Assignment Task:
Question 1: [select one (1) and answer it]:
Q1. Summarize the evolution of post-1945 U.S. Naval strategy and operations within the larger U.S. national strategy (nuclear and conventional), beginning with National Security Memorandum 68 (NSC-68) through the end of the Cold War. List the important historical factors, strategies, and operations involved in this evolution, and use historical evidence to justify why these factors were important to how the Naval Service's roles changed during this time.
Q2. Since the end of World War IL the U.S. Naval Service has operated worldwide. often with focus on the Middle East and East Asia. Drawing upon your study of the history of the Naval Service presented in this course, explain any recurring patterns of missions for the Service, and present the historical evidence justifying your identification of these patterns. Technological innovation has given increased capabilities to the Naval Service but can also be disruptive to existing doctrines and practices. Now does the history of naval technology inform current and near-future operations?
Q3. Provide an overview of the history of the roles of race, gender. and sexual orientation/identity within the personnel policies of the Naval Service from President Truman's Executive Order 9981 in 1948 through the end of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy in 2011. What historical factors were important in the evolution of the Services' personnel policy shift in the area of race, gender, and sexual orientation/identity during this period? Need Online Tutoring?
Question 2:
Service-Specific Question
Select and answer the question for your Service. In writing your answer, draw upon the Service-specific readings assigned in Modules 4 through 8. Be sure to answer all parts of the question you select.
U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard Students
- Summarize the historical factors (strategies. conflicts. events, technological advancements, etc.) that led to the creation of A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Sea Power (2007) based upon the Naval Service's involvement with shifting conventional and nuclear strategies from Operations Crossroads up to the Persian Gulf War.