scholarly journals PROMISE UNFULFILLED: A Brief History of Educational Wargaming in the Marine Corps

MCU Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-80
Author(s):  
Sebastian J. Bae ◽  
Ian T. Brown

This article offers a comprehensive historical overview of educational wargaming in the U.S. Marine Corps and how it can evolve in the future. The tradition of leveraging wargames for educational and training purposes is deeply rooted in the Marine Corps. From humble beginnings at the Naval War College to Service-wide wargaming initiatives like TACWAR, the Marine Corps has always sought to develop the intellectual edge of its Marines through wargames. Yet, in successive decades, the Marine Corps has consistently struggled to maintain its wargaming efforts. This article concludes with recommendations on how to develop, expand, and evolve educational wargaming in the Marine Corps.

2007 ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
R. Nureev

The article is devoted to the history of reception and interpretation of the ideas of Marx and Engels. The author considers the reasons for divergence between Marxist and neoclassical economic theories. He also analyzes the ways of vulgarization of Marx’s theory and the making of Marxist voluntarism. It is shown that the works of Marx and Engels had a certain potential for their over-simplified interpretations. The article also considers academic ("Western") Marxism and evaluates the prospects of Marxist theory in the future.


2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-63
Author(s):  
Brett R. Wilkinson ◽  
Tracy J. Noga

ABSTRACT In this paper, we examine the controversy surrounding the Xilinx case and explore what the case means for the future of transfer pricing. Although the IRS acquiesced in the Xilinx result, it expressly disagreed with the reasoning and asserted that the issue is now moot due to the application of the 2009 regulations. In sharp contrast, multiple commentators have expressed the view that the Xilinx result might in fact render the 2009 regulations invalid. For this reason, it is apparent that significant uncertainty continues to surround the central issues in Xilinx, namely, the way that stock option costs should be treated in cost sharing arrangements. In this paper, we explore what happened in Xilinx and why it matters. We then examine the implications of these developments for the future of transfer pricing, suggesting that this is potentially a watershed moment in the history of transfer pricing and the meaning of arm's length. We conclude that the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo means that the 2009 regulations are likely to stand. However, we also suggest that the IRS may have erred in not appealing the Xilinx decision because of the fundamental importance of establishing a true understanding of arm's length. The current interpretation, as articulated by the Ninth Circuit, leaves lingering uncertainty and appears to place the U.S. at odds with the position of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).


2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Ceccarelli ◽  

In this paper a historical overview is presented dealing with the conception and development of devices that can be considered as robots today with the aim to identify the future challenges for roboticists. The historical background can be used as guidance for future successful developments when design data and requirements are recognized from historical well-established needs, problems and applications, which can be re-formulated through modern means for modern solutions. Thus, in the paper an overview of history of robotics is presented as based on main aspects and concepts.


Linguistica ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Paul A. Gaeng

"Itis incumbent on Romance scholars to analyze and interpret their exceptionally full stock of linguistic material, using all methods of study at their disposal, working both backward and forward in time. Only thus will Romance linguistics be enabled to do what others expect of it: to serve not only as an end in itself but as a model and training-ground for workers in all fields of historical linguistics." Thus wrote the American scholar, Robert A. Hall, jr. some forty years ago in an essay on the recon­ struction of Proto-Romance. 1 Indeed, the researcher into the history of the Romance languages is faced with, on the one hand, the schemes of reconstruction (essentially based on the principles of the historical comparative method) and the often puzzling testimonies of reality found in the sources. Put in other terms, he has the choice of working with an abstract system represented by starred Latin forms that do not belong to any real language or the reality of the mass of postclassical written records that have come down to us to be analyzed and sifted through with a view to discovering evidences of trends toward Romance in phonology, morpho-syntax, and vocabulary. And while there are, no doubt, materials whose meaning in terms of future evolution of the Romance languages is difficult, if not impossible to discover, there is an abun­ dance of those that prelude the future. It is the attention to the future that, I believe, can give reality and life to the large number of forms collected from inscriptions, late writers, and other sources of so-called "Vulgar", i. e. non-literary Latin.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 243-251
Author(s):  
George Mihalas ◽  
Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar

Objectives: The paper presents a review of the history of medical informatics in Romania, starting from the pioneering works, relating the present, and foreseeing the future. Methods: Major milestones of the development of this field have not been simply enumerated, but described within the specific socio-political frame, grasping the entire context over the last four decades in Romania. Two main perspectives have been traced: education and training in medical informatics and implementations in healthcare. Results: Four distinctive historical periods are identified and the major events of each period are described in a critical manner. The history of the Romanian Society of Medical Informatics is presented in a separate chapter. The last section is dedicated to the present state of the field in Romania. Conclusion: The history of Romanian Medical Informatics spans many years and is rich in content. The Romanian Society of Medical Informatics is mainly the result of the efforts undertaken by an enthusiastic and sound professional community, trying to continue the tradition, to achieve new goals, and to work as an active member of the international biomedical/health informatics community.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Aebersold

Simulation has had a long and varied history in many different fields, including aviation and the military. A look into the past to briefly touch on some of the major historical aspects of simulation in aviation, military, and health care will give readers a broader understanding of simulation’s historical roots and the relationship to patient safety. This review may also help predict what the future may hold for simulation in nursing. Health care, like aviation, is driven by safety, more specifically patient safety. As the link between simulation and patient safety becomes increasingly apparent, simulation will be adopted as the education and training method of choice for such critical behaviors as communication and teamwork skills.


2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-386
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Wetzel

Antitrust review of mergers and merger remedies, in particular, have been the topic of much recent conversation both in the legal world and popular political discourse. A recent string of failed divestitures has driven the U.S. antitrust agencies to analyze proposed remedies and proposed divestiture buyers with increasing scrutiny as they seek to avoid similar outcomes. This article details the history of recent divestiture failures and explores how the agencies have adapted their remedy vetting process in response through longer investigations, enhanced focus on particular aspects of buyers’ qualifications, and an increased insistence on up-front buyers, as well as the agencies’ success in persuading courts that proposed divestitures and/or buyers were inadequate in a series of recent litigated merger challenges. Against this backdrop, this article offers practical guidance for merger parties and would-be buyers to navigate the approval process amid the agencies’ heightened sensitivities to the qualifications of divestiture buyers. Finally, it suggests that there is little empirical support for the notion that the most concrete, observable agency responses will reduce the risk of divestiture failures in the future.


2003 ◽  
Vol 168 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
C. John Nickle
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1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Peter H. Smith

That does the future hold for U.S.-Mexican relations? Optimistic assessments usually point to the high degree of interpenetration between the two societies, the recent history of intergovernmental cooperation, and the commonality of basic interests. Developments in one country have significant impact on the other, a process that now works both ways: the 1982 economic crisis in Mexico created serious difficulties for retailers on the U.S. side of the border, Mexico's subsequent cutbacks in imports prompted the loss of 200,000 jobs in the U.S., and Mexico's struggles with its international debt have crucial implications for banks in the U.S. Each country needs the other, and this kind of “interdependence” creates mutuality of purpose. According to this logic, the rational pursuit of national goals will build and fortify harmonious bilateral relations.


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