Download or read book Bluejacket Memoirs of a U S Navy Sailor written by AE Kirkpatrick OSC/USN., Ret. and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bluejacket: Memoirs of a U.S. Navy Sailor By: AE Kirkpatrick OSC/USN., Ret. In this fascinating memoir, AE Kirkpatrick provides a glimpse into an enlisted man’s career in the 70s and 80s. Kirkpatrick explains the training, technology, and life experiences during his time with the Navy. He shows the tedium and boredom a man feels as well as the trials he faces while traveling to foreign parts of the world. All in all, it is an upbeat tale any reader can relate to!
Download or read book Bluejacket written by Fred J. Buenzle and published by Naval Inst Press. This book was released on 1939 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A graphic memoir of the enlisted man's life in the U.S. Navy of the 1890s.
Download or read book Jack Nastyface written by William Robinson and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in 1836, this was one of the very first authentic accounts of life in the Nelsonic navy from the viewpoint of the common sailor. William Robinson, whose pseudonym may well have been his lower-deck nickname, volunteered for naval service in May 1805. This was in itself unusual at the time, but, rather more true to form, he eventually deserted in 1811. In his six years as an ordinary seaman he saw much action, including fighting at Trafalgar in the 74-gun Revenge, when he was involved with the celebrated rescue of Jeanette, the French woman plucked naked from the sea. He was also present at the attack on the French fleet at Basque Roads, the ill-fated expedition to Walcheren and was later on a ship carrying men and supplies to Wellington in the Peninsula. These 'forecastle recollections' also tell us much about the everyday routine of shipboard life and, in particular, the fierce disciplinary regimes, with its range of draconian punishments." "What makes the memoirs so valuable is that Jack Nastyface was an intelligent observer, who never became embittered by the harsh conditions, and who wrote a wholly credible account with insight, verve and humour."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Darker Than Navy Blue written by Nicole Strong and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicole joins the Navy and excels through training and firefighting school. She even proves herself by qualifying into the field of Explosive Ordnance Disposal. All she has to do is persuade her command to authorize a transfer into her dream job. But trapped aboard a ship and the target of sexual predators, Nicole must find a way to survive.
Download or read book Life in a Blue Suit written by Gerard McLennan and published by Eloquent Books. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 25 years in the Royal Australian Navy, a Captain prepares for a new life back on land. Confronted by his last night at sea before joining the civilian world once again, the Captain reflects on his life and the voyages that have taken him from his days as a young lad growing up in the inner suburbs of Melbourne to his early days of service in Southeast Asia to his command of a guided missile frigate. In the midst of a mid-life crisis and the premature end of his Navy career, the Captain realizes that life in a blue suit is very different from life on land, but no matter where our lives take us we are always the Captain of our own ship. Author Bio: Gerard McLennan has been writing all his life, but this is his first "factional" novel based on his own life experiences. He is influenced by authors such as Ernest Hemingway and Joseph Conrad. McLennan lives in Sydney, Australia and works as the managing director of a professional services company. Despite being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2002, McLennan continues to write his life story. His next book, Life in a Grey Suit, will be a sequel to his current book and feature his experiences as a civilian defense consultant.
Download or read book A Sailor of Fortune written by Bradley Sillick Osbon and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Aberdeen written by Steven Stoker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-11-24 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ship Ahoy!" and "Bon Voyage!" Join the author as he takes you on a journey unlike any you may have imagined! See what the U.S. Navy's "boot camp" was really like! Feel the frustration and joy that comes with months of constant military training, or the fear that comes with wartime duties! Experience exotic ports of call as the author takes you to far corners of the planet-locations that most Americans can only imagine! See the world through the eyes of a sailor or perhaps just trigger lost memories from events in your own naval history. Let Beyond Aberdeen: A Bluejacket Diary tell you how a farm boy from Idaho gave up the life he knew for the promise of service, travel, and adventure as an electronics technician in the United States Navy! Watch as maturity, responsibility, and the legacy of a small town upbringing all work together to turn a boy into a man!
Download or read book Bluejacket written by Chet Bright and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From World War II to Korea to Vietnam, Chet Bright handled some of the Navy's most dangerous jobs. He faced the prospect of death at sea many times, but he lived for the adventure. Bluejacket is the story of those adventures, from his days at war to his post-military years sailing the Caribbean. He gave his life to the sea. In return, it gave him these memories.
Download or read book Memoirs of a Sailor written by D. Kent and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Navy, memories of seven years service from 1954-1961
Download or read book Memories of a Blue jacket 1872 1918 written by Patrick Riley and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Sailor s Survival written by T. N. Catlow and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jack Nasty Face written by William Robinson and published by Blackwattle Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If history is written by the victor, the history of 19th Century Britain is indelibly linked to ?the wooden walls of Old England? - the Navy. In the 1820s numerous former Naval officers put quill to paper to recount their great adventures and the victories that helped extend the British Empire. Invariably, they credited the British seamen, in every part of the world, for ?enlarging the domains of religion and civilization? and for offering ?the oppressed asylum and fighting the scourge of tyranny.' In reality, life on board for many a common seaman was marked by oppression and brutal punishment, metered out by officers and sanctioned by the government. For a sailor from the lower deck to write of his experiences in battle or criticize the Navy and its harsh disciplinary practices was virtually unheard of until 1836, when William Robinson published his powerful and controversial book, A Nautical Economy; Or Forecastle Recollections of Events During the Last War. This new edition is the first to provide both reviews of the book at the time of its release in 1836 and details of the author's life after he departed the Navy.
Download or read book The Thunder and the Sunshine written by Jeffry V. Brock and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bluejacket written by David Francis and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is my deeply personal and highly interesting story of a long naval career, advancing from Seaman to Captain, a Navy family, separations and hardship, sweet homecomings and arduous duty aboard United States Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines. The Cold War was my war. During my 33 years of naval service, many people taught me many things. In return, I offer to others valuable lessons learned and hard-earned advice. Prepare to dive."
Download or read book Shooting the War written by Otto Giese and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war diary of former German naval officer Otto Giese recounts a seafaring career of extraordinary scope. It begins with the dawning of World War II, while the author is a junior officer on board the ocean liner SS Columbus, and continues through his confinement in a British prisoner-of-war camp after the war. Readers will be moved by the author's ability to put a human face on the German experience of the war. The book contains more than 100 Leica-quality photographs, an exceptional assortment taken by Giese throughout his wartime service that offers a unique historical overview. Also included are vivid accounts of the scuttling of the Columbus, furtive blockade running, and the arduous life of the men who served in Germany's fleet of "gray wolves" as they prowled the polar sea and other remote corners of the world. Even with Germany's surrender, the war was far from over for Giese and his comrades, who remained deep in the Malayan jungle until captured by the British and imprisoned in the infamous Changi Jail. Interspersed among tales of hardship and loss are colorful anecdotes that relay joy and camaraderie. Whether it be plots to escape detention at Angel Island, the unlikely processing of German seamen at Ellis Island, or a stint "policing" guerrilla warfare in the Malayan jungle, the author greets the incongruous moments of war and life with equanimity. At the same time his memoirs offer an unwavering assessment of the dictates of duty.
Download or read book Memories of a Blue jacket 1872 1918 With Plates Including Portraits written by Patrick RILEY (Gunnery Instructor in the Royal Navy.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Life Among the Blue jackets written by Agnes Weston and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
