Civil Twilight


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In Civil Twilight, Simon Fruelund takes as his subject nothing less than the nature of how we live together. The unnamed residents in this remote Copenhagen suburb pass each other in the street, watch each other through the windows. Their stories spin around in elegant, kaleidoscopic chapters from which beautiful patterns emerge. The devil lurks in Fruelund's perfectly placed details. It all feels so real. Civil Twilight is a remarkable book that's not read as much as lived in.










The Air Almanac


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United States Marine Corps - The Basic School - Warrant Officer Basic Course Materials


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Over 2,200 total pages !!! WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE (WOBC) 1-18 INFORMATION Congratulations on your selection as a Warrant Officer of Marines. You are about to embark upon a truly remarkable journey as an officer of Marines. That journey begins with your successful completion of the Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) at The Basic School (TBS) in Quantico, Virginia. Warrant Officers and Title 10: Warrant Officer (WO) is an appointed rank, vice a commissioned one. Chief Warrant Officers (Marine Gunners and Recruiting Officers) are commissioned. All Chief Warrant Officers and Warrant Officers must successfully complete the WOBC in order to retain their appointment or commission. Title 10 U.S.C. Section 1165 states: THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE THE REGULAR APPOINTMENT OF ANY PERMANENT REGULAR WO AT ANY TIME WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE WHEN THE OFFICER ACCEPTED HIS ORIGINAL PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. A MARINE WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS TERMINATED MAY, UPON HIS REQUEST AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, BE ENLISTED IN A GRADE NOT LOWER THAN THAT HELD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT. THEREFORE, THE FIRST THREE YEARS AS A WO IS A PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND THE APPOINTMENT TO WO WILL BE TERMINATED IF A MARINE DOES NOT COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WOBC. WOBC MISSION STATEMENT: Train and educate newly appointed warrant officers in the high standards of professional knowledge esprit-de-corps, and leadership required to transition from enlisted Marine to officer with particular emphasis on the duties, responsibilities and warfighting skills required of a provisional rifle platoon commander. The Warrant Officer Basic Course: The WOBC is an eighteen-week course that focuses on the transition from enlisted Marine to Marine officer. TBS and the WOBC focus on five horizontal themes that define expectations of all Marine Officers: (1) a man/woman of exemplary character, (2) devoted to leading Marines 24/7, (3) able to decide, communicate, and act in the fog of war, (4) a Warfighter who embraces the Corps’ warrior ethos, and (5) mentally strong and physically tough. The universal concept that Marine Officers must be able to assess situations, weigh the pros and cons of various decisions, make a decision, develop a plan, communicate that plan effectively, and supervise its execution is stressed and exercised throughout the course. The course will teach the science and art required for service of Marine Officers with an emphasis on decision making throughout. Provisional infantry and planning subjects are together used as the means or vehicle to teach and evaluate this process. Since all students are evaluated on leadership as Marine Officers; physical, mental, and emotional stress are incorporated throughout the course in order to evaluate the ability to lead in chaotic and stressful environments. Some individuals will be pushed close to their failing point, but the WOBC is designed to give students an opportunity to display positive leadership qualities in the face of adversity. The WOBC is not a “check in the block.” It is a course designed to provide students with the learning experiences necessary to effectively transition to service as a Marine Officer. Students who do not successfully complete the course face a variety of administrative actions, including repetition of the course, recycle to a six month lieutenant Basic Officer Course, revocation of appointment, or separation from the service. The WOBC curriculum is an academically rigorous, provisional infantry and staff planning based program of instruction (POI) which consists of approximately 935 hours of formal instruction. The POI includes classroom instruction, field exercises, sand table exercises, and discussion groups. Classroom instruction is designed around the flipped classroom model.




USMC Combat Hunter Training Introduction And Fundamentals: Profiling, Tactical Tracking, Observation Theory, Tactical Fundamentals, Planning And More


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COMBAT HUNTER TRAINER COURSE Purpose: The purpose of the Combat Hunter Trainer Course is to produce a Marine capable of training a more ethically minded, tactically cunning, and situational aware Marine capable of proactively identifying threats in any environment. Scope: The Combat Hunter Trainer Course enhances the safety and security of Marines across the range of military operations, whether in garrison, on liberty, or on the battlefield. Marines are trained to observe and recognize human behaviors, patterns and trends that are indicative of a threat and to act on that threat quickly and decisively through an improved and matured decision-making process. The Marine receives training in planning, conducting, and evaluating training events to include classes on small unit training and unit training management. Combat Hunter training includes Introduction to Combat Hunter, Observation Devices, Criminal and Insurgent Networks, Decision Cycle, Enhanced Observation, KIM Technique, Introduction to Profiling, Heuristics, Profiling Domains, Terrorist Planning Cycle, Tactical Questioning, Analyze and Interpret Spoor, Individual Actions in a Tracking Team, Track Exploitation, Leading a Tracking Team, and Tactical Site Exploitation. DEFINITION AND MISSION OF THE COMBAT HUNTER. A combat hunter selects, uses, and maximizes the appropriate optics available to see objects and events, both hidden and distant. These optics range from the naked eye to advanced optical systems. A combat hunter, through attention to detail, establishes a baseline of an environment and detects the anomalies located within that environment. A combat hunter tracks humans and vehicles by reading the natural terrain. He pursues an armed enemy and gathers data that may suggest the enemy’s action and intent. The combat hunter is the creation of a mindset through the integration of enhanced observation, combat profiling, and combat tracking. This mindset will enable Marines to locate, close with, and destroy an elusive enemy that hides among the population and uses asymmetric tactics to attack our forces. By utilizing enhanced observation, combat profiling, and combat tracking, a Marine is more lethal, survivable, and tactically cunning. He becomes a force multiplier to his unit’s operations. OBSERVATION. Observation begins with the gathering and processing of information obtained through the senses. The five sensory systems are sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste that allow information to be collected from the environment. Perception is the process that the mind uses to organize the sensory information into an understandable interpretation of the environment. Central to all these skills is a critically-thinking Marine whose decisions can be affected by numerous factors, both external and internal. The Marine refines his decision making capabilities by understanding the decision cycle process and his awareness of the physical and biological responses he goes through when faced with a dynamic situation. Refining these skills and understanding the effects they have on his mind and body make him more capable and more lethal.







Physical Geography TOPICWISE MCQs for UPSC/IAS/State PCS/OPSC/TPSC/KPSC/WBPSC/MPPSC/MPSC/CDS/CAPF/UPPCS/BPSC/NET JRF Exam/College/School


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Index Questions only MCQs Topic: Solar System (Q.1 to Q.22) (Page No. 2-3) MCQs Topic: The solar system planets information (Q.23 to Q.66) (Page No. 4- 8) Geomorphology MCQs Topic: Latitudes and Longitudes (Q.67 to Q.76) (Page No.8-9) MCQs Topic: Latitude and Longitude Specific | Standard Time zone (Q.77 to Q.101) (Page No.9-11) MCQs Topic: Motions of the Earth: Rotation and Revolution (Q.102 to Q.111) (Page No.11-12) MCQs Topic: Domains of the Earth: Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere (Q.112 to Q.133) (Page No.12-14) MCQs Topic: Interior of the Earth: Core, Mantle and Crust (Q.134 to Q.155) (Page No.14-16) MCQs Topic: Earthquake Causes and Effects (Q. 156 to Q.195) (Page No.16-20) MCQs Topic: Seismic waves and earth’s interior: P waves, S waves, L waves (Q.196 to Q.215) (Page No.20-21) MCQs Topic: Classification of Rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks (Q.216 to Q.251) (Page No.21-24) MCQs Topic: Continental Drift Theory: Evidences and Drawbacks (Q.252 to Q.261) (Page No.25-25) MCQs Topic: Seafloor Spreading theory, Paleomagnetism (Q.262 to Q.277) (Page No.25-27) MCQs Topic: Plate Tectonics theory (Q.278 to Q.305) (Page No.27-30) MCQs Topic: Geomorphic Processes: Endogenic and Exogenic forces (Q.306 to Q.322) (Page No.30-31) MCQs Topic: Endogenic forces: Epeirogenic and Orogenic (Q.323 to Q.341) (Page No.31-33) MCQs Topic: Exogenic Forces: Denudation and Weathering (Q.342 to Q.366) (Page No.33-35) MCQs Topic: Tsunami and its causes & Tsunami Warning Systems (Q.367 to Q.373) (Page No.35-36) MCQs Topic: Volcanism and Volcanic landforms (Q.374 to Q.423) (Page No.36-41) MCQs Topic: Major Landforms of the Earth (Q.424 to Q.430) (Page No.41-41) MCQs Topic: Fluvial landforms (Q.431 to Q.445) (Page No.41-43) MCQs Topic: Aeolian Landforms (Q.446 to Q.474) (Page No.43-45) Climatology MCQs Topic: Latitudes and Longitudes (Q.475 to Q.480) (Page No.45-46) MCQs Topic: Composition and structure of the atmosphere (Q.481 to Q.509) (Page No.46-49) MCQs Topic: Insolation and Heat budget of the Earth (Q.510 to Q.538) (Page No.49-51) MCQs Topic: Pressure Belts of the Earth (Q.539 to Q.567) (Page No.51-54) MCQs Topic: Types of Wind – Permanent, Secondary & Local Winds (Q.568 to Q.602) (Page No.54-57) MCQs Topic: Temperature Inversion: Types & Effects on Weather (Q.603 to Q.619) (Page No.57-59) MCQs Topic: Cyclones and Anticyclone (Q.620 to Q.654) (Page No.59-62) MCQs Topic: Jet Stream (Climatology) (Q.655 to Q.669) (Page No.62-64) MCQs Topic: Clouds formation & Types of clouds (Q.670 to Q.696) (Page No.64-66) MCQs Topic: Precipitation: Types of Precipitation & Types of Rainfall (Q.697 to Q.739) (Page No.66-70) Oceanography MCQs Topic: Major and Minor Ocean Relief Features (Q.740 to Q.785) (Page No.70-75) MCQs Topic: Important Seas of the world (Q.786 to Q.830) (Page No.75-79) MCQs Topic: Salinity of Ocean water (Q.831 to Q.853) (Page No.79-81) MCQs Topic: Ocean Waves & Movements of Ocean Water (Q.854 to Q.865) (Page No.81-82) MCQs Topic: Ocean Currents: Types of Ocean Currents (Q.866 to Q.892) (Page No.82-84) MCQs Topic: Tides: Spring & Neap Tide, Tidal Bulge, Tidal Bore (Q.893 to Q.921) (Page No.84-87) MCQs Topic: Ocean Resources: Biotic and Abiotic (Q.922 to Q.945) (Page No.87-89) MCQs Topic: El-Nino, La-Nina, ENSO, El Nino Modoki (Q.946 to Q.970) (Page No.89-92) MCQs Topic: Oceans Issues and Threats (Q.971 to Q.995) (Page No.92-94) Revision Test: (Q.1 to Q.322) (Page No.94-122) Questions Cum Answers MCQs Topic: Solar System (Q.1 to Q.22) (Page No.124-130) MCQs Topic: The solar system planets information (Q.23 to Q.66) (Page No.130-141) Geomorphology MCQs Topic: Latitudes and Longitudes (Q.67 to Q.76) (Page No.141-143) MCQs Topic: Latitude and Longitude Specific | Standard Time zone (Q.77 to Q.101) (Page No.143-150) MCQs Topic: Motions of the Earth: Rotation and Revolution (Q.102 to Q.111) (Page No.150-153) MCQs Topic: Domains of the Earth: Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere (Q.112 to Q.133) (Page No.153-158) MCQs Topic: Interior of the Earth: Core, Mantle and Crust (Q.134 to Q.155) (Page No.158-162) MCQs Topic: Earthquake Causes and Effects (Q. 156 to Q.195) (Page No.162-171) MCQs Topic: Seismic waves and earth’s interior: P waves, S waves, L waves (Q.196 to Q.215) (Page No.171-175) MCQs Topic: Classification of Rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks (Q.216 to Q.251) (Page No.175-183) MCQs Topic: Continental Drift Theory: Evidences and Drawbacks (Q.252 to Q.261) (Page No.183-186) MCQs Topic: Seafloor Spreading theory, Paleomagnetism (Q.262 to Q.277) (Page No.186-190) MCQs Topic: Plate Tectonics theory (Q.278 to Q.305) (Page No.190-197) MCQs Topic: Geomorphic Processes: Endogenic and Exogenic forces (Q.306 to Q.322) (Page No.197-200) MCQs Topic: Endogenic forces: Epeirogenic and Orogenic (Q.323 to Q.341) (Page No.200-204) MCQs Topic: Exogenic Forces: Denudation and Weathering (Q.342 to Q.366) (Page No.204-210) MCQs Topic: Tsunami and its causes & Tsunami Warning Systems (Q.367 to Q.373) (Page No.210-212) MCQs Topic: Volcanism and Volcanic landforms (Q.374 to Q.423) (Page No.212-224) MCQs Topic: Major Landforms of the Earth (Q.424 to Q.430) (Page No.224-225) MCQs Topic: Fluvial landforms (Q.431 to Q.445) (Page No.225-229) MCQs Topic: Aeolian Landforms (Q.446 to Q.474) (Page No.229-236) Climatology MCQs Topic: Latitudes and Longitudes (Q.475 to Q.480) (Page No.236-238) MCQs Topic: Composition and structure of the atmosphere (Q.481 to Q.509) (Page No.238-244) MCQs Topic: Insolation and Heat budget of the Earth (Q.510 to Q.538) (Page No.244-251) MCQs Topic: Pressure Belts of the Earth (Q.539 to Q.567) (Page No.251-260) MCQs Topic: Types of Wind – Permanent, Secondary & Local Winds (Q.568 to Q.602) (Page No.260-269) MCQs Topic: Temperature Inversion: Types & Effects on Weather (Q.603 to Q.619) (Page No.269-274) MCQs Topic: Cyclones and Anticyclone (Q.620 to Q.654) (Page No.274-284) MCQs Topic: Jet Stream (Climatology) (Q.655 to Q.669) (Page No.284-289) MCQs Topic: Clouds formation & Types of clouds (Q.670 to Q.696) (Page No.289-295) MCQs Topic: Precipitation: Types of Precipitation & Types of Rainfall (Q.697 to Q.739) (Page No.295-306) Oceanography MCQs Topic: Major and Minor Ocean Relief Features (Q.740 to Q.785) (Page No.306-316) MCQs Topic: Important Seas of the world (Q.786 to Q.830) (Page No.316-324) MCQs Topic: Salinity of Ocean water (Q.831 to Q.853) (Page No.324-330) MCQs Topic: Ocean Waves & Movements of Ocean Water (Q.854 to Q.865) (Page No.330-333) MCQs Topic: Ocean Currents: Types of Ocean Currents (Q.866 to Q.892) (Page No.333-339) MCQs Topic: Tides: Spring & Neap Tide, Tidal Bulge, Tidal Bore (Q.893 to Q.921) (Page No.340-346) MCQs Topic: Ocean Resources: Biotic and Abiotic (Q.922 to Q.945) (Page No.346-351) MCQs Topic: El-Nino, La-Nina, ENSO, El Nino Modoki (Q.946 to Q.970) (Page No.351-358) MCQs Topic: Oceans Issues and Threats (Q.971 to Q.995) (Page No.358-364) Revision Test: (Q.1 to Q.322) (Page No.365-412)