Commanding officers at Calais in the Oxford DNB

2005 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Commanding Officers

"The People's Army"

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Political Activism ◽  
Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
The Political ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
Commanding Officers ◽  
The Muslim Brotherhood

This chapter examines the extent to which the Free Officers formed a political ethos that inclined them toward intervention in civilian politics during the conspiratorial stage. The Free Officers' movement was the culmination of a dramatic political reorientation among the officer corps between 1936 and 1952. They represented the generation that turned away from the political establishment and rejected the leadership of its elders. The soldier's relationship to his country, to his people, to his commanding officers and king gave the young officers a particular perspective on the decay of the liberal order. This chapter first provides a historical background on the Egyptian military before discussing the organization of the Free Officers, along with its political activism, developing ideology, and ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Walker’s Survey Career, 1849–1860

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
James P. Delgado ◽  
Stephen D. Nagiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Commanding Officers

The majority of Walker’s career was spent surveying the Gulf of Mexico and the coasts of Pensacola, Florida, Mobile, Alabama, and Louisiana. The work, accomplishments, experiences of the crew, and the various commanding officers of the steamer are discussed.

Walking Across Burma

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Saw Ralph ◽  
Naw Sheera ◽  
Stephanie Olinga-Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Ethnic Tensions ◽  
Commanding Officers ◽  
National Defence ◽  
The Way

This chapter details Saw Ralph's journey across Burma as a soldier. Along the way, he encounters new people and new locales, showcasing the ethnic tensions among the varied Burmese population. The journey is not entirely a pleasant one for Saw Ralph and his unit, however, and this chapter shows his inexperience in matters of survival as well as the tensions between the soldiers and their commanding officers. In June 1949, the Karen war establishment introduced major changes to the structure of the forces Ralph was a part of. The army, which had been part of the Karen National Defence Organisation, was renamed the Kawthoolei Armed Forces (KAF) and its war office was located in Papun. The name was changed to show that the army was part of Karen territory.

Gender Bias in Naval Fitness Reports? A Case Study on Gender and Rhetorical Credibility

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Shenk
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Newspaper Editors ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Government Research ◽  
Commanding Officers ◽  
Naval Officers

This article is a case study of a small controversy involving a 1983 government research report on gender biases in naval officer fitness reports. The research at issue indicated that male commanding officers customarily wrote differently in naval fitness reports about women than in fitness reports they wrote about men, and the researchers concluded that the commanding officers needed to change their writing habits. But the objectivity of the researchers was soon challenged. In this survey of the controversy, the writing of several groups—male commanding officers, female naval officers, male newspaper editors, and female personnel researchers—is both illustrated and critiqued. The main focus here is rhetorical credibility in professional communications when gender is the issue at hand.

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