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• part 1. Neglect: The reluctant creation and violent demise of the Navy's first commandos, the Marine Corps Raiders ; The sidelining of the Army's amphibious soldier-scouts and the call-up of the Navy's second-string sailors ; The US Army's first commandos and the raid that wasn't
• part 2. Opportunity: Draper Kauffman and the course that cracked the Atlantic wall, then laid the first bricks of the legend of naval special warfare ; The evolving contest that created the Mermen of War, World War II's only indispensable special operations unit ; The contest for the guerrilla war in China and the organization that had "no damn business" fighting in it, the US Navy's army of sailors
• part 3. Relevance: The US Navy's postwar plight, and the sailor-raiders who led her back to significance in Korea ; The resurrection of the Army's Rangersik, and the guerrilla raid that failed to forestall their second death ; Arleigh Burke, the Bay of Pigs, and the launching of the Navy's limited-war SEALs
• part 4. Exigency: Kennedy's Army of Gladiators and the counterinsurgency that blunted their swords, then cleared the way for another contender ; The first SEALs, their search for a mission, and the report that found it for them ; The dam break of conventional war in Vietnam, and the following flood of raiders that failed to beat the Navy to the Mekong Delta, all but one
• part 5. Culmination: The derailing of the first direct-action SEALs in the Rung Sat, and the detachment that restored their prospects ; The direct-action SEALs who dodged diversion, then perfected a mission that propelled the teams past the riverbanks, into history ; The Navy's skeleton key to inland combat and the final against-the-current achievements in the war's ebb tide that exposed the SEALs preeminence as the US military's go-anywhere commandos

A former Navy SEAL chronicles the history of the special operations unit, from their beginnings as unarmed World War II frogmen to their rise to American's first permanent commando force, deployed on counterterrorism and capture-kill missions

"This is the story of the first women naval aviators and their struggles and triumphs as they earned their Wings of Gold, learned to fly increasingly sophisticated jet fighters and helicopters, mastered aircraft carrier landings, served at sea, and reached heights of command that would have been unthinkable less than a generation before. It is also the story of the legacy they left behind"-- Provided by publisher

• Origins of Marine Corps Aviation
• Proving Ground: Haiti, 1915-1934
• Advance to Maturity, 1919-1935
• Marine Corps Aviation Comes of Age: Nicaragua, 1926-1933
• Conclusion.

Unlike the relative uniformity of conventional warfare, the peculiarities of small wars prevent a clear definition of rules and roles for military forces to follow. During the small wars era, aviation was still in its infancy, and the US military had only recently begun battling in the skies. The US Marine Corps recognized that flexibility and ingenuity would be critical to the successful conduct of small wars and thus employed the new technology of aviation. In Biplanes at War: US Marine Corps Aviation in the Small Wars Era, 1915--1934, author Wray R. Johnson provides a riveting history of the marines' use of aviation between the world wars, a time in which young soldiers were volunteering to fly in combat when flying itself was a dangerous feat. Starting with Haiti in 1915, Biplanes at War follows the marines' aviation experiences in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, China, and Nicaragua, chronicling how marines used aircraft to provide supporting fires (e.g., dive-bombing) to ground troops in close contact with irregular opponents, evacuate the sick and wounded, transport people and cargo (e.g., to assist humanitarian operations), and even support elections in furtherance of democracy. After years of expanding the capabilities of airplanes far beyond what was deemed possible, the small wars era ended, and the US Marines Corps transitioned into an amphibious assault force. The legacy of the marines' ability to adapt and innovate during the small wars era endures and provides a useful case study. Biplanes at War sheds light on how the marines pioneered roles and missions that have become commonplace for air forces today, an accomplishment that has largely gone unrecognized in mainstream histories of aviation and air power.
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• Origins of Marine Corps aviation
• Proving ground: Haiti, 1915-1934
• Advance to maturity, 1919-1935
• Marine Corps Aviation comes of age: Nicaragua, 1926-1933.

Unlike the relative uniformity of conventional warfare, the peculiarities of small wars prevent a clear definition of rules and roles for military forces to follow. During the small wars era, aviation was still in its infancy, and the US military had only recently begun battling in the skies. The US Marine Corps recognized that flexibility and ingenuity would be critical to the successful conduct of small wars and thus employed the new technology of aviation. In Biplanes at War: US Marine Corps Aviation in the Small Wars Era, 1915--1934, author Wray R. Johnson provides a riveting history of the marines' use of aviation between the world wars, a time in which young soldiers were volunteering to fly in combat when flying itself was a dangerous feat. Starting with Haiti in 1915, Biplanes at War follows the marines' aviation experiences in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, China, and Nicaragua, chronicling how marines used aircraft to provide supporting fires (e.g., dive-bombing) to ground troops in close contact with irregular opponents, evacuate the sick and wounded, transport people and cargo (e.g., to assist humanitarian operations), and even support elections in furtherance of democracy. After years of expanding the capabilities of airplanes far beyond what was deemed possible, the small wars era ended, and the US Marines Corps transitioned into an amphibious assault force. The legacy of the marines' ability to adapt and innovate during the small wars era endures and provides a useful case study. Biplanes at War sheds light on how the marines pioneered roles and missions that have become commonplace for air forces today, an accomplishment that has largely gone unrecognized in mainstream histories of aviation and air power.
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Among all the celebrations of the RAF's centenary, it was largely forgotten that the establishment of an independent air force came at a cost - and it was the Royal Navy that paid the price. In 1918 it had been pre-eminent in the technology and tactics of employing aircraft at sea, but once it lost control of its own air power, it struggled to make the RAF prioritise naval interests, in the process losing ground to the rival naval air forces of Japan and the United States. This book documents that struggle through the cash-strapped 1920s and '30s, culminating in the Navy regaining control of its aviation in 1937, but too late to properly prepare for the impending war. However, despite the lack of resources, British naval flying had made progress, especially in the advancement of carrier strike doctrine. These developments are neatly illustrated by the experiences of Lieutenant William Lucy, who was to become Britain's first accredited air 'ace' of the war and to lead the world's first successful dive-bombing of a major warship. Making extensive use of the family archive, this book also reproduces many previously unseen photographs from Lucy's album, showing many aspects of life in the Fleet Air Arm up to the end of the Norway campaign. Although it is beyond the scope of this book, in November 1940 the inter-war concentration on carrier strike was to be spectacularly vindicated by the air attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto - it inspired the Japanese to a far larger effort at Pearl Harbor the following year, but the Royal Navy had shown the way.
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• Wiley: the early years
• The road to Lakehurst
• The USS Shenandoah (ZR 1)
• The USS Los Angeles (ZR 3)
• The Shenandoah Disaster
• Changes in command
• Commanding the Los Angeles
• The USS Tennessee (BB 43)
• The USS Akron (ZRS 4)
• The crash of the Akron
• Aftermath of the Akron
• The USS Macon (ZRS 5)
• The end of an era
• USS Sirius (AK 15), Hell Gate, and helium
• War and battleships
• Kamikazes and beyond

This book is simultaneously a biography of Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley and a history of the U.S. Navy's lighter-than-air program. As tensions rose between Japan and the U.S. over control of East Asia and the Pacific Ocean the prospects of war between the two nations increased. The Navy tracked the Germans' use of zeppelins during the First World War and saw in them an aircraft with the potential to conduct long-range reconnaissance over the oceans - something that could not be achieved by airplanes or surface ships. While rapid progress was being made in manned flight it was still young enough that the future of LTA vs. HTA flight was unknown. At the time however airships had a much greater range than airplanes making them suitable for reconnaissance. In its history the Navy had four great airships - the U.S.S. Shenandoah the U.S.S. Los Angeles the U.S.S. Akron and the U.S.S. Macon. Wiley served on all four of these airships and the history of these vessels is covered through the career of Wiley. Three of the airships ended in disaster and Wiley survived the crash of two of them. The book explores in detail the events leading to the crash of each airship through examination of the records of the Navy's Courts of Inquiry that investigated the cause of each crash. The book also tracks issues surrounding the use of non-flammable helium as a lifting gas instead of highly explosive hydrogen used by the Germans. The U.S. had a monopoly on the supply of helium. While Germany sought to purchase helium from the U.S. the government board governing the sale of helium blocked is availability to Germany on the basis it might be used for wartime purposes. Dr. Hugo Eckener had run the Zeppelin works in Friedrichshaven since the end of WWI and he had a vision for LTA flight that was peaceful including international transoceanic passenger and freight services. The outbreak of WW II ended the zeppeling industry and dashed all of Eckener's dreams. Following the crash of the Macon Wiley returned to the surface fleet eventually becoming Commander of Destroyer Squadron 29 in the Asiatic Fleet shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The dawn of the era of flight and the formation of the RFC/RNAS, from its inception until the end of 1915.
• Chapter 2: The dawn of the era of flight and the formation of the imperial German Naval Air Service, from its inception until the end of 1915.
• Chapter 3: RNAS development and the challenges from within and without, leading to the formation of the RAF, 1916-1918.
• Chapter 4: IGNAS development and the challenges from within, 1916-1918.
• Chapter 5: Conclusion.
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This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine. This work provides new insights as to how two naval air services were influenced by internal and political interventions, and how each was integrated into the organizational structures of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserlichemarine (KM). Both the Admiralty and the KM made substantial alterations to their organizations and doctrine in the process. Principal air doctrines employed are examined chronologically and the application of operational doctrine is described. While they adopted similar air doctrines, there were differences in operational doctrine, which they addressed according to their different requirements. This book is a comparative study about the development of organization and air power doctrine in the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) and the IGNAS (Imperial German Naval Air Service). It investigates public and political interventions and early concepts of air power, placing into context the factors which contributed to how naval theorists came to think about the best means of controlling its working medium, air space. Ultimately, it examines the similarities, and differences, between the RNAS and IGNAS understanding of naval air power, within the broader strategic and theoretical framework of their parent organizations. This book will be of great interest to students of air power, naval power, military history, strategic studies and IR in general.
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• Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 Cutters, Crews and Missions (1790â#x80; #x93; 1915); 2 The Quasi-War with France (1798â#x80; #x93; 1800); 3 The War of
• 1812: Background and Overview; 4 Naval Combat in the War of 1812; 5 Revenue Cutters in the War of 1812; 6 Revenue Marine Missions in the War of 1812; 7 Pirates, Slaves and Seminole Indians; 8 War with Mexico (1846â#x80; #x93; 1848); 9 The Antebellum Period; 10 The Confederate and Union Navies (1861â#x80; #x93; 1865); 11 The Revenue Cutter Service in the Civil War; 12 Historical Assessments of the Civil War Navies

• 13 Policing the Alaska Frontier (1867â#x80; #x93; 1915)14 The Spanish-American War (1898); 15 The USRCS and the U.S. Coast Guard Merge; An Overview of Naval Operations from 1790 to the 20th Century; Epilogue; Appendix: Maps; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

This book covers the history of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1790 under Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, when the Service was called the U.S. Revenue Marine, to World War I, during which the naval agency, then called the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, was combined with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. The Coast Guard has historically served with or under the U.S. Navy in national defense missions. The maritime conflicts in that time frame include a war with France; War of 1812-1815; clashes with pirates, slave ships, and the Seminole Indians; War with Mexico; the Civil War of 1861-1865); Spanish-American War (1898); and World War I (1914-1918). The Great War involved the USCG and USN in domestic and maritime missions across the Atlantic to Europe, merchant ship convoy escorts, and anti-submarine warfare. The naval period surveys the evolution of wooden hulled, wind powered sailing ships to fuel powered iron hulled vessels. The historical geography of the wars is illustrated with maps created by retired IBM engineer and military historian David H. Allen.
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This book covers the history of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1790 under Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, when the Service was called the U.S. Revenue Marine, to World War I, during which the naval agency, then called the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, was combined with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. The Coast Guard has historically served with or under the U.S. Navy in national defense missions. The maritime conflicts in that time frame include a war with France; War of 1812-1815; clashes with pirates, slave ships, and the Seminole Indians; War with Mexico; the Civil War of 1861-1865); Spanish-American War (1898); and World War I (1914-1918). The Great War involved the USCG and USN in domestic and maritime missions across the Atlantic to Europe, merchant ship convoy escorts, and anti-submarine warfare. The naval period surveys the evolution of wooden hulled, wind powered sailing ships to fuel powered iron hulled vessels. The historical geography of the wars is illustrated with maps created by retired IBM engineer and military historian David H. Allen.
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• Preface: A most remarkable story
• Black as midnight
• Difficult days: a soaring mishap rate
• The competition: American aviation overall
• Beginning to get it right
• Naval aviation's transition to jets
• Aircraft carriers: changes and modifications
• Beyond jets and aircraft carriers
• The catalyst for improvement: the Naval Safety Center
• Six amazing years: RAGS, NATOPS, and more
• The doc: aerospace medicine
• flight surgeons and more
• Discovering human factors
• Naval aviation maintenance and supply
• The underappreciated: aircraft, aircraft systems, and design safety
• Making believe: simulators and synthetic trainers
• On to the twenty-first century: ORM, CRM, and culture workshops
• Success: Summary and conclusions
• Afterword
• Appendix 1: Marine aviation
• Appendix 2: Naval Safety Center yearly major mishap statistics
• Appendix 3: Navy and Marine accident reporting classifications
• Appendix 4: Aviation-oriented safety center publications
• Appendix 5: Principal carrier alterations
• Appendix 6: Typical straight-deck carrier landing pattern
• Chronology
• Glossary.

Less than five years after Naval Aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War, growing sentiment supported by no less than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs argued that the new Air Force could do anything Naval Aviation might be required to do. Meanwhile, the Naval Aviation mishap rate soared. The very survival of Naval Aviation was at stake. It took fifty years to turn this around. Today, in spite of hot wars, cold wars, contingencies, and peacetime operations in support of friends and allies, the Navy and Marine Corps accident rate is at least as good as that of the Air Force, and it approaches that of commercial aviation. Gear Up, Mishaps Down explains that this accomplishment was achieved through dedicated and professional leadership, a focus on lessons learned from mishaps and near-mishaps, a willingness to learn from other enterprises, and by training, maintenance, supply and more.
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• Zum Geleit : Grenzsicherheit und Gefechtsbereitschaft : bis das Volk nicht mehr wollte
• Vorwort
• Anfänge der DDR-Küstenüberwachung unter sowjetischem Befehl
• Erste Bootseinheiten der Deutschen Grenzpolizei
• Bildung der Grenzbrigade an der Küste
• Hauptaufgabe seitdem 13. August 1961 : die see- und landseitige Grenzsicherung
• Exkurs : Besondere Vorkommnisse
• Grundsätze des Zusammenwirkens mit MfS und Volkspolizei im Ostseebezirk
• Politische und militärische Erziehungs- und Ausbildungsziele
• Inneres Gefüge, Binnenklima
• Interne Überwachung durch die Hauptabteilung I des MfS
• Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der Grenzbrigade Küste
• Ermüdungserscheinungen, Wende und Ende
• Zusammenfassung
• Kleine Chronologie der (6.) Grenzbrigade Küste und ihrer Vorgeschichte
• Quellen, Dokumente
• Literatur
• Anhang : Struktur der (6.) Grenzbrigade Küste sowie Boots- und Schiffsbestand in den 1980er Jahren
• Abkürzungen.

• Establishing an air station
• The USS Shenandoah and the early years
• The USS Los Angeles: training and experimentation
• The USS Akron and USS Macon
• Lakehurst: international airport
• Preparations for war
• The war years
• Postwar progress
• End of the program
• Afterword
• Appendixes
• A. Commanding officers, NAS Lakehurst (1921-62)
• B. Performance and other data for U.S. Navy airships (1915-61)
• U.S. Navy lighter-than-air headquarters and facilities, Second World War
• Memorandum on status of lighter-than-air
• E. Postwar airship deliveries to the U.S. Navy
• F. Last airships in the U.S. Navy aircraft inventory.

Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition - complete with two hundred new photographs--to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book's publication. Impressed by Germany's commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas by Hindenburg and by Graf Zeppelin - ending with the infamous fire in 1937. That setback, the onset of war, and the accelerated progress of heavier-than-air technology ended rigid airship development. The Navy continued to use blimps to protect Allied shipping during World War II. Following the war, the Navy persisted with efforts to integrate the airships, but the program was finally discontinued in the early 1960s.
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• Establishing an air station
• The USS Shenandoah and the early years
• The USS Los Angeles: training and experimentation
• The USS Akron and USS Macon
• Lakehurst: international airport
• Preparations for war
• The war years
• Postwar progress
• End of the program
• Afterword
• Appendixes
• A. Commanding officers, NAS Lakehurst (1921-62)
• B. Performance and other data for U.S. Navy airships (1915-61)
• U.S. Navy lighter-than-air headquarters and facilities, Second World War
• Memorandum on status of lighter-than-air
• E. Postwar airship deliveries to the U.S. Navy
• F. Last airships in the U.S. Navy aircraft inventory.

Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition - complete with two hundred new photographs--to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book's publication. Impressed by Germany's commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas by Hindenburg and by Graf Zeppelin - ending with the infamous fire in 1937. That setback, the onset of war, and the accelerated progress of heavier-than-air technology ended rigid airship development. The Navy continued to use blimps to protect Allied shipping during World War II. Following the war, the Navy persisted with efforts to integrate the airships, but the program was finally discontinued in the early 1960s.
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• "Smedley Butler's air corps: the first Marine aviators in China" / Gabrielle M. Neufeld and James S. Santelli
• "The genesis of air support in guerrilla operations" / General Vernon E. Megee, USMC (Ret.)
• "Ace in a day" / Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.)
• "Marine Corps aviation, an infantryman's opinion" / Major J.N. Rentz, USMCR
• "Right on the button: Marine Corps close air support in Korea" / Admiral John S. Thach, USN (Ret.)
• "Marine aviation in Vietnam, 1962-1970" / Lieutenant General Keith B. McCutcheon, USMC
• "Marine air operations in Northern Europe" / Major Robert J. O'Rourke, USMC
• "Stop quibbling and win the war" / Major John E. Valliere, USAF
• "Who really needs Marine TacAir?" / Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Linn, USMC.

The U.S. Naval Institute Chronicles series focuses on the relevance of history by exploring topics like significant battles, personalities, and service components. Tapping into the U.S. Naval Institute's robust archives, these carefully selected volumes help readers understand nuanced subjects by providing unique perspectives and some of the best contributions that have helped shape naval thinking over the many decades since the Institute's founding in 1873. Famous as "boots on the ground, " U.S. Marines have long played a vital role in the air as well. In these pages, readers will find both history and analysis as Naval Institute authors record and assess this lesser-known but significant aspect of "Leatherneck" combat over the last century.
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The men who ventured into the air in the Navy's first aircraft were not onlydaring-they had vision, persistence, and a nearly unlimited determination toconvince the skeptics that their frail kite-like structures could someday possessmilitary value. Wings for the Fleet is the story of their trials, tragedies, andtriumphs. These men patched cooling systems with chewing gum, lived by"crash, repair, and fly again, " but succeeded in developing this new service intoan effective arm of the fleet. Wings for the Fleet, first published in 1966, covers the fascinating details ofthose pioneering days from 1910 to the entry of the United States into WorldWar I. All of the heroic "early birds" are here with full accounts of theirexploits. Admiral van Deurs, himself a naval aviator since the early 1920s, rendered a significant service by his careful preparation of this well-balanced, thoroughly illustrated historical account, which comes complete withappendixes listing early naval aviators and the planes they flew. Over onehundred photographs were selected from official and private sources toillustrate this book.
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• Send me a hero
• Lessons from the brotherhood
• How to be brave
• How to kill right
• Leadership secrets of the SEALs
• Why we fight
• Everyone must serve
• Bridging the military-civilian divide
• The debt we owe our warriors
• United we stand.

"A Navy SEAL commander explores the practical and philosophical questions of heroic service that have emerged about America's past decade at war, from the qualities of heroes and the reasons we fight to how war impacts families and whether or not soldiers can be held accountable for wartime actions, "--NoveList.

• The early years: 1921-1940
• Formation for military service
• the U.S. Naval Academy: 1940-1943
• World War II submariner: 1943-1946
• Formation for the Society of Jesus: 1946-1958
• Fleet ballistic missile submarine chaplain: 1958-1961
• Circuit rider, recruit chaplain, and Alaska pastor: 1961-1966
• Return to the Naval Academy: 1966-1969
• War chaplain
• Vietnam: 1969-1970
• Florida, Hawaii, and New London again: 1970-1976
• Command climax
• Norfolk: 1976-1980
• Jesuit Retreat Master and Pastor: 1981-1988
• Epilogue: Jake Laboon
• the legacy.

• The early years: 1921-1940
• Formation for military service
• the U.S. Naval Academy: 1940-1943
• World War II submariner: 1943-1946
• Formation for the Society of Jesus: 1946-1958
• Fleet ballistic missile submarine chaplain: 1958-1961
• Circuit rider, recruit chaplain, and Alaska pastor: 1961-1966
• Return to the Naval Academy: 1966-1969
• War chaplain
• Vietnam: 1969-1970
• Florida, Hawaii, and New London again: 1970-1976
• Command climax
• Norfolk: 1976-1980
• Jesuit Retreat Master and Pastor: 1981-1988
• Epilogue: Jake Laboon
• the legacy.

• The Beginning
• Naval Air Combat in the First World War
• Manipulation and Muddle
• Recovery, 1930-1940
• The Operational Environment in the Second World War
• Types of Naval Aircraft and Combat Operations
• Penguinisms
• A Characteristic Penguin
• The Penguin Background
• Development of Carrier Operations
• Palembang : Meridian 1 and 2
• Operations Iceberg 1 and 2
• Assault on the Mainland of Japan

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Japan: An Innovative Power?
• 3. Defining Outlaws
• 4. The Root Causes of Outlaw Behaviour
• 5. North Korean 'suspicious ships'
• 6. Piracy in Southeast Asia and the Gulf of Aden
• 7. Counter-terrorism and Proliferation at Sea
• 8. Conclusion.
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In recent times, international society has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea, including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Whilst the US has promoted 'coalitions of the willing' and sought to transform international maritime law in response to these 'outlaws', Japanese governments have developed an innovative maritime security strategy centering on the Japan Coast Guard (JCG). Concerned by Japan's international image as a former imperialist power, Tokyo has relied upon the identity of the JCG as a law enforcement and rescue organization to garner support for its maritime security strategy. Japan's non-military efforts have developed the capacities of states and built institutions in the Southeast Asian region and beyond. The JCG's response to maritime 'outlaws' belies characterizations of Japan as a passive state that does not contribute to international order.
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Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy has transformed maritime security governance in Southeast Asia and beyond.
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• Forty names
• The right to wear the shirt : purpose
• How to swim fifty meters underwater without dying : confidence
• The three-foot world : fear
• The hooded box : stress
• Safe return doubtful : mind-set
• The setup : trust
• After action review : communication
• Shoot, move, and communicate : relationships
• Follow your buddy : accountability
• Comfortable being uncomfortable : discomfort
• Watch the shoes : evolution
• Killing : compartmentalization
• Last stop on the speeding train.

Recounts definitive moments from the author's career as a Navy SEAL, discussing the missions that had the greatest personal meaning for him and explaining the lessons and values he hopes to pass on to the next generation.

• Tables; Figures; Foreword; A Note on the End of an Era; Acknowledgments; Introduction; What Created Success?; Strategic Culture; Relevance of the Study;
• 1. Preparing for War: Naval Education Between the World Wars; Introduction; Studying "The Right Stuff"; Study, Gaming, and Wartime Reality; The Naval Air Debate; The Carrier Debate; The Debate over Doctrine; War Plans; Implications for the War against Japan; Preparing for War; The United States Naval Academy and Strategic Culture; "Everybody Works but John Paul Jones"; Sound Military Decision; Strategic Culture in the Wartime Navy.

• Conclusio
• n2. The Battle of the Coral Sea; Japanese Opening Moves and Plans; Japan's Forces in the Pacific Area; The Situation in the Pacific in the Summer of 1942; Japanese Plans and Preparations; The American Plan; Operational Imperatives; The Tulagi Invasion; Prelude to the Main Action; The Main Action; Coral Sea in Retrospect: Conclusions;
• 3. The Battle of Midway; Opening Phases; The Situation in the Pacific in the Late Spring of 1942; The Commander and His Opponent; Japanese Preparations; Decisions vs. Intelligence; How the Plans Played Out.

• Prelude to Action in the Aleutians and at MidwayInformation Available to the Japanese Commander; Japanese Force Deployments; Information Available to the American Commander; American Command Relations; Aleutian Phase of the Operation; Midway Preliminary Action; Naval Air Station Midway 4 June Operations; Nagumo's Attack on Midway; Midway Carrier Action of 4 June 1942; Clash of Titans; Operations of the Hornet Air Group on 4 June; Operations of the Enterprise Air Group on 4 June; Operations of the Yorktown Air Group on 4 June; Recapping the Action; The Inevitable Japanese Counterattack.

• Death of the Kido ButaiJapan's Contemplated Night Action; Operations of 5 June; Operations of 6 June; Operations of 7 June; Midway in Retrospect: Conclusions;
• 4. The Fight for Guadalcanal: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons; Strategic Reappraisal; The Fight for Guadalcanal; Choosing a Commander; The Battle of Savo Island; Where Is Task Force 61? All the World Wonders; The Battle of the Eastern Solomons; Carrier Battle of 24 August 1942; Retirement from the Area and Aftermath; The Battle of the Eastern Solomons in Retrospect; Conclusions; Epitaph;
• 5. The Battle of Santa Cruz.

• The Battle for GuadalcanalPrelude to the Battle of Santa Cruz; Evidence of a Japanese Offensive; The Battle of Santa Cruz; The U.S. Carrier Strike; The Japanese Strikes; Results of the Battle; Continued Surface Action in the Solomons; Battle of Santa Cruz in Retrospect: Conclusions;
• 6. Battle of the Philippine Sea; Japan's "Absolute National Defense Line"; SLOCs to Victory Secured; MacArthur on a Roll; The U.S. Debate on Strategy; Executing the Combined Chiefs' Strategy; Central Solomons and New Britain: The Second Phase; Numbered Fleets; Operation "Elkton" and the Dual Advance on Rabaul.

A longtime professor at the Naval War College who once directed strategic and long-range planning for the Navy and Marine Corps in Europe considers the transformation of the U.S. Navy from a defensive-minded coastal defense force into an offensive risk-taking navy in the very early stages of World War II. Noting that none of the navy's most significant World War II leaders were commissioned before the Spanish-American War and none participated in any important offensive operations in World War I, Douglas Smith examines the premise that education, rather than experience in battle, accounts for that transformation. In this book, Smith evaluates his premise by focusing on the five carrier battles of the second world war to determine the extent to which the inter-war education of the major operational commanders translated into their decision processes, and the extent to which their interaction during their educational experiences transformed them from risk-adverse to risk-accepting in their operational concepts. His book will interest students of the Pacific War, naval aviation, education, and leadership. About the Author Douglas V. Smith is Professor of Strategy and Head of the Strategy and Policy Division at the U.S. Naval War College. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School, and Naval War College, and holds a Ph.D. in military history from Florida State University.
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• Prologue; Introduction; PART ONE: SET THE FOUNDATION;
• 1. Define the Culture and Live the Values;
• 2. Select the Best;
• 3. Promote Team over Self;
• 4. Instill a Commitment to Excellence; PART TWO: FOCUS ON PEOPLE;
• 5. Eliminate the Frozen Middle;
• 6. Cultivating Caring Relationships;
• 7. Build Strong Alliances;
• 8. Create an Effective Communication System; PART THREE: INSTILL A BIAS FOR ACTION;
• 9. Make Change the Norm;
• 10. Encourage Decisiveness;
• 11. Empower the Young;
• 12. Give the Field Priority; PART FOUR: ENSURE THE FUTURE;
• 13. Leverage Resources;
• 14. Sponsor Continual Learning.

• 15. Spotlight Excellenc
• e16. Honor HIstory and Tradition; Epilogue; Index; About the Authors.

How does the U.S. Coast Guard create, instill, and maintain leadership throughout a 40,000 member force spread across the United States? A former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and a best-selling author combine their knowledge of the subject to offer a formula for success. Donald T. Phillips, who has written eight books on leadership, asserts that the Coast Guard is a superlative example of an organization with effective leadership, loaded with leaders at all levels. From a guardsman scraping barnacles off buoys in the Gulf of Mexico to the captain of a cutter in the Gulf of Alaska to the Commandant in Washington, they know exactly what leadership is, how it works, an d why it is important. This case study in leadership uses the Coast Guard as an example for other organizations who want to imbue leadership to every single one of its members. An effective leadership beacon, the book is replete with tangible examples, vivid anecdotes, and explicit guidelines on how to instill leadership throughout an entire organization. Stories abound on Coast Guard efficiency, innovation, and heroism and many are used to illustrate the service's effectiveness and to engage the reader. From the military and government communities to the business world, a variety of organizations can benefit from this outstanding leadership guide.
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20世纪50年代, 是中国和苏联两党, 两国, 两军从共度蜜月, 激情燃烧到发生分歧, 直至反目的年代; 也是新中国海军航空兵诞生, 起飞, 爬高, 直至展翅翱翔, 叱咤海空的年代. 根据中苏两国达成的协议, 1950年至1959年, 先后有3批共200余名苏联军事顾问和专家, 不远万里来到中国, 他们分布在海军航空兵机关, 院校和部队, 规划建设蓝图, 提出各种建议, 讲授航空知识, 传教飞行技术, 解决疑难问题......中苏战友并肩携手, 团结奋斗, 共同将新中国的海空雄鹰托上蓝天. 这是一段客观存在的历史, 不应被忽视, 被忘记的历史. 20世纪50年代, 是中国和苏联两党, 两国, 两军从共度蜜月, 激情燃烧到发生分歧, 直至反目的年代; 也是新中国海军航空兵诞生, 起飞, 爬高, 直至展翅翱翔, 叱咤海空的年代. 根据中苏两国达成的协议, 1950年至1959年, 先后有3批共200余名苏联军事顾问和专家, 不远万里来到中国, 他们分布在海军航空兵机关, 院校和部队, 规划建设蓝图, 提出各种建议, 讲授航空知识, 传教飞行技术, 解决疑难问题......中苏战友并肩携手, 团结奋斗, 共同将新中国的海空雄鹰托上蓝天. 这是一段客观存在的历史, 不应被忽视, 被忘记的历史.

Known in naval slang as 'sin-bosuns', chaplains have served as an integral part of the Royal Australian Navy for a century. From Keith Mathieson, who supported his shipmates in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, to the first Australian navy chaplain to be killed in active service, George Stubbs on HMAS Sydney, this book profiles chaplains serving at sea and in naval establishments, both in war and peace. Rowan Strong examines the chaplains' role as religious ministers, counsellors, and clergy prepared to challenge naval culture from a religious standpoint. He also looks at the forces of change, including denominational rivalry and cooperation, tensions between religious and military roles, and shifts in Australian society. Royal Australian Navy chaplains have sought to serve both God and country; this book reveals the difficulties and successes of that task.
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• Emergence of naval aviation
• Naval aviation conception and birth: 1898-1912
• Development and growth: 1913-1919
• First transatlantic flight NC flying boats--design and assembly: 1918
• First transatlantic flight NC flying boats shakedown: 1918-1919
• First transatlantic flight: 1919
• Evolving the naval aviation test organization: 1913-1926
• Marine Corps aviation and Coast Guard aviation develop to support their service missions: 1917-1938
• Catapults and aircraft carriers: 1917-1926
• Years of technical advancement and growth: 1930-1935
• A new Treasury Secretary expands aviation missions: 1934-1938
• Appendices
• A. Time line of events (1776-1938)
• B. Technology inspired by the first transatlantic flight: 1919-1938
• C. List of acronyms, abbreviations, and rank structures
• Photographs and document credits.

A single comprehensive volume telling the history of early Naval Aviation; Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard This unified history of all naval aviators describes the interrelationship and mutual support of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Before 1920, the Marine Corps and Coast Guard did not own aircraft; the three sea service's aviators flew Navy aircraft on Navy missions from Navy ships and Navy Air Stations, commanded by Navy and Coast Guard aviators. It was during this unique time that the bond between them was born. This book was born of the frustration of looking for an answer and not finding it; or finding, after a long search, an answer so elementary as to be inadequate. Few, if any, books are written with balanced coverage about sea service events and people living from the beginning of the twentieth century through the volatile times of World War I and aviation's rapid advancement to 1938. The book is documented with 427 endnotes, and features 281 vintage aviation photographic images and a nautical chart of historical note embedded within its text. This balance of photographs and endnote documentation provides both a visual and written history that will come alive for the reader, who will learn that enormous creativity was involved in the birth, development and advancement of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard air forces and their aircrew's capabilities.
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• Introduction
• An Analysis of Cost Adjustment Sheets
• Differences Between Budgets and Expenditures
• Expenditures-per-Flying-Hour Growth by T/M/S
• Conclusions.

The RAND research team focused on Cost Adjustment Sheets (CASs) and their role in the Navy's Flying Hour Program (FHP) budgeting process. In recent years, most CASs have increased the FHP budget. In addition, CASs have been far more utilized by the F/A-18 program than by program offices for most other types of naval aircraft. RAND assessed the contribution of CASs to the accuracy of FHP budgets and whether CAS usage is correlated with expenditure-per-flying-hour growth. RAND also examined why CASs have been used more heavily by the F/A-18 program.

• Chalk One
• Green team
• Top five/Bottom five
• The second deck
• Delta
• Point man
• Maersk Alabama
• The long war
• Goat trails
• Something special in D.C.
• The pacer
• Killing time
• Go day
• Infil
• Khalid
• Third deck
• Geronimo
• Exfil
• Confirmation
• Touch the magic
• Epilogue.

Writing under a pseudonym to protect his anonymity, a member of the elite SEAL Team Six provides a behind-the-scenes, first-person account of all his dangerous assignments around the globe, including the training, planning and execution of his most important mission-the killing of Osama bin Laden, during which he witnessed the final moments of the terrorist's life.

• Nach dem 2. Weltkrieg- die Besatzungsmacht übernimmt die Überwachung der Ostseeküste
• Der Beginn des Aufbaus von Polizeieinheiten zur Erfüllung von Sicherungsaufgaben an der Küste
• Die Entwicklung des landgestützten Beobachtungssystems
• Der Zeitraum 1950 bis 1956
• Der Zeitraum 1956 bis 1963
• Der Zeitraum 1963 bis 1971
• Der Zeitraum 1971 bis 1990
• Die Einsatzmöglichkeiten und Aufgaben der TBK/ TBZ
• Die Einsatzmöglichkeiten und Aufgaben der GFuMK-6
• Planungen zur technischen und operativen Weiterentwicklung
• Einiges zur Organisation der operativen Führung und zur Wertung
• Die Führung der Signalstellen nach Schaffung der Seepolizei/Volkspolizei/See ab ca. 1949-50
• Die Führung der KBS nach Schaffung der NVA ab 1956
• Die Führung der Einheiten der 6. GBrK nach ihrer Unterstellung
• Was geschah mit den Beobachtungseinheiten nach dem Ende der Volksmarine?
• Geschichten und Episoden aus dem militärischen Alltag und den Anfängen der technischen Entwicklung
• "Von Anfang an dabei, Aufbau der KBS Wustrow" von Korv. Kpt. a. D. Werner Barz
• "Es geht los- in Leipzig/Plagwitz" von Prof. Dr. F. Müller
• "Das System Tintenfisch" aus Leipzig von Dr. Ing. G. Puschendorf
• Gedicht : "Die Lage" von Korv. Kptn. Heinz Naujokat
• "Das Hausschwein der KBS Boltenhagen" von Korv. Kptn. W. Barz
• "Tätig als Leiter eines Küstenbeobachtungsabschnittes" von Korv. Kptn. a.D. Dieter Kulisch
• "Leider ein KFZ-Unfall auf der KBS" Kptn.-Ltn. Bodo Röber
• "Gefechtsalarm im Morgengrauen" von Horst Westphal
• "Unsichtbare Augen" von R. Peter Bernhard
• "Alarm auf dem Windland" von Freg. Kptn. Dr. R. Rosentreter
• "Die mobile Beobachtungseinheit : Konflikte bleiben nicht aus" von Korv. Kptn. Frank Polewicz
• Schlussbemerkungen
• Fußnotenverzeichnis
• Literaturnachweis
• Abkürzungen/Erklärungen
• Personenregister
• Bildquellenverzeichnis
• Anlagen
• Anlage 1 : Standorte der Signalstellen der VP-See/KVP-See
• Anlage 2 : Standorte der KBS-TBK/TBZ
• Anlage 3 : Bezeichnung der Einheiten/ Koordinaten/FuM-Standorte
• Anlage 4 : Technische Ausrüstung der Einheiten
• Anlage 5 : Taktisch-Technische-Daten der FuM-Anlagen.

In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and North Polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explored are defense threats, drug trafficking, and border security, as well as Coast Guard personnel, training, leadership, and assets.
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• Contents: Introduction: British naval aviation: the first 100 years, Tim Benbow
• Seamen or airmen? The early days of British naval flying, Eric Grove
• Air force, Fleet Air Arm - or armoured corps? The Royal Naval Air Service at war, Eric Grove
• Competing visions: the Admiralty, the Air Ministry and the role of air power, Geoffrey Till
• The Fleet Air Arm and the struggle for the Mediterranean, 1940-44, Ben Jones
• New tricks for the old sea dogs: British naval aviation in the Pacific, 1944-45, Jon Robb-Webb
• British naval aviation and the 'radical review', 1953-55, Tim Benbow
• Limited war and crisis management: naval aviation in action from the Korean War to the Falklands conflict, Ian Speller
• The battle for CVA01, Edward Hampshire
• 'More than just spare airfields': defence policy, defence reviews and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, Lee Willett
• Index.
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In 1909 the British Admiralty placed an order for a rigid airship, marking the beginning of the Royal Navy's involvement with airpower. This collection charts the Navy's involvement with aviation over the following century, and the ways in which its rapid expansion and evolution radically altered the nature of maritime power and naval strategy. Drawing on much new historical research, the collection takes a broadly chronological approach which allows a scholarly examination of key themes from across the history of British naval aviation. The subjects tackled include long-standing controversies over the control of naval air power, crucial turning points within British defence policy and strategy, the role of naval aviation in limited war, and discussion of campaigns - such the contribution of the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of the Second World War - that have hitherto received relatively little attention. The collection concludes with a discussion of recent debates surrounding the Royal Navy's acquisition of a new generation of carriers, setting the arguments within an historical context. Taken as a whole the volume offers fascinating insights into the development of a key aspect of naval power as well as shedding new light on one of the most important aspects of Britain's defence policy and military history. By simultaneous addressing historical and current political debates, it is sure to find a ready audience and stimulate further discussion.
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• Contents: Introduction: British naval aviation: the first 100 years, Tim Benbow
• Seamen or airmen? The early days of British naval flying, Eric Grove
• Air force, Fleet Air Arm - or armoured corps? The Royal Naval Air Service at war, Eric Grove
• Competing visions: the Admiralty, the Air Ministry and the role of air power, Geoffrey Till
• The Fleet Air Arm and the struggle for the Mediterranean, 1940-44, Ben Jones
• New tricks for the old sea dogs: British naval aviation in the Pacific, 1944-45, Jon Robb-Webb
• British naval aviation and the 'radical review', 1953-55, Tim Benbow
• Limited war and crisis management: naval aviation in action from the Korean War to the Falklands conflict, Ian Speller
• The battle for CVA01, Edward Hampshire
• 'More than just spare airfields': defence policy, defence reviews and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, Lee Willett
• Index.
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In 1909 the British Admiralty placed an order for a rigid airship, marking the beginning of the Royal Navy's involvement with airpower. This collection charts the Navy's involvement with aviation over the following century, and the ways in which its rapid expansion and evolution radically altered the nature of maritime power and naval strategy. Drawing on much new historical research, the collection takes a broadly chronological approach which allows a scholarly examination of key themes from across the history of British naval aviation. The subjects tackled include long-standing controversies over the control of naval air power, crucial turning points within British defence policy and strategy, the role of naval aviation in limited war, and discussion of campaigns - such the contribution of the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of the Second World War - that have hitherto received relatively little attention. The collection concludes with a discussion of recent debates surrounding the Royal Navy's acquisition of a new generation of carriers, setting the arguments within an historical context. Taken as a whole the volume offers fascinating insights into the development of a key aspect of naval power as well as shedding new light on one of the most important aspects of Britain's defence policy and military history. By simultaneous addressing historical and current political debates, it is sure to find a ready audience and stimulate further discussion.
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For the first time ever, a Navy SEAL Team Six sniper chronicles how he became an elite warrior and the ferocious battle that nearly cost him his life.

Within six months of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. navy had slowed the empire's military advance in the Pacific so much that the United States could return to its original "Germany First" strategy. That the navy was able to accomplish this feat with only six fleet aircraft carriers and a little more than 1,000 combat aircraft was the culmination of more than two decades of determined preparation. This thorough study summarizes the factors critical in shaping naval aviation after World War I, including naval treaties, fleet tactics, government programs, leadership and organization, and the emergence of Marine Corps and Coast Guard aviation. Detailed technical drawings of individual aircrafts, airships, and ship development illustrate the 22-year process of trial and error that ultimately enabled U.S. naval aviation to prevail during the early months of World War II.
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• Round one : Katrina slams Florida
• Round two : Katrina flattens the Gulf Coast
• "There's thousands of them" : the afternoon of the storm
• The maritime and environmental disaster
• First responses : Mississippi and Alabama
• Wet Tuesday in New Orleans
• Wet Tuesday II : the air rescues intensify
• Wednesday, August 31 : Operation Dunkirk, Zephyr Field, and Station New Orleans
• August 31 : "The skies are orange"
• September 1 : the watershed day
• September 2 : the welcome and the unwelcome in New Orleans
• September 3 : flying boats over New Orleans
• September 4 : the tide peaks
• September 5-15 : the tide recedes
• Sector Mobile deals with the destruction
• Restoring the Gulf Coast waterways
• Hurricane Rita and a conclusion.

Brian Allen first went to sea as a naval aviation officer cadet aboard HMS Indefatigable in 1952 , bound for Gibraltar. In 1954 he was appointed to Lossiemouth for fighter training and flew the Vampire T22. In December 1955 Brian joined 737 Squadron where he was attached to the Anti-Submarine Training Course flying the Fairey Barracuda. On completion he was destined to fly the then new Fairey Gannet twin turbo prop anti-submarine aircraft. July 1955, and now with 825 Squadron, saw his introduction of the new aircraft, a very different machine to the Barracuda.The Squadron joined HMS Albion on 10 January 1956, as she preceded down Channel in the company of her sister ship HMS Centaur, outwards bound for the Far East. After this tour was completed 825 Squadron was disbanded and Brian was transferred to 751 Squadron aboard HMS Warrior, an old WWII carrier with none of the latest facilities of his previous ship and on its final commission. However, his greatest shock was to discover that he would not be flying a Gannet, but the rather elderly Grumman Avenger, a very different aeroplane with a tail wheel and a piston engine. This would require a great change in take-off and landing technique. In February 1957 Warrior sailed west for the Panama Canal and thence into the Pacific where she and her aircraft would assist in Operation Grapple, the tests of Britain's first atomic bombs. During this operation Brian's adventures included dislodging the padre's kidney stone upon a catapult launch, denting the flight deck by a heavy landing and ditching close to the beach after an engine failure. Having converted to helicopters Brian was posted to 815 Squadron aboard HMS Albion in 1960 flying the Whirlwind Mk 7. During this posting he survived another ditching when his helicopter lost power and sunk. Having returned from a long Far Eastern voyage, Brian was now posted into The Helicopter Trials and Development Unit and it was whilst experimenting in a prototype Wasp that an accident, in which his crewman perished, was to injure him so severely that he was unable to fly again. He completed his commission as an Air Traffic Control Officer.Brian is now retired and lives in Cornwall.
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• Introduction
• The experimental era : U.S. Navy aviation before 1916
• Eyes of the fleet : how flying boats transformed War Plan Orange
• Ships in the sky
• Big guns versus wooden decks : naval aviation officer personnel, 1911-1941
• Admiral Joseph Mason "Bull" Reeves, father of navy carrier aviation
• Aviation in the interwar fleet maneuvers, 1919-1940
• The two-ocean Navy Act of 1940 : the impact on American preparedness for World War II
• U.S. aircraft carrier evolution, 1911-1945
• Foundation for victory : U.S. Navy aircraft development, 1922-1945
• Straight up : vertical flight in the U.S. Navy
• The transition to swept-wing jets
• Naval aviation in the Korean and Vietnam wars
• By land and sea : non-carrier naval aviation
• U.S. aircraft carrier evolution : 1945-2011
• Conclusions.

Published to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy Aviation, this book chronicles Navy aviation from its earliest days, before the Navy's first aircraft carrier joined the fleet, through the modern jet era marked by the introduction of the F-18 Hornet. It tells how naval aviation got its start, profiles its pioneers, and explains the early bureaucracy that fostered and sometimes inhibited its growth. The book then turns to the refinement of carrier aviation doctrine and tactics and the rapid development of aircraft and carriers, highlighting the transition from propeller-driven aircraft to swept wing jets in the period after WW II. Land-based Navy aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft and rigid airships, and balloons are also considered in this sweeping tribute.
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This book describes in considerable detail the people, events ships and aircraft that shaped the Air Service from its origins in the late 19th century to its demise in 1945. The formative years began when a British Naval Mission was established in Japan in 1867 to advise on the development of balloons for naval purposes. After the first successful flights of fixed-wing aircraft in the USA and Europe, the Japanese navy sent several officers to train in Europe as pilots and imported a steady stream of new models to evaluate.During World War One Japan became allied with the UK and played a significant part in keeping the German fleets of ships and submarines at bay in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. However, in the international naval treaties that followed they felt betrayed, since the number of capital ships, battleships and cruisers, that they were allowed was below those of the USA and the UK.Aircraft carriers were not included, so a program of carrier building was started and continued until World War Two. At the same time they developed an aircraft industry and at the beginning of war their airplanes were comparable, and in some instances superior, to those of the British and Americans.Much prewar experience was gained during Japans invasion of China, but their continued anger with America festered and resulted in their becoming allied with Germany, Italy and the Vichy France during World War Two. There followed massive successful attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, the Southern Islands, Port Darwin and New Guinea.The British were decimated and the USA recoiled at the onslaught, taking over a year to regroup and take the war to the Imperial Japanese forces. Throughout the conflict many sea battles were fought and the name Zero became legendary. When Japan eventually capitulated after the Atomic bombs were dropped the Japanese Imperial Air Service was disbanded.

C4I systems have evolved rapidly over the last few decades, and the cost of keeping these products up-to-date on new and in-service U.S. Navy ships is high due to configuration, integration, testing, and other challenges. Looking across a specific set of completed C4I upgrades, the authors found evidence of cost improvement, a high level of variability in costs, and a trend toward overestimating the installation-labor costs of certain upgrades.

• Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction;
• Chapter 1 Aviation for the NavyFrom the Start to 1939;
• Chapter 2 The Fleet Air Arm in the Atlantic;
• Chapter 3 The Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean;
• Chapter 4 Prosecuting the War in India andthe Far East;
• Chapter 5 Korea: the Seafire Interlude;
• Chapter 6 Korea: the Sea Fury Years;
• Chapter 7 Sea Furies in Korean Skies;
• Chapter 8 From Suez to the Falklands;
• Chapter 9 From the Falklands to the Future;
• Appendix 1 Carrier Details;
• Appendix 2 Aircraft Specifications; Bibliography; Index.

This is the story of British naval flying from aircraft carriers, from its conception in World War One to the present day. It includes the types of aircraft and the men who flew them, the carriers and the evolution of their designs, the theatres of war in which they served and their notable achievements and tragedies. It traces navy flying from the early days of the biplane, through the rapid developments during World War Two to the post-war introduction of jet-powered flight. The British inventions of the angled flight deck and later vertical landing jets revolutionised sea warfare and allowed the carrier to play a vital part in many recent land wars when naval aircraft flew in support of Allied land forces.Although the British carriers have always been smaller than their American counterparts, the Royal Navy and its aircraft have always been in the van of the development of ships and aircraft. This is the proud history of British Naval flying and ships such as HMS Eagle, HMS Hermes, HMS Glorious, HMS Ark Royal and many more.
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• Part I: Beginnings (1812-1821)
• Social conditions and disease prevention in early nineteenth century Britain
• Britain's major maritime organisations, shipyards, and London's docks
• Conditions of service in the mercantile organisations
• Diseases afflicting sailors before 1821
• The SHS's precursor: early meetings aimed at London's homeless: 'Most of the destitutes seem to be sailors'
• 'This laudable institution': the permanent society is launched in 1821
• Part II: The days of the hospital-ships (1821-1870)
• John Lydekker (1778-1832): a benefaction leading to the Act of Incorporation, and other fund-raising initiatives
• The hospital-ships
• Conditions of service on the hospital-ships
• Fundraising in the days of the ships
• Diseases on the hospital-ships
• Administrators, physicians and surgeons who served during the ship era
• Part III: The SHS in 'full swing' (1870-1939)
• Transfer of facilities to the infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich - in 1870
• Expansion of facilities - at the Dreadnought, and further afield
• The society's expanding staff - 1870-1914
• Diseases encountered by the Society 1870-1914
• Nursing and nurse-training at the Dreadnought and AHD: establishment of a school on Nightingale lines
• Genesis of the first school for tropical diseases - at the ADH
• The London School of Clinical Medicine (1906-14), and structural changes to the Dreadnought Hospital
• Part IV: (1914-2006) Two world wars, introduction of the National Health Service, and insidious decline of the society
• The Great War (1914-18)
• the inter-war years
• and several new facilities
• Staffing during the Great War and inter-war years
• The Second World War (1939-45): introduction of the National Health Service (1948)
• and decline in the Society's activities
• Disease(s) at the society's hospitals ain the latter years of the twentieth century
• The society's staff in recent times
• The society (and its tropical medicine component) in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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In this unique, highly detailed examination, Gordon C Cook explores disease in the merchant navy through the history of the Seamen's Hospital Society. From its foundation in 1812, until the present day, the Seamen's Hospital Society has been responsible for the physical welfare of merchant seamen and has headed many remarkable advances in medical science. This handsome volume is ideal for all those with an interest in the Seamen's Hospital Society, medical and naval historians, and general readers with an interest in maritime and naval history.
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• 1 Front Matter
• 2 Executive Summary
• 3 1 Introduction
• 4 2 Strategic and Technology Planning and Disruptive Capabilities for Naval Aviation
• 5 3 Science and Technology for the Disruptive Capabilities
• 6 4 Science and Technology Planning for Naval Aviation
• 7 Appendix A Terms of Reference
• 8 Appendix B Committee Meeting Agendas
• 9 Appendix C Committee and Staff Biographies
• 10 Appendix D Allocation of Funding in the Naval Aviation Program at the Office of Naval Research
• 11 Appendix E Acronyms and Abbreviations.
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The Department of Defense is developing the means to transform the nationa (TM)s armed forces to meet future military challenges. For the Navy and Marine Corps, this vision is encompassed in Naval Power 21. Many new war-fighting concepts will be needed to implement this vision, and the ONR has requested the NRC to identify new science and technology opportunities for new naval aviation capabilities to support those concepts. This report presents an assessment of what they imply for naval aviation, an analysis of some capabilities that, if developed, would make a significant contribution to realizing those concepts, and an identification of key technologies in which ONR could invest to achieve those capabilities. In particular, the report focuses on seven key capabilities: multispectral defense, unmanned air operations, hypersonic weapons delivery, fast-kill weapons, heavy-lift air transport, intelligent combat information management, and omniscient intelligence.
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Explores acceleration of the pace at which the U.S. Coast Guard can acquire surface and air assets that it will operate in the deepwater environment (50 or more nautical miles from shore) and whether the original Integrated Deepwater System program to modernize its aging cutters and aircraft will provide the Coast Guard with a force structure to meet the demands of its traditional missions and emerging responsibilities. 450-character abstract: Explores whether the pace at which the U.S. Coast Guard can acquire surface and air assets that it will operate in the deepwater environment (50 or more nautical miles from shore) can be accelerated and whether the original Integrated Deepwater System program to modernize its aging ships and aircraft will provide the Coast Guard with a force structure to meet the demands of its traditional missions and emerging responsibilities as part of the new Department of Homeland Security.
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• LZ-126 : birthplace Friedrichshafen
• ZR-3 : homeport Lakehurst
• Balloons and billets : lighter-than-air training
• Rosendahl's reign
• Testbed for the new ships
• Grounded.

In September 1955, Navy Lieutenant Commander Grover B. Windham and a crew of eight flew out of Guantanamo Bay into the eye of Hurricane Janet - a routine weather reconnaissance mission from which they never returned. In the wake of World War II, the Air Force and the Navy discovered new civilian arenas where pilots could test their courage and skill - weather reconnaissance was one of them. Hurricane hunters flew into raging storms to gauge their strength and predict their paths. Without the modern technology of the 21st century they relied on rudimentary radar systems to locate the hurricane's eye and estimated the drift of their aircraft by looking at the windblown waves below. Drawing from Navy documents and interviews with members of the squadron and relatives of the crew, this book reconstructs the ill-fated mission, from preflight checks to the moment of their final transmission.
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With the advent of the atomic bomb in 1945 and its impact on strategic thinking, the future of naval aviation looked bleak. Rapid demobilization after the war eliminated many carriers, and most policy makers believed that future wars would be fought with nuclear weapons delivered by land-based aircraft. In "Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers", Jerry Miller traces the struggle of respected naval leaders to promote a different vision and the innovations in the design and engineering of carriers and aircraft that resulted. He argues that the Navy's hard-won nuclear capability played a significant role in ending the Cold War.
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`A must-have for any serious scholar of the Pacific War' -Air & Space `An illuminating roadmap following the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its inception in 1909 to its devastating capability on the eve of the Pacific war' -Sea Power `Undoubtedly one of the most important books concerning World War II to appear in the last decade' -The Hook This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prize-winning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific War. In the process of explaining the navy's essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English of Japan's naval air campaign over China from 1937 to 1941. A final chapter analyzes the utter destruction of Japanese naval air power by 1944. Peattie traces the development of the Imperial Navy's land-based air power as well as the evolution of its carrier forces. He also treats the salient aspects of Japan's naval air service: training, personnel, tactics, doctrine, technology, and industrial base. In doing so, Peattie combines data found in previous handbooks with important new information derived from Japanese-language sources. Includes extensive appendices, detailed drawings and data on Japanese carriers and naval aircraft, and information on Japanese naval air bases and land-based air groups as of 7 December 1941. About the Author Mark R. Peattie is the author, co-author, and co-editor of many books, including the award-winning Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941, coauthored with the late David Evans.
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• Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments;
• 1. The Navy Tests Its Wings: Japanese Naval Aviation, 1909-1921;
• 2. Airborne: Japanese Naval Aircraft and Naval Air Tactics, 1920-1936;
• 3. Flight Decks: Japanese Carriers and Carrier Doctrine, 1920-1941;
• 4. Soaring: Japanese Naval Aircraft and the Japanese Aircraft Industry, 1937-1941;
• 5. Attacking a Continent: The Navy's Air War in China, 1937-1941;
• 6. Forging the Thunderbolt: Japanese Naval Air Power as an Offensive System, 1937-1941;
• 7. Descending in Flame: Japanese Naval Air Power Destroyed.

• Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches
• Appendix 2: Glossary of Naval Aviation Terms;
• Appendix 3: Generic Organization of Japanese Naval Aviation;
• Appendix 4: Naval Aviation Vessels;
• Appendix 5: Naval Air Bases and Land-Based Air Groups;
• Appendix 6: Principal Naval Aircraft;
• Appendix 7: Naval Aircraft Designation Systems;
• Appendix 8: Principal Naval Aircraft Engines; Appendix 9:The Hineri-komi (""Turning-in"") Maneuver; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

`A must-have for any serious scholar of the Pacific War' -Air & Space `An illuminating roadmap following the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its inception in 1909 to its devastating capability on the eve of the Pacific war' -Sea Power `Undoubtedly one of the most important books concerning World War II to appear in the last decade' -The Hook This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prize-winning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific War. In the process of explaining the navy's essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English of Japan's naval air campaign over China from 1937 to 1941. A final chapter analyzes the utter destruction of Japanese naval air power by 1944. Peattie traces the development of the Imperial Navy's land-based air power as well as the evolution of its carrier forces. He also treats the salient aspects of Japan's naval air service: training, personnel, tactics, doctrine, technology, and industrial base. In doing so, Peattie combines data found in previous handbooks with important new information derived from Japanese-language sources. Includes extensive appendices, detailed drawings and data on Japanese carriers and naval aircraft, and information on Japanese naval air bases and land-based air groups as of 7 December 1941. About the Author Mark R. Peattie is the author, co-author, and co-editor of many books, including the award-winning Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941, coauthored with the late David Evans.
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A pictorial account of the changing role of US naval aircraft since the end of World War II - from protector of the United States forces and symbol of American power throughout the world to international avenger and peacekeeper. Focusing on the aircraft and the personnel who fly and service them, the book features a range of different aircraft types - from the FD-2 Phantom (the first US pure jet to land aboard an aircraft carrier) to the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet heavy carrier-based fighters of the 1990s. US maritime power has its beginnings in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945, when carrier-borne aircraft won overwhelming victories against the Imperial Japanese Navy at Guadalcanal, the Marianas, and Okinawa - all but erasing the black memory of Pearl Harbour. Post-war, America benefited greatly from German wartime aeronautical research and British developments in jet engine and carrier technology. As the Cold War intensified, America could not afford to lag behind, especially when the uneasy peace in Korea was shattered in 1950 and American aircraft were confronted with the MiG-15 for the first time. This gave rise to the development of supersonic fighter planes, such as the A-4 Skyhawk, used in the controversial bombing campaigns against North Vietnam in the late '60s and early '70s. By the mid-1980s, US naval carrier-based aircraft proved a very efficient avenger - and deterrent - in the fight against international terrorism. Most recently, during the Gulf War of 1991, naval units at sea joined forces with the land-based strike aircraft in Operation "Desert Storm", when the US Navy averaged 125-150 sorties per day per carrier. This text contains more than 200 photographs from official US Navy archives and private collections - many of which are previously unpublished.
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