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The highly advanced technology of the communication network has greatly evolved over the years. It is now offering excellent connectivity around the globe. Exchanging news and information is not a difficult task now. The invention of radio and telephone has played a major role in these innovations. The long-range radio communication is one among the areas that is of great help to the communication. The latest technologies like radar and satellite have been phenomenal in the innovation we witness today. The technology has improved greatly even enabling the communication from outer space.

The government and the defense forces have greatly contributed to the overall development in the communication scenario. They are in need of effective communication facilities and this makes them engage in constant research. The research and development by the military division have been great in introducing newer technologies into the world. In fact, internet is also an outcome of such a research.

Communication in the defense forces are of great importance as the security of a country depends greatly on the services offered by the military and border security forces. Thus, an efficient radio communication system is crucial. This system must make use of high and undisturbed frequency that enables the military personals to communicate with the base stations and higher officials. Military headphones are used for the individual communication requirements.

Headsets are the coded or wireless receivers that enable the receiving of undisturbed radio signals. Clarity is one of the most important advantages of headsets. Making radio signals portable and private is another benefit of headphones and headsets. The user will be able to receive the signals even in the noisy as well as crowded environments. The high quality is because of the reduction in outside noises. The conventional bulky models are not in use anymore. The latest headphones are compact and increase the portability of the device. Headsets and headphones are also used for entertainment purpose by the common people.

The military headsets are far superior to the normal ones. It is specially designed to reduce the outside noises completely. Aviation industry also makes use of the superior headsets. Air force makes use of great technology in the case of headsets and headphones as for them it is far more important.

The military headsets and headphones are similar to the normal headphones. The only difference between the two is the technology of military headphones to receive frequency of different ranges through tuning. The confidential messages passed between the military officers cannot be passed through the normal speakers and receivers. Top security messages are also received through headsets.

Headphones complement with the confidentiality of their messages perfectly. This is the reason why the headphones and headsets are considered extremely crucial to the military forces.

The military forces are using headsets and headphones from a long time. The efficiency of a military force greatly depends on the quality of communication mediums they are using. The ability of the military headsets and headphones to subtlest even the minute sounds acutely makes it a great mode of communication in noisy environments like war fronts.

Look In Here! I’m a soldier, i’m a soldier, i’m a soldier, i’m a soldier… Yo’, never was a thug, just infatuated with guns, never was a gangsta, ’til I graduated to one, and got the rep of a villain, for weapon concealin’, took the image of a thug, kept shit appealin’, willin’ to stick out my neck, for respect if it meant life or death, never live to regret what I said, when you’re me, people just want to see, if it’s true, if it’s you, what you say in your rap’s, what you do, so they feel, as part of your obligation to fulfill, when they see you on the streets, face to face, are you for real, in confrontation ain’t no conversation, if you feel you’re in violation, any hesitation’ll get you killed, if you feel it, kill it, if you conceal it, reveal it, being reasonable will leave you full of bullets, pull it, squeeze it, till it’s empty, tempt me, push me, pussies, I need a good reason to give this trigger a good squeeze… Chorus I’m a soldier, these shoulder’s hold up so much, they won’t budge, i’ll never fall or fold up, i’m a soldier, even if my collar bone’s crush or crumble, I will never slip or stumble, i’m a soldier, these shoulder’s hold up so much, they won’t budge, i’ll never fall or fold up, i’m a soldier, even if my collar bone’s crush or crumble, I will never stumble… I love pissin’ you off, it get’s me off, like my lawyer’s, when the fuckin’ judge let’s me off, all you motherfuckers gotta do is set me off, i’ll violate and all the motherfuckin’ bet’s be …
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(A true account, while in Egypt, 1998)

Not one police guard or soldier saw him, other than the soldier captain, and the guide who was with the stranger in the unanimous dark night, standing between the two large feet of the Sphinx, in Egypt, outside of Cairo. But in a few minutes there would be no one who did not know the taciturn man who came from America, who now stood deeply inside those two paws of the Sphinx (side by side)-no one that is within a mile from the Sphinx, he took a picture with his camera, a flash that lit up the midnight area. What was certain was that the man climbed up alongside of the Sphinx, without noticing the all-purpose police, the guards of the Sphinx, those who saw his camera’s flash, nauseated they were not to have been told of his presence, and bloodthirsty for money, it cost $1400, to do what he was doing for $140-dollars, of which he paid only the guide and Captain of the Army, stationed by the Sphinx. This area was likened to a sacred temple, which devoured centuries of ancient rituals, pious devotion, and holy mist within its desert surroundings. Although it would seem, the god or demigod that encased, or enshrined this ancient wonder, no longer received the homage of men, not at least as in the ancient days of Egypt. This stranger, tourist, stretched himself upward as if to sit upon the Sphinx, its body, as his pedestal; he was awakened by the guide, whom was frightened of some kind of spiritual, and military retaliation. The stranger was astonished to find the guard’s words trembled and had weakened; there was a determination to get him out of there quickly.

He knew this place required his most invisible intent, meaning, the ruins belonged to the ancient gods of the dead, and all whom was to experience it, needed to pay a reverence duty, to all the guards, and police and soldiers, making the sum-as I mentioned before-sum total of: $1400-dollars (consequently, only two people got paid with that lesser sum, whereas there were several unpaid).

What he was to the police guard that was rushing up to see what the flash was, would be nothing less than a spy, disrespectfully on his shift, and the Captain of the Army (that is, the soldier or soldiers that were assigned to guard the sphinx) was to be his protection, yet he, the Captain was the only soldier present, was fearful of the magic, and power and chill of the moment, as they all looked at the stranger, near the dilapidating Sphinx.

Prior to all this, when the stranger was near the chest of the Sphinx, looking up at its head, the evil spirit within its strata-staring down upon him (of which he could sense), it seemed to have guided him to that near impossible dilemma he’d find himself in, within a matter of minutes, through the supernatural spirit within those ancient stone walls of the Sphinx (perhaps it was Seth). There was a near magic projection that was exhausting the proximity of the expanse, and in his mind, as well, which contained the presence of the inhabited ruins, for it seemed to contain a minimum of the visible world (yet remaining imprisoned with no body and needing one to activate his evil intentions), where his presence was nourishment enough for him to be activated-would be in the police guard that would confront the stranger, which was consecrated to the sole task of bringing chaotic into his new amphitheatre, the one he now found himself in.

The young police guard lectured the stranger, an examination took place-an inquisitive one, one with vengeance written all over his face, and the stranger intuitively knew he was sent by Seth, as his physical phantom- the stranger sensed the perplexities, a growing intelligence in the body of the police guard, Seth was seeking a soul, worthy of participating in his universe, thus the police guard pulled forward and raised up his automatic rifle, passively the stranger looked, was ready to react-pretending he was not going to oppose him, yet the stranger saw in his eyes, he’d be buried in the sands of the Egyptian desert, should he not react, but he prayed silently, not saying a word, not answering a question, and then came another stranger, and he dismissed the vast illusory guard, telling the stranger, “You have good fortune, you would have been shot and buried as a spy out in the desert here had I not come in time, walk now, quickly out of here before catastrophe takes place.”

All that night and all the following long day, the insupportable clarity of that incident befell him, to a point of insomnia. Before resuming his tour and adventure, and his equilibrium, he purified himself with prayer, and thanked God, with his heart still throbbing.

Notes: Based on actual events which took place in the summer of 1998, Story No: 484, written: October 2, 2009
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The American people

Quite a classification indeed

For us self-willed politicians plead

Purport to support our cause

While our soldiers overseas bleed

Yet we’re told Iraq is a war we need

To engage ourselves in

So “the war on terror” we can win

Whatever that means

That illusory, misleading battle

By which we sell fear and rhetorically rattle

The souls of men and breed instability in nations

While profiteering behind the scenes with corporations

VP Cheney has profited handsomely from Halliburton

He is biggest chain in the al Qaeda and Iraq connection

His body language alone reeks with deception

Believe you me, I’ve studied interrogation

Nevertheless the American people are slow

To awake to the lies of the Bush administration

As if this were some profound revelation

Homeland security is a low prioritization

Instead our leaders see Iraq as more important

Neglect the real issues, preferring to punt

Hopefully we will have wiser leaders in the next generation

Less apt to love power and more desirous to serve out nation

The leaders of the past have thought to kick ass

Flex their military muscles globally and spread political ideology

Cheney, Baker, Bush & daddy know how to use corporate war machinery

Maneuver and cuddle up with royals in Saudi

By which they’ve become powerful and wealthy

Simultaneously their efforts have hurt us diplomatically

As they’ve tried to sweep over issues with a broad brush

Demonize American dissidents and tell us to hush

As they propagate what the American people really need

That is their multinational maneuvering to satiate their greed

To win a war against terrorists

You have to do more than arrest and kill people

Unprovoked invasions only show you to be a jihadist and crusader

Perhaps President Bush wants to be remembered as Darth Vader

If not, he had better clean house in his administration

Begin reading and seeking alternative information

Pray for divine illumination and humbly enlist the Democrats cooperation

Because the world has had enough of his pious and proud self-exaltation

Wherewith he has only further exacerbated the problem with aggravation

Is it any wonder nobody wants the senior counterterrorism position?

It’s time to stop being secretive and vindictive

Learn, listen, and let live

Bite the bullet, be accountable, and ask those you’ve wronged to forgive

Declassify the 9/11 Commission Report

Stop lying about casualties and the truth distort

While “mission accomplished” you foolishly purport

Apologize and come clean with the American people

Address the motives of terrorists and examine issues from every angle

Admit bad decisions that did not serve us and build a national consensus

Iraq was a tangent that weakened us and strengthened the next al Qaedas

America is becoming increasingly hated across the world

Our thoughtless leadership’s effect will historically be felt and told

Recognize the dereliction of duty and rejection of analysis

For which we will pay the price and experience paralysis

Beginning with our maimed troops who we used and abused

It is nothing more than Vietnam repeated. There is nothing new

Just a different time, place and political face

Undoubtedly unjustifiable and irreparable, a moral disgrace

9/11, a chance to build global community, was a squandered opportunity

The Presidential cabinet was preoccupied with an Iraqi without WMD

And gains monetary that could be had by a foreign imposition of democracy

Hence we jeopardized our national security and further antagonized the enemy

POTUS deceived us, derailing the appropriate response and agenda

A dream come true and propaganda victory for al Qaeda

Invading Iraq was the Bush administration’s plan long before 9/11

Bush certainly “stayed the course” and didn’t alter his decision

Over 100,000 Iraqi innocents and 3,000 American troops gone

Meanwhile the war machine making a killing fights on

Bush ironically showed himself the ultimate villain

Pursuing Iraq instead of Afghanistan and Pakistan

His knee-jerk Texas oil-man reaction

Despite his motive or intent, the evidence does not relent

Billions of dollars have now been needlessly spent

Our patriotic fervor has come and went

And as for the war on terror, we’ve not even made a dent.

Apparently the trademark “the American people”

Is great political leverage and still for rent.
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Today, the Christian faith suffered the loss of a tireless servant and powerful evangelist. Even as I mourn for the loss felt by Dr. Falwell’s loved ones, I remember and celebrate the life he lived; for Jerry Falwell was not a man of empty rhetoric and few deeds. His life embodied the truth found in James 2:26: “Faith without works is dead.”

Jerry Falwell was first and foremost a man of action. While he could have contented himself with preaching and ministering to his flock, Dr. Falwell had a vision of a nation revitalized by the vibrant spirit of an active Christianity. His mission was to mobilize Christians that they might transform the social fabric of America.

It was Jerry Falwell’s conviction that this transformation could not occur without the active support and participation of young men and women, who would take the Christian message into the social and political arenas. Dr. Falwell’s legacy will not be immediately apparent, which is what he would have wanted. He established Liberty University in order to educate young men and women to be torchbearers in a dark world. This legacy will be apparent and profound in years to come, as dedicated graduates enter the workplace, driven by devotion to God and a desire to make an impact on their respective environments.

On a more personal note, Dr. Falwell’s influence has left an indelible mark upon my own life. When I ran for Congress in 2004, he publicly endorsed me as “a young Jesse Helms.” As a newcomer to the political scene, his public support was more than I could have hoped for. During the campaign, Jerry Falwell took me under his wing, introducing me to potential supporters and speaking on my behalf to fellow pastors. Far more valuable, however was the friendship Dr. Falwell offered me. His wisdom and insight lent some sanity in the midst of the turbulent campaign. I vividly recall sitting in his office, as he placed his hands on my shoulders and those of my wife, praying that God would let His will be done in our lives.

His mentoring, friendship and prayerful support are gifts I can never repay. I can however, pay tribute to his life, and his life’s work: educating and equipping Christians to spread the Christian message–not just at home and in the church, but in our communities and in our politics. When many Christians elected to duck the culture wars or took a pass on issues such as abortion, or the secularization of our children’s education, Dr. Falwell refused to budge. Even more important than his steadfastness, however, was his commitment to building a Christian Coalition which could give voice to our concerns and extend our values into the heart of the culture. Exhorting Christians to act on their beliefs, Dr. Falwell helped give new urgency and relevance to Christian values in America. This is Jerry Falwell’s legacy, and it will not soon be forgotten.

Guerrilla Warfare in simple terms means the effort of harassing an army by small armed bands. In other words, it is petty warfare. Generally we have 3 types of war i.e. total war, limited war and general war. The significance of Guerrilla warfare is that it is relevant to all these types of war.

Guerrilla Warfare is a form of warfare by which the strategically weaker side assumes the tactical offensive at places and times selected by it. History is witness to the fact that Guerrilla Warfare has never been resorted to by a militarily stronger side while mounting an offensive/attack. It is essentially the weapon of a strategically weaker side for tactical offensive at selected places and times.

This is borne out by any number of examples from history e.g. Russian partisans during German occupation/advance in World War II, China in the wake of Japanese occupation during World War II and more recently Afghanistan. A stronger side may resort to Guerrilla Warfare after it has been defeated e.g. Russian Guerrilla operations during the 2nd World War and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Having been ousted by the NATO forces the Taliban have regrouped as a guerrilla and terrorist force.

Guerrilla warfare is not a present day innovation. Historically, it was first fought in China in 360 BC (when emperor Huang employing guerrilla tactics succeeded in defeating the Miao race) and the concept has effectively survived through the centuries till the present day. “Guerrilla Warfare” means a little war and it has come to denote the irregular, non-professional civilian soldier who takes up arms to fight against professional military forces. The emphasis however, is not on taking over and retention of cities, townships or places. The primary, aim, as explained by Mao is to annihilate the fighting potentials, of the enemy. By continuously harassing the opponents with its ‘hit and run’ policy, a small troop of guerrillas successfully ties up a relatively larger body or soldiers. There are numerous examples where guerrilla warfare has achieved the purpose when conventional types of war have failed. History shows that Guerrilla Warfare has chiefly been the weapon of partisans, revolutionaries, rebels, communist inspired movements and more recently the vanguard of Islamic fundamentalism. During World War II in two years of combating partisans indulging in Guerrilla Warfare in Russia the German Army employed 300,000 soldiers.

Not only did the Army partisans tie up these troops but many a page in the German Wehrmacht archives is filled with descriptions which point to a feeling of hopelessness, growing in-intensity of nervousness and culminating into despair. Another example is that of Greece where 200,000 Nationalist troops were employed to combat only 30,000 Guerrillas. Another case is that of Fidel Castro of Cuba who with only 6,000 soldiers was able to overthrow the numerically very large Batista forces. It has been estimated that it takes approximately 10 regular soldiers to nullify one Guerrilla. By simple arithmetic, the number of troops needed to combat guerrillas could reach phenomenal figures. This is the basic military aim of a Guerrilla War i.e., to tie up and render immobile large bodies of regular soldiers and weaken their morale by waging a successful war of nerves. Though the military aim outlined above is basic, there are many Guerrilla operations conducted in which motives and purposes differ. For example, the motive of Soviet Guerrillas against the Germans during World War II was primarily to harass the German Rear and function as an intelligence agency. This objective varied from the motives of Ho-Chi-Minh of Indo China and Mao-Zedong in China, where their purposes were to overthrow the ruling government. Islamic fundamentalists are waging their war to establish their own brand of ‘pure’ Islamic religion.

There are certain characteristics identified with a Guerrilla Operations i.e., the exploitation of an unstable political situation, the gaining of popular support amongst the masses and the emphasis on the certain principles of war like concentration of force, advantageous use of the terrain and the effective use of the element of surprise. Of these, the political situation is of prime importance. No Guerrilla Warfare can be sustained without a political objective popular among the mass of people. Mao-ze-Dong states “If Guerrilla Warfare is without a political objective, it must fail. But, if it maintains a political objective which is incompatible with the political objective of the people there by failing to gain their support, then this too must fail”. As opposed to a professional soldier, a Guerrilla is basically a civilian from the local population Popular Support once obtained, the Guerrilla becomes a formidable force which may numerically outnumber the Opposing troops, though it may lack in fire power.

There is no scope in the above case for Guerrilla Warfare to develop into a conventional war. The Guerrilla activities ceases the moment the regular troops launch an offensive. There is no example of any Guerrilla operations during a successful advance of a regular army.

However, once the Guerrilla is fighting an established army, it is only the beginning of a conventional war. As there is no recorded instance of a pure Guerrilla operation in the strictest term of overthrowing a National Government the conversion at a later stage after the weakening of the opposing army to conventional war and physical control is a natural corollary to Guerrilla Warfare.

Thus, Guerrilla Warfare is a phase of Warfare that cannot by itself attain complete victory. China, North Vietnam all started off as Guerrilla operations. But, once the opposing regular army was exhausted, the conventional methods of war were adopted, to gain total victory. This is what happened in Vietnam. The early stages of the guerrilla operations of the Viet Cong had towards the end turned into a full scale conventional war. No amount of Aerial bombing could alter the result.

A number of Guerrilla fighters have made a name for themselves in history and some have achieved almost legendary fame. The last world war produced at least half a dozen such men, the First World War a Lawrence, the South Africa war a De Wet the American civil war Mosby and, of course one can always think of ‘Che’, Garibaldi and Shivaji. In contrast, not a single anti-partisan fighter had made a name for himself. This clearly sums up the fact as to the almost total invincibility of a Guerrilla Operation. But on the positive side it must be said that it is only now the real menace of Guerrilla Warfare is being understood.

The western democracies and India including Russia and China are confronted with a new development – the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Countering it will be the challenge of the 21st century.
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West Point exists to educate and train Cadets who are commissioned as Officers in the US Army upon Graduation. The commitment is for a total of 8 years, 5 of which are on active duty and 3 in the Reserves if you choose not to continue on active duty. A very few graduates may select commissioning in other services, primarily where one of their parents has served a career in another service.

The primary options for Army service are the choice of branch of service. You choose that at the beginning of your senior year. What are your army career options? After graduating from West Point, you will be commissioned in one of several Army branches. You may want a combat arms branch such as Infantry, Field Artillery, Armor, Air Defense Artillery, Aviation or Combat Engineers. You also may choose a combat support branch such as Signal, Military Police, Chemical or Military Intelligence.

You may also want to choose one of the combat service support branches such as Ordnance, Quartermaster, Transportation, Adjutant General or Finance. Opportunities are also available for the Medical Service Corps or the Judge Advocate General Corps later in your service career. You will advance to positions of greater responsibility in each branch based on your abilities.

West Point is looking for well rounded young men and women who want to serve as commissioned officers in the US Army. By well rounded I mean good students, good athletes, and good leaders. The focus is on service in the Army rather than on the college education part.

Now to answer your specific questions. Commissioned officers serve as leaders of the wonderful young men and women in our Army today. The military is organized into branches of service that are either directly involved on the front lines (infantry, armor, field artillery, etc) or operate in support roles (signal, ordnance, intelligence, aviation, etc.) I would go to the Army’s web site and check it out thoroughly.

As for percentage rates for West Point, there are two interesting numbers. The first is the percentage rate of acceptance of offers of admission. In recent years (since 9/11) the percentage rate has been steady at about 85%. That is the highest acceptance rate of any college or university in the nation, topping Harvard, Princeton and all the rest. This says that those who apply to West Point know what they are doing and are very serious about it.

The second percentage rate of interest is the graduation rate. In recent years the graduation rate has held steady between 75% and 80% of those who enter graduate, in four years. The national average is 50% in SIX years.

If you chose not to stay beyond your five year active duty commitment the world is open to you. Experienced young Army officers are in great demand everywhere in our business world and they have no problems supporting themselves or their families.

Finally, to answer your question about the potential for playing a professional sport following graduation. The Department of Defense has recently adopted a policy where a small number of Service Academy Graduates (not just West Point) to be released early from their active duty obligation to play professional sports. They do have to pay back the cost of their education (several hundred thousand $$) and serve in the Army Reserves in a recruiting role, but today there is a viable option for elite level athletes.

If you work for what you want then some day you will get it and when you do you will look back on your days at West Point and thank them for giving you the change to become something better to do something better with you life.