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El Capitan The Making Of An American Naval Officer
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Download or read book El Capitan! written by John Frank Gamboa and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1958, Frank Gamboa became the first Mexican American from Owens Valley, California, to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. His memoir's focus is his professional development as a naval officer of the line from 1958 to 1988 in the U.S. Navy's surface warfare community. It highlights his duties, challenges and opportunities during more than 17 years of sea duty in destroyers, a cruiser, and six amphibious warships operating in the Navy's Second and Third Fleets; and in frequent and extended deployments in the Sixth and Seventh Fleets during the Cold War. ¡El Capitán! portrays the leadership, management, technical and seamanship skills required to succeed in shipboard billets ranging from division officer to commanding officer and squadron commander, in ranks from ensign to captain. It describes Gamboa's performance as the first Mexican-American naval surface warfare officer to command a major warship as a Commander, the first to command major warship as a Captain, and the first to command a squadron of amphibious warships as a captain. About the Author After leaving the Navy, Frank created Gamboa International Corporation, a management consulting company that he and Linda successfully operated in the private sector from 1994 to 2006. In 1989, he was elected Vice President of the Naval Academy Class of 1958 and continues to serve in that capacity. He and his wife, the former Linda Marie Lehtio, reside in Fairfax, Virginia. Their son, John Frank "Jack" Gamboa, Junior, and his daughter Emma live in Portland, Oregon. Their daughter Judith Ann Callsen and her husband Gary and her daughter Loren reside at Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia.
Book Synopsis Life at the U.S. Naval Academy by : Ralph Earle
Download or read book Life at the U.S. Naval Academy written by Ralph Earle and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis America's First Flag Officer by : Thomas Williams
Download or read book America's First Flag Officer written by Thomas Williams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Barry, an Irish immigrant to Philadelphia in 1760, commenced a naval career that included being victorious in thirty naval engagements verses the British. Captain Barry was credited with the first capture of a British warship. He was wounded in a ferocious sea battle, quelled three mutinies and captured over twenty ships during his career. He fought the last naval battle of the Revolutionary War. Commodore John Barry was the First Flag Officer of the United States Navy and Father of the American Navy. The historical fiction of John Barry's life is fun, informative, emotional, and adventurous.
Book Synopsis The First Naval Officer by : Therese Madden Stringfellow
Download or read book The First Naval Officer written by Therese Madden Stringfellow and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The First Naval Officer” stirs up two consequential questions in American Naval history: namely, who is The Father of American Navy? Or more properly: Is there a Father of the American Navy?” Secondly, why wasn’t the rank and title of Admiral issued by the United States Navy until 1862? We hope you enjoy this well-researched and historically objective life and legacy of “Saucy Jack” Captain Barry. Twenty years ago we began this research project at the request and support of an editor at the Naval Institute Press on the campus of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Recently we were privileged to see the United States Naval Academy in conjunction with the Ancient Order of Hibernians dedicate the Commodore John Barry Memorial Gate and Plaza.
Book Synopsis The First Naval Officer by : Therese Madden Stringfellow
Download or read book The First Naval Officer written by Therese Madden Stringfellow and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The First Naval Officer" stirs up two consequential questions in American Naval history: namely, who is The Father of American Navy? Or more properly: Is there a Father of the American Navy?" Secondly, why wasn't the rank and title of Admiral issued by the United States Navy until 1862?We hope you enjoy this well-researched and historically objective life and legacy of "Saucy Jack" Captain Barry.Twenty years ago we began this research project at the request and support of an editor at the Naval Institute Press on the campus of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.Recently we were privileged to see the United States Naval Academy in conjunction with the Ancient Order of Hibernians dedicate the Commodore John Barry Memorial Gate and Plaza.
Book Synopsis Matthew Calbraith Perry: a Typical American Naval Officer by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book Matthew Calbraith Perry: a Typical American Naval Officer written by William Elliot Griffis and published by Boston : Cupples and Hurd. This book was released on 1887 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Captain Dauntless by : William Bell Clark
Download or read book Captain Dauntless written by William Bell Clark and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Practical Navigator by : Nathaniel Bowditch
Download or read book American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Four American Naval Heroes: Paul Jones, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey by : Mabel Borton Beebe
Download or read book Four American Naval Heroes: Paul Jones, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey written by Mabel Borton Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Memoirs of the Life of Captain N. Fanning, an American Navy Officer, who Served ... Under the Command of Commodore J. Paul Jones, Etc by : Nathaniel FANNING
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Captain N. Fanning, an American Navy Officer, who Served ... Under the Command of Commodore J. Paul Jones, Etc written by Nathaniel FANNING and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Make Your Bed by : Admiral William H. McRaven
Download or read book Make Your Bed written by Admiral William H. McRaven and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal). If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better. Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments. "Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national security vault." --Washington Post "Superb, smart, and succinct." --Forbes
Book Synopsis Matthew Calbraith Perry by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book Matthew Calbraith Perry written by William Elliot Griffis and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer Hazard Perry, have been multiplied. No biography of Matthew Calbraith Perry has, until this writing, appeared. In Japan, popular curiosity fed itself on amboyant broadside chromo-pictures, blood-pit novels, and travesties of history, in which Perry was represented either as a murderous swash-buckler or a consumptive-looking and over-decorated European general. It was to satisfy an earnest desire of the Japanese to know more of the man, who so pro foundly in uenced their national history, that this biography was at first undertaken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book A Woman's War written by Gail Harris and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to Kosovo, and most recently at the forefront of one of the Department of Defense's newest challenges: Cyber Warfare. At her retirement, she was the highest ranking African American female in the Navy. A Woman's War: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer is an inspirational memoir that follows Gail Harris's career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics. This book also looks at the way intelligence is used and misused in these perilous times.
Book Synopsis Matthew Calbraith Perry by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book Matthew Calbraith Perry written by William Elliot Griffis and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perry (1794-1858) was a Commodore of the U.S. Navy who commanded a number of ships and served in several wars. He played a leading role in opening Japan to the West, was concerned with educating naval officers and became a leading advocate of modernizing the Navy with the advent of steam.
Book Synopsis Du Pont, the Making of an Admiral by : James M. Merrill
Download or read book Du Pont, the Making of an Admiral written by James M. Merrill and published by Dodd Mead. This book was released on 1986 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Admiral Du Pont left an extraordinary record of his long and distinguished career through the detailed and frank letters he wrote home almost daily while at sea, telling of his travels, his shipmates, his commanding officers , his frustrations, his opinions of naval government policies. This record also accurately mirrors the history of the United States Navy from 1815 to 1865. Du Pont joined the navy at age fourteen. He was on the famed Constitution and other ships that "showed the flag" in the Mediterranean; he served with distinction during the Mexican War; he helped establish the Naval Academy; and he led a diplomatic mission to China. He lived through the greatest of all naval revolutions, the change from sail to steam, from wood to iron, from paddlewheels to propellers."--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis The First Naval Officer by : Therese Madden Stringfellow
Download or read book The First Naval Officer written by Therese Madden Stringfellow and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Paul Jones written by Joseph F Callo and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morrison Award for Excellence in Naval Literature. This fresh look at America's first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of the past and the recent, inaccurate deconstructionist views of John Paul Jones's astonishing life. The author goes beyond a narrow naval context to establish Jones as a key player in the American Revolution, something not done by previous biographers, and explains what drove him to his achievements. At the same time, Admiral Joseph Callo fully examines Jones's dramatic military achievements—including his improbable victory off Flamborough Head in the Continental ship Bonhomme Richard—but in the context of the times rather than as stand-alone events. The book also looks at some interesting but lesser-known aspects of Jones's naval career, including his relationships with such civilian leaders as Benjamin Franklin. How Jones handled those often-difficult dealings, Callo maintains, contributed to the nation's concept of civilian control of the military. Suggesting that Jones might well be the first U.S. apostle of sea power, the author also focuses on the fact that Jones was the first serving American naval officer who emphasized the role naval power would play in the rise of the United States as a global power. Another neglected aspect of Jones's career that gets attention and analysis is his brief tour in the Russian navy, a revealing chapter of his life that has been underreported in the two hundred years since Jones's death. Rather than looking at Jones in a rearview mirror, Callo illuminates how this unique naval hero is linked to the nation's present and future. As a result, he gives us a sea saga that tells much about our own lives and times.
