system-of-systems'. The lack of a central locus and disjointed, competing interests among large clusters of systems makes this characteristic of an Ultra Large Scale (ULS) system. These traits of ULS systems challenge and undermine the fundamental assumptions of today's software …
The Emotionally Supportive Sister-Soldier: How The United States Military Values Normative Femininity And Devalues Nonconformist Servicewomen,
2013
Minnesota State University - Mankato
The Emotionally Supportive Sister-Soldier: How The United States Military Values Normative Femininity And Devalues Nonconformist Servicewomen, Kristal Marie Gray
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
Women need to be vigilant about the rights and strides they have gained to be sure they are not circling back to feed an oppressive system. Women may be serving in the military but they are filling specific roles as the feminine presence within the ranks. Women are gendered and sexualized from the day they swear in. My research gives valuable insight into the world of the military and how much emphasis is placed on conforming. I explain how servicewomen are expected to act and then interview eleven servicewomen to see if they are behaving according to the military (and …
Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte,
2013
Purdue University
Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a biographical portrait and career overview of Mirabeau Lamar (1798-1859) who served as the second President of the Republic of Texas from 1838-1841.
Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck,
2013
Purdue University
Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Biographical portrait and analysis of Indiana Civil War Governor Oliver Morton.
Suicide Terrorism: Understanding The Mindset And Motives,
2013
Eastern Kentucky University
Suicide Terrorism: Understanding The Mindset And Motives, Joshua Daniel Goss
Online Theses and Dissertations
Suicide Terrorism plays major roles in devastating and destructing cities and their people while communities try to fight the Global War on Terrorism. The devastation and destruction can either be focused on individuals or a certain infrastructure. There are two tactics of executing the acts of suicide terrorism; strapping explosives to their bodies and or steering some sort of transportation into a place of gathering. The methodology of this study is an auto-ethnography. The auto-ethnography is designed to find understanding of personal experiences using a qualitative method of study. Understanding the motives and mindset of suicide terrorist can be very …
Assistive Technology: Fixing Humans,
2013
Old Dominion University
Assistive Technology: Fixing Humans, Petros J. Katsioloudis, Millie Jones
STEMPS Faculty Publications
The need for assistive technology--technology that assists persons with disabilities--is great. At no time has there been a greater need to provide assistive technologies than to assist the thousands of military veterans returning home from the Middle East with a range of physical and mental disabilities. Mobility impairment is a significant concern for many returning veterans. Assistive technologies are playing a major role in assisting war veterans returning with physical limitations through the loss of a limb or, in many cases, several limbs. This article presents the history and background of assistive technology and how mobile- and computer-assistive technologies can …
The Rising Digital Missile Gap: The Security Threat Of The United States’ Cyber Inactivity,
2013
Pepperdine University, School of Public Policy
The Rising Digital Missile Gap: The Security Threat Of The United States’ Cyber Inactivity, Christian Pedersen
Pepperdine Policy Review
Over the past two decades, the ubiquitousness of the internet has created new reals in which artistic expression, dialogue, and commerce have flourished. Yet the same technologies which bring about the conveniences of the modern age also carry the greatest threats to international security over the next few decades. Defense strategies and security protocols have failed to evolve at the same rate at which internet technologies have grown. While the eminence and complexity of cyber-attacks continues to be debatable, the fact remains that networks are vulnerable to attack by both foreign governments and non-state actors. Unless definitive and aggressive steps …
The Effectiveness Of The United States Air Force Developmental Teams,
2013
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
The Effectiveness Of The United States Air Force Developmental Teams, Jason Michael Newcomer
Aeronautics
The Results-Based Leadership Group surveyed 470 companies and discovered that the top 25companies with effective leadership practices dedicated twice as much effort to leadership development as did other companies, indicating a strong relationship between success and leadership development. The problem explored in the current study was the lack of qualitative analyses of the U.S. Air Force Development Team processes. The purpose of the case study was to survey Development Teams at the U.S. Air Force in Washington, DC to explore how effectively the teams’ processes resulted in identification, selection, and/or development of leaders who meet strategic needs of the service. …
Managing The Polarities Of Democracy: A Theoretical Framework For Positive Social Change,
2013
Walden University, School of Public Policy and Administration
Managing The Polarities Of Democracy: A Theoretical Framework For Positive Social Change, William J. Benet
Journal of Sustainable Social Impact
People around the globe have embraced democracy to bring about positive social change to address our environmental, economic, and militaristic challenges. Yet, there is no agreement on a definition of democracy that can guide social change efforts. The Polarities of Democracy model is a unifying theory of democracy to guide healthy, sustainable, and just social change efforts. The Polarities of Democracy model consists of ten elements, organized as five polarity pairs: freedom & authority, justice & due process, diversity & equality, human-rights & communal-obligations, and participation & representation. In this model each element has positive aspects and negative aspects and …
Giving And Taking Orders: Race, Rank, And The United States Military,
2013
Loyola University Chicago
Giving And Taking Orders: Race, Rank, And The United States Military, Natalie Levy Seefeldt
Master's Theses
This thesis explores racial representation in the United States military throughout each rank level, within all active and reserve branches, to determine whether racial representation is related to rank. Using a census of the U.S. military from the Department of Defense, I establish a summary of what representation looks like overall, and more specifically, what it looks like within enlisted, warrant officer, and officer ranks. The citizen-soldier theory contends that failure on the part of the U.S. military to maintain representative forces threatens the legitimacy and credibility of democracy and could even become a threat to it (Armor and Gilroy, …
The Transfer Of Military Culture To Private Sector Organizations: A Sense Of Duty Emerges,
2013
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
The Transfer Of Military Culture To Private Sector Organizations: A Sense Of Duty Emerges, Janet K. Tinoco, Anke Arnaud Ph.D.
Publications
As a government institution, the United States (US) Department of Defense (DOD) wields powerful influence on private sector organizations in the defense industry beyond the implications of public policy. In our conceptual research, we study the DOD as a key customer stakeholder in these organizations and investigate the influence of its military culture on these private sector organizations. By analyzing the culture of the DOD, we uncover a new dimension, sense of duty, not previously studied in mainstream organization literature. We propose that this dimension transfers from the DOD to its private sector suppliers in the defense industry via interorganizational …
A National Veterans Strategy: The Economic, Social And Security Imperative,
2013
Syracuse University (IVMF)
A National Veterans Strategy: The Economic, Social And Security Imperative, Nicholas Armstrong, J. Michael Haynie
Institute for Veterans and Military Families
This publication details the foundational logic supporting a call to action, related to a broad-based effort to articulate and institutionalize a National Veterans Strategy.
