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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Special & elite forces
Exploring efforts to integrate women into combat forces in the
military, we investigate how resistance to equity becomes
entrenched, ultimately excluding women from being full participants
in the workplace. Based on focus groups and surveys with members of
Special Operations, we found most of the resistance is rooted in
traditional gender stereotypes that are often bolstered through
organizational policies and practices. The subtlety of these
practices often renders them invisible. We refer to this
invisibility as organizational obliviousness. Obliviousness exists
at the individual level, it becomes reinforced at the cultural
level, and, in turn, cultural practices are entrenched
institutionally by policies. Organizational obliviousness may not
be malicious or done to actively exclude or harm, but the end
result is that it does both. Throughout this Element we trace the
ways that organizational obliviousness shapes individuals, culture,
and institutional practices throughout the organization.
In Powerful Peace, J. Robert DuBois takes on a crucial,
unprecedented mission for a U.S. Navy SEAL: the relentless pursuit
of interpersonal and international peacemaking. With gut wrenching
candor and surprising moments of comedy, he narrates a personal
journey through decades of conflict, its often-absurd origins, its
ever-present innocent victims, and its potential solutions. Most
importantly, Robert delivers practical recommendations for private
citizens and policy makers alike. He offers rare context for
students of international relations, community leaders, and
soldiers bound for unfamiliar lands.
Powerful Peace is the unvarnished ground truth on face-to-face
engagements worldwide. Robert DuBois demonstrates that prevention
of hostile intent is far more necessary to genuine security than
the race for tactical or technological superiority. Whether
countering Soviets, terrorists, insurgents or improvised explosive
devices, he observes and reports on the fundamental similarities
behind hatreds. Ignorance and misunderstanding poison human
potential. Dignity and respect are powerful antidotes.
Powerful Peace is the fascinating story of human beings--in war
and peace and school and work and play--learning to better
understand others to avoid unnecessary conflict and enrich the
world. Seasoned by professional experience in more than thirty
countries, Robert has plainly "been there, done that..".yet his
insightful conclusions on fighting may surprise you.
In New York Times bestseller Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky
follows the members of US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on
their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold
known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an
effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out
as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers
tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to
retrieve vital supplies from an air drop gone wrong. In that
moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward
Operating Base Todd was forever altered as a massive clearing
operation was initiated to break the Taliban's stranglehold on the
valley and recover the bodies. From close quarters firefights in
Afghan villages to capturing key terrain from the Taliban in the
unforgiving Afghan Winter, this intense and personal story depicts
the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will
understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of
enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb
levels a fortified Taliban fighting position. A moving story of
Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings
to life the mission of these selected few that fought side by side
in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action packed and emotional as
anything to emerge from the Special Operations community
contribution to the Afghan War.
This book looks at the Special Operations Forces (SOF), which are
small, elite military units with special training and equipment
that can infiltrate into hostile territory through land, sea, or
air to conduct a variety of operations, many of them classified.
SOF personnel undergo rigorous selection and lengthy specialised
training. The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)oversees the
training, doctrine, and equipping of all U.S. SOF units. USSOCOM
has about 54,000 Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve personnel
from all four Services and Department of Defense (DOD) civilians
assigned to its headquarters, its four components, and one
sub-unified command. Special Operations Forces (SOF) also play a
significant role in U.S. military operations and the Administration
has given U.S. SOF greater responsibility for planning and
conducting world-wide counter-terrorism operations. The merits of
cross-border raids and possible equipment and logistical support
shortfalls, which are potential policy issues for congressional
consideration, are examined in this book as well. This book
consists of public documents which have been located, gathered,
combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index,
selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
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