Download or read book Ho Ho Weekend Warrior written by Paul Borick and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-10-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL CONCERNING MILITARY RESERVE UNITS FORM POST WORLD WAR II DAYS TO THE PRESENT. CAREERS, ATTITUDES, ASSIGNMENTS AND PERSONAL LIFE ARE REPRESENTED. LIVES AND TIMES IN THE RESERVES ARE TRACED THROUGH THE KOREAN CONFLICT, THE BERLIN CRISIS, THE CUBAN FIASCO AND FINALLY VIET NAM. THE RESERVISTS, THE WEEKEND WARRIORS ARE SHOWN IN THEIR DUTIES, INTERESTS, THEIR WORK, THEIR LOVES, BOREDOM AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE FUTURE. WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS SPENT AWAY FROM HOME LEAD TO JOYS AND FRUSTRATIONS, BECAUSE OF WORLD CONDITIONS. RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND NATIONAL GUARD, AS WELL AS REGULARS WHO EXPERIENCED THESE ACTIONS WILL SEE THEMSELVES IN THE VARIOUS ROLES DEPICTED IN THIS STORY.

Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Download or read book Confessions of a Weekend Warrior written by Brig. Gen. Paul “Greg” Smith, US Army (retired) and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's National Guard was once considered a ragtag gaggle of pretend soldiers. Beginning in the 1980s the National Guard gradually transformed into today's highly flexible operational force that answers our nation's call for overseas combat deployments as well as domestic emergencies that run the gamut from lifesaving disaster responses to staffing Covid clinics. Brigadier General Paul "Greg" Smith describes his personal journey during these years, from a callow cadet to a committed commander leading military forces in response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Smith gives a humorous, gritty, and sometimes touching glimpse into the inner workings of this unique military organization while offering portraits of the men and women who serve as the minutemen of our age. His reflections on service, duty, and the complexities of command will enlighten anyone who seeks to better understand the challenges of leadership.

Download or read book Weekend Warriors written by Paul L. Cooper and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weekend Warriors chronicles experiences of Naval Air Reservists called unexpectedly into active service. This account highlights the role of Naval Aviation during the initial stages of the Korean War. The author, a reservist at Naval Air Station Oakland CA, was among those ordered to report for active duty. The author recorded many of their experiences in a personal diary. The book relates how the sudden mobilization altered the personal lives of recalled members of reserve fighter squadron VF-871. The squadron immediately began preparing to serve aboard aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CV 37). The squadron was a key component of a replacement air group aboard the Princeton composed of ¿Regular¿ and ¿Reserve¿ squadrons. VF-871 pilots soon began flying varied combat missions over targets in Korea. Regrettably, three squadron pilots lost their lives flying missions during the deployment. A total of seven squadron F4U-4 Corsair aircraft were also lost in combat.

Download or read book To Lead by the Unknowing to Do the Unthinkable written by Michael Waseleski and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Lead by the Unknowing, To Do the Unthinkable tells the story of a squad of marines on the front line of the war in Iraq. It tells of the battles the marines were in and how they had to improvise, adapt, and overcome to complete their missions, as well as the personal struggles they endured and their thoughts while the war was unfolding right in front of them. From Marine Corps boot camp to life out of the marines, To Lead by the Unknowing, To Do the Unthinkable is a must read.

Download or read book El Rojo written by Reds Helmey and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savannah is known for its Victorian-style homes, lovely squares, society balls, and colorful people. One such notable Savannahian is Robert “Reds” Helmey. On Super Bowl Sunday in 1969, the day Joe Namath was picking apart the Baltimore Colts’ seemingly invincible secondary defense, Reds Helmey was hijacking a United Airlines flight to Havana. Acting as a lone ranger, this former Green Beret was bent on a mission to single-handedly pick through a myriad of personal security defenses to get Fidel Castro. On January 11, Reds boarded a commercial 727 from Miami and forced its pilot to fly to Cuba. As the jet approached Havana, he had the pilot send a transmission to flight control. The actual radio transmission to air traffic control at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport was, “Tell Fidel El Rojo is coming.” “Overwhelming patriotism of a citizen soldier. Reds would go the extra miles for his country; he just had his own way of doing things and I’m glad he did.” —Curtis E. Harper, LTC USAR, Ret. Ex-Marine, Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, Master Parachutist, and decorated Vietnam combat veteran “An assassination plot [one of many, as documented by former contract agents of CIA] against Fidel Castro was spawned by CIA in 1969, using a special forces operative, Reds Helmey.” —Barbara Hartwell Former CIA Psychological Operations “Helmey kept belief in ‘CIA Plot.’” —Corbett H. Thigpen Psychiatrist and coauthor of The Three Faces of Eve “A reader could easily conclude that the author’s fascinating life and exciting reflections are fiction. Not so! Reds is a unique and patriotic American who has lived a life that many would envy. I have known him for over sixty years, and the book represents the Reds Helmey I know!” —Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler Trial Attorney over fifty years, former president of the State Bar of Georgia, and past president of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association “I found the story fascinating!” —John Berendt Author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil “Reds has a good sense of character and dialogue. The sexual interludes are very well done, with understated humor. A nice feel for rhythm. Never overdone. Simple, yet solid.” —William F. Nolan The prolific author of over sixty novels and books of nonfiction, including Logan’s Run

Download or read book Blind Search written by Paula Munier and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Army MP Mercy Carr and her retired bomb-sniffing dog Elvis are back in Blind Search, the sequel to the page-turning, critically acclaimed A Borrowing of Bones It’s October, hunting season in the Green Mountains—and the Vermont wilderness has never been more beautiful or more dangerous. Especially for nine-year-old Henry, who’s lost in the woods. Again. Only this time he sees something terrible. When a young woman is found shot through the heart with a fatal arrow, Mercy thinks that something is murder. But Henry, a math genius whose autism often silences him when he should speak up most, is not talking. Now there’s a murderer hiding among the hunters in the forest—and Mercy and Elvis must team up with their crime-solving friends, game warden Troy Warner and search-and-rescue dog Susie Bear, to find the killer—before the killer finds Henry. When an early season blizzard hits the mountains, cutting them off from the rest of the world, the race is on to solve the crime, apprehend the murderer, and keep the boy safe until the snowplows get through. Inspired by the true search-and-rescue case of an autistic boy who got lost in the Vermont wilderness, Paula Munier's mystery is a compelling roller coaster ride through the worst of winter—and human nature.

Download or read book Shadows written by Peter J. Manos and published by Melange Books, LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles are sitting ducks on hair-trigger alert, they have their supporters: the air force, the aero-space industry, and people whose jobs may depend on them. So who will campaign against a new, unnecessary, and dangerous silo-based missile? Why a seventy-eight-year-old red-headed widow, of course, who sometimes wears a witch’s hat.

Download or read book Weekend Warriors written by Mac Marshall and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1979 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique blend of historical investigation, cross-cultural comparison, and in-depth analysis, Weekend Warriors draws parallels between past traditions of aggression and the present-day problem of drunkenness on the Pacific island of Truk. Marshall demonstrates that many of our beliefs about drinking and drunkenness may be faulty and that a genuine understanding demands a social and cultural approach as well as a medical one.

Download or read book Ho onani Hula Warrior written by Heather Gale and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school. Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part of it. But can a girl really lead the all-male troupe? Ho'onani has to try . . . Based on a true story, Ho'onani: Hula Warrior is a celebration of Hawaiian culture and an empowering story of a girl who learns to lead and learns to accept who she really is--and in doing so, gains the respect of all those around her. Ho'onani's story first appeared in the documentary A Place in the Middle by filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson.

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Download or read book Don t Pull A Knife In Texas written by Darren Gallagher and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling, unlikely tale that is certainly not pretty in parts and rip tearingly funny in others; this book shines a light on modern day America through a bleary eyed Aussie larrikin. From bikers to rockers to movie stars and shockers with a few trip Hazzards along the way, this true-story will have you growing chest hair in no time but above all things remember; you should never pull a knife in Texas

Download or read book The Silver Dollar Kid written by John Houston Batchelor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not another saga of the Old West or a who-done-it, nor is it a children's book, but simply the true story of my unusual life. It is as accurate, honest, and true as far as my memory permits. I will be judged harshly for some for my actions, but it is not about right or wrong or good or bad; it is only about what happened and led me to develop into the person that I have become through my many adventures and what I did about them. I have no intention of trying to flower it up, to be more appealing. It is not a fictional story. I have included situations that stick out the most in my mind and just omitted many other experiences that were interesting to me but probably not to others. I have also just omitted some names of those who do not wish to be identified. My intention was not to embarrass anybody else, but just maybe myself. It is all now just water under the bridge, and I couldn't go back and change anything, even if I wanted to, which I don't think I would, except for some very minor things that I regret. Since it is a true story, it is R-rated and not suitable for children to read. No, its not porn either!

Download or read book Phone written by Will Self and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel from Booker-shortlisted Will Self completes his trilogy, begun with Umbrella, and continued with Shark—a highly praised exploration of technology and psychopathology from World War I to WikiLeaks, a story of love, death, and madness Published to rave reviews in the United Kingdom, Phone tells the story of two men: Zack Busner and Jonathan De’Ath. Busner is a psychiatrist who has made his name through his unorthodox treatment of psychological damage, such as giving the controversial drug L-DOPA to patients ravaged by encephalitis, or administering LSD to World War II PTSD-sufferers. But now Busner’s own mind is fraying: Alzheimer’s is shredding his memory and his newest possession is a shiny smartphone given to him by his introverted grandson Ben. Meanwhile, Jonathan De’Ath, aka “the Butcher,” is an MI6 man who remains a mystery even to those closest to him, be it his washed-up old university lecturer father, his jumbling-bumbling mother, his hippy-dippy brothers, his spooky colleagues or multitudinous lovers. All of De’Ath’s acquaintances apply the “Butcher” epithet to him, and perhaps there is only one person who thinks of him with tenderness, a man he keeps top secret, encrypted in the databanks of his steely mind: Colonel Gawain Thomas, husband, father, highly-trained tank commander, and Jonathan De’Ath’s long-time lover. As Busner’s mind totters and Jonathan and Gawain’s affair teeters, they come to face the interconnectedness of all lives, online and off, while an irritating phone continues to ring... ring... ring...

Download or read book Saudi Adventure written by Samuel Bell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saudi Adventure is a comedy story that takes place during the first Gulf War. It involves an army reserve unit that was activated and sent off to war. The two principal characters are Virginia and Adam, who happen to fall in love several months before the war starts. Then they are shipped off to war together. This will lead to quite a few comical situations while both are serving in a war zone together. Duty, love of country, and honor take on a new meaning when the 279th Light Maintenance Company takes to the battlefield.

Download or read book The New York Sun Crosswords 12 written by Peter Gordon and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes these 72 crosswords from The New York Sun the best ever? They’re carefully edited so those obscure words that nobody actually uses are out, and solving pleasure is in, thanks to tricky clues and witty puns. Most of the puzzles have clever and original themes that add to the fun. (The title hints at the topic.) Plus, solvers will enjoy the wide range of difficulty, which is indicated by the number of stars on top.

Download or read book The New York Sun Crosswords written by Peter Gordon and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More fun from the Sun! Those that come from the Monday paper are simple and great for crossword newcomers, but the Friday puzzles, especially the themeless "Weekend Warrior" crosswords, are the toughest in America. They will challenge even the best solvers--and turn every puzzler into a "Sun" worshipper. "New York Sun crosswords are exactly what modern solvers want."--Tyler Hinman, 2005 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion