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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.

• Conclusion2. 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 Excellence16. 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.

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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