- published: 02 Sep 2014
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Amphibious warfare is the use of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to project military power ashore. In previous eras it stood as the primary method of delivering troops to non-contiguous enemy-held terrain. In this modern era amphibious warfare persists in the form of commando insertion by fast patrol boats, zodiacs and mini-submersibles.
In the modern era of warfare, an amphibious landing of infantry troops on a beachhead is the most complex of all military maneuvers. The undertaking requires an intricate coordination of numerous military specialties, including air power, naval gunfire, naval transport, logistical planning, specialized equipment, land warfare, tactics, and extensive training in the nuances of this maneuver for all personnel involved.
Recorded amphibious warfare predates the 18th century by a couple of millennia: the Sea Peoples that menaced the Egyptians from the reign of Akhenaten as captured on the reliefs at Medinet Habu and Karnak; the Hellenic city states who routinely resorted to opposed assaults upon each others' shores, which they reflected upon in their plays and other expressions of art; the landing at Marathon by the ancient Persians on 9 September 490 BC, which history records as the largest amphibious operation for 2,400 years until eclipsed by Gallipoli.
Distrust is what will separate
a close felt bond just dissipates
wishing time would freeze for us
i feel as if live's just futile
love is just so volatile
i've been waiting all this time
what have you done?
you've made me feel?
i can't believe that this is for real
restlessly sleeping foolishly weeping
sighing wishing bleeding
yeah
familiar smell fire touch
has never ever meant so much
why aren't you run of the mill
is it because we are the same
romantically violent, harmful, tame
a constant state of love and war
and maybe in time i will heal
from all dreadful things you've
made me feel
a four letter word, a suicide kiss
i don't know if i'm ready for this
I'm dying