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FINAL History OCS Review How politics and/ or policy influenced operations in the following: Maryland Campaign, Italian Campaign, Union Crater Did policy: -Have an effect on Maryland's campaign? -Remove chance as a factor? -Have some effect upon the available resources? -Positive effect on the operations? -Lead to bad planning decisions? - correct answer -Politics and policy did effect Maryland's Campaign, he avoided areas against him -Removed chance as a factor in all except for Maryl...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... Jazz Tet Offensive failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman Doctrine? The Greek Civil War ...

U10 Vietnam War Quiz Review 2024 Domino theory When one country falls to communism others will fall as well. The US sent troops to Vietnam, support South Vietnam (Diem) and stop the Domino effect Roy Benavidez Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who carried wounded soldiers to helicopters while being wounded himself. Brainpower Read More Tet Offensive After 4 years of escalation, LBJ promised the US could win the war. Tet convinced Americans that the war is not winnable. e...

What is the purpose of joint doctrine? correct answers Enhance the operational effectiveness of joint forces by providing fundamental principals that guide the employment of US military forces towards a common objective. What is the operational level of war? correct answers Links strategy and tactics by establishing operational objectives needed to achieve the military end states and strategic objectives. It sequences tactical actions to achieve objectives. What are the three fundamentals ...

Assess significance for Indochina of Vietnamese victory against French to 1964 1. Geneva conference 2. Instability to 1960 - subsequent stability 3. Early US thinking 4. Political inadequacies of South post DBP forced JFK to become more involved in V 5. LBJ Significance of 1964 gulf of Tonkin incident in the growth of US intervention in Vietnam 1. Background to conflict - US intervention marked by fears of a communist spread 2. NV successes against SV/USA evident in bold attacks on US ba...

Gen. Hap Arnold - ANS Established Office of the Air Provost Marshal Army Air Force Military Police Companies combined Named AAF Base Security Battalions First major milestone of career field National Security Act of 1947 - ANS Authorized creation of the United States Air Force Took over personnel, aircraft, and mission of the AAF including Military Police force Eventually became USAF Security Forces Gen Order #1 - ANS January 1948 HQ USAF designated units and individuals servin...

Gallup Chapter 19 Section 2 Guided Reading Questions with Verified Solutions In the Spring of 1965, a Gallup poll showed that 66 percent of Americans ______________ of the policy in Vietnam. approved Vietnam was the first ____________, with footage of combat appearing nightly on the evenings news. "television war" Although he had helped create the policy of _____________, American diplomat George Kennan argued that Vietnam was not strategically important. containment A group...

Security Forces Block 1 Test(FOR ALL YOUR LAST MINUTE READS)Questions and Answers Proven Correct On 2 January 1948, General Order No. 1, Headquarters AF designated these units and the individuals serving under them as ____ and established the APM - ANS Air Police Approximately ____ MP companies were converted in mass to Air Police squadrons - ANS 22 On 1 September 1950, the first ____ was established at Tyndall AFB, Fl. - ANS Air Police School The Air Police school was transfe...

Describe combatant command authority -Correct Answer Non-transferrable 2 chains of command over Multinational Ops(MNO). -Correct Answer National: (own country... POTUS) Multinational: (all participants 1 chain, can vary from country to country) Difference between coalition and alliance -Correct Answer Alliance: Formal treaty, long term Coalition: agreement for common short term action 3 basic command structure models -Correct Answer PIL Parallel: each nation own chain Integra...

vietnam final exam Questions with complete solution 2023 January 1968; a series of coordinated attacks across SV; military failure for the communists; results in fierce fighting, heavy casualties, and civilian displacement; seen as turning point in the war - correct answer tet offensive air support campaign during Khe Sanh march 1968 - correct answer Operation Niagara replaces Westmoreland as head of MACV in 1967 - correct answer Creighton Abrams `a long term campaign by US ...