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Rik's Army Career

Author : Rik Roots
Publisher : Rik Roots
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rik's Army Career written by Rik Roots and published by Rik Roots. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know this: I never wanted to be a soldier! People in uniforms scared me. My brothers - who were a lot older than me - scared me and they were all in the Army Cadets. I was happiest with my nose in a book, because you know where you are when someone else is describing their adventures on an Alien Planet. And yet in 1988 I, Richard Roots, accidentally collided with the British Army. There were triumphs, and there were tears. There was even some mud involved! Here is a truth: I was not a brilliant soldier - I was not as good as I now think I was. But I was, according to Major M in his final interview with me, second in the Troop rankings at the time of my departure, and he was sweet enough to write 'Exemplary' on my Discharge certificate. So I wasn't a bad soldier either. Another truth: I served for 57 days, 50 of them in basic training. Mine was not a long military career. As - 30 years later - I look back on my Army career, I can't help but believe it was an adventure that was destined to happen to me. A second puberty, if you like. I can come up with no other explanation for why I did what I did. And why I abandoned it all so quickly.

Bodyguard: The Real Story

Author : Jonathan Levi
Publisher : Mango Media
ISBN 13 : 1684815304
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Bodyguard: The Real Story written by Jonathan Levi and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Untold Stories of Britain’s Bodyguards Follow the firsthand recollections of men and women who guard the United Kingdom’s most famous figures A career of bravery and discretion revealed. As one of the most hazardous occupations in the world, bodyguarding means not only protecting clients, but also making decisions that can change the lives of others. Dr. Emma French and Jonathan Levi explore the past, present, and future of the armed protection industry in their latest biographical book, Bodyguard: The Real Story. Told through the eyes of those who protected British celebrities and international politicians, readers will discover what it truly takes to keep the world that we know safe. Meet the people behind the security. From the MI6 agency to the Royal Security Services, this private security book shares personal recollections from thirteen former officers and how their careers changed their lives. Their stories span decades of experience as they witness some of Britain’s most dramatic events, including domestic terrorism, drug turf wars, and assassination attempts. And with each story, our narrators share how their job as a private bodyguard impacts themselves, their clients, and people all over the world. Inside Bodyguard: The Real Story discover: The extensive planning put into security detail Weapons, vehicles, and protective clothing used in the field What it takes to protect the Royal Family The tragedies and mistakes that can stay with bodyguards forever If you enjoyed books like Spare, The Final Witness, or The Mindfulness for Warriors Handbook, then you’ll love Bodyguard: The Real Story.

The Generals

Author : Thomas E. Ricks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143124099
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Generals written by Thomas E. Ricks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller! An epic history of the decline of American military leadership—from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell. While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals, Thomas E. Ricks sets out to explain why that is. In chronicling the widening gulf between performance and accountability among the top brass of the U.S. military, Ricks tells the stories of great leaders and suspect ones, generals who rose to the occasion and generals who failed themselves and their soldiers. In Ricks’s hands, this story resounds with larger meaning: about the transmission of values, about strategic thinking, and about the difference between an organization that learns and one that fails.

Uncertain Warriors

Author : David Fitzgerald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 100923580X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Uncertain Warriors written by David Fitzgerald and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the identity crisis of the post-Cold War US Army and their struggles to adapt to profound geopolitical and cultural changes.

Assessing Readiness in Military Women

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309174090
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Readiness in Military Women written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. military personnel are required to adhere to standards of body composition, fitness, and appearance to achieve and maintain readinessâ€"that is, the maintenance of optimum health and performance so they are ready for deployment at any moment. In 1992, the Committee on Military Nutrition Research reviewed the existing standards and found, among other things, that the standards for body composition required for women to achieve an appearance goal seemed to conflict with those necessary to ensure the ability to perform many types of military tasks. This report addresses that conflict, and reviews and makes recommendations about current policies governing body composition and fitness, as well as postpartum return-to-duty standards, Military Recommended Dietary Allowances, and physical activity and nutritional practices of military women to determine their individual and collective impact on the health, fitness, and readiness of active-duty women.

Army Reserve Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Army Reserve Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005

Author : John Sloan Brown
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300079541
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005 by : John Sloan Brown

Download or read book Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the United States Army 1989-2005 written by John Sloan Brown and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-12 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how the United States Army responded to the challenges of the end of the Cold War by transforming itself into the most capable ground force in the world today. It argues that from 1989 through 2005 the U.S. Army attempted, and largely achieved, a centrally directed and institutionally driven transformation relevant to ground warfare that exploited Information Age technology, adapted to post?Cold War strategic circumstances, and integrated into parallel Department of Defense efforts. The process not only modernized equipment, it also substantially altered doctrine, organization, training, administrative and logistical practices, and the service culture. Kevlar Legions further contends that the digitized expeditionary Army has withstood the test of combat, performing superbly with respect to deployment and high-end conventional combat and capably with respect to low-intensity conflict and the counterinsurgency challenges of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Composite Risk Management (FM 5-19)

Author : Department of the Army
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481022743
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Composite Risk Management (FM 5-19) written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's Army is challenged by a wide range of threats and operating environments. These challenges, plus new technologies, require our leaders to use creative measures to provide positive protection to our Soldiers and equipment. In April 1998, Field Manual (FM) 100-14 (FM 5-19) introduced to the Army the first doctrinal publication on risk management. It detailed the application of a step-by-step process to conserve combat power and resources. This milestone manual outlined a framework that leaders could use to make force protection a routine part of planning, preparing, and executing operational, training, and garrison missions. Before the outset of the global war on terrorism it became apparent that FM 100-14 would require updating to meet the needs of the future. Army assessments also indicated that the existing manual needed to be expanded to provide clear standards and guidance on how the risk management process was to be applied. This led to this current revision. During development of this revision the Army broadened its understanding of the risk management process to encompass all operations and activities, on and off duty. This holistic approach focuses on the composite risks from all sources rather than the traditional practice of separating accident from tactical hazards and associated risks. This revision has been refocused to clearly reflect the Army's new composite approach, and has been retitled Composite Risk Management (CRM). CRM represents a culture change for the Army. It departs from the past cookie cutter safety and risk management mentality through teaching Soldiers “how to think” rather than telling them “what to think.” This manual expands the context of the original FM by focusing on the application of composite risk management to the military decisionmaking process (MDMP) and the Army training management system. It further assigns the responsibilities for conducting risk management training during initial entry training and professional military education. It is a tool that works in conjunction with the Army's on-going initiative to firmly attach CRM to all Army processes. It is a milestone document for the standardization and institutionalization of the techniques, tools, and procedures that lead to sound decisionmaking and valid risk acceptance by leaders at all levels. This revision is a full rewrite of FM 100-14. It marks a break with the past by integrating the CRM process into Army operations. CRM is not a stand-alone process, a “paper work” drill, or an add-on feature. Rather, it is used as a fully-integrated element of detailed planning. It must be so integrated as to allow it to be executed intuitively in situations that require immediate action. CRM should be viewed as part of the military art interwoven throughout the Army's military decisionmaking and training management cycles.

Fiasco

Author : Thomas E. Ricks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101201401
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Fiasco written by Thomas E. Ricks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book "Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq Fiasco is a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq through mid-2006, now with a postscript on recent developments. Ricks draws on the exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public. Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, and authoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined with unsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful and honored civilian and military leaders.

The Civilian Lives of U.S. Veterans

Author : Louis Hicks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440842795
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Civilian Lives of U.S. Veterans written by Louis Hicks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, 50 experts study the lives of U.S. veterans at work, at home, and in American society as they navigate issues regarding health, gender, public service, substance abuse, and homelessness. The aftermath of modern war includes a population of veterans whose needs last for many decades—far longer than the war itself. This in-depth study looks at life after the military, considering the dual conundrum of a population benefiting from the perks of their duty, yet continuing to deal with trauma resulting from their service, and of former servicemen and servicewomen trying to fit into civilian life—in a system designed to keep them separate. Through two comprehensive volumes, essays shed light on more than 30 topics involving or affecting former servicemen and servicewomen, offering a blueprint for the formal study of U.S. veterans in the future. Contributions from dozens of experts in the field of military science cover such issues as unemployment, homelessness, disability, access to higher education, health, media portrayal, criminal justice, substance abuse, guns, suicide, and politics. Through information gleaned from surveys, interviews, participant observations, secondary analyses, and content analyses, the chapters reveal how veterans are able to successfully contribute to civilian life and show how the American workforce can benefit from their unique set of skills.

Turning Victory Into Success

Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428916490
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Turning Victory Into Success written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Informed Choice - Armed Forces Recruitment Practice in the United Kingdom

Author : David Gee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781408641453
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (414 download)

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Book Synopsis Informed Choice - Armed Forces Recruitment Practice in the United Kingdom by : David Gee

Download or read book Informed Choice - Armed Forces Recruitment Practice in the United Kingdom written by David Gee and published by . This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A career in the armed forces brings opportunities and risks unfamiliar in civilian life. This independent report assesses whether the information provided to potential recruits enables them to make an informed choice about enlistment.

Force Structure

Author : Carol R. Schuster
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788143735
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Force Structure written by Carol R. Schuster and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports how the Army determines its support force requirements, and the results of its most recent process for allocating support forces, known as Total Army Analysis 2003. It also discusses the Army's progress to streamline its infrastructure or institutional force structure. Reviews the extent to which the Army's process for assessing its active and reserve support forces resulted in sufficient support force structure to meet the requirement of the two-MRC scenario; whether Army streamlining initiatives have identified opportunities to reduce personnel resources devoted to institutional functions; and the feasibility of reducing Army strength.

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014: Quality of life in the military

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1490 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014: Quality of life in the military written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How the Army Runs: A Senior Leader Reference Handbook, 2017-2018 (31st Edition)

Author : U.S. Army War College
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359235743
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (592 download)

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Book Synopsis How the Army Runs: A Senior Leader Reference Handbook, 2017-2018 (31st Edition) by : U.S. Army War College

Download or read book How the Army Runs: A Senior Leader Reference Handbook, 2017-2018 (31st Edition) written by U.S. Army War College and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explains and synthesizes the functioning and relationships of numerous Defense, Joint, and Army organizations, systems, and processes involved in the development and sustainment of trained and ready forces for the Combatant Commanders. It is designed to be used by the faculty and students at the U.S. Army War College (as well as other training and educational institutions) as they improve their knowledge and understanding of "How the Army Runs." We are proud of the value that senior commanders and staffs place in this text and are pleased to continue to provide this reference.

A History of Army Aviation

Author : James W. Williams
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595366082
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book A History of Army Aviation written by James W. Williams and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .spellbinding history., the how, what, when, where and why.some never told and certainly not always understood. This is a story that has begged to be told, .with sources and substance heretofore missing. Historians, military scholars, and aviators, .will rely on this work for years. Carl H. McNair, Jr., Major General, U.S. Army (Retired) 'This is worth a good read.a welcome and long overdue history of Army Aviation." Joseph L. Galloway, senior military correspondent, Knight Ridder Newspapers and co-author, We Were Soldiers Once.and Young Soldiers, scholars, and aviation enthusiasts alike can learn much from this comprehensive examination.. .successfully blends lively and insightful historical narrative with astute analysis. .unfailingly honest assessment of.contributions to our national defense. Carol Reardon, Pennsylvania State University, author of LAUNCH THE INTRUDERS .tightly written and focused.traces the aviation branch from its inception through two world wars, the loss of a major portion to the new Air Force, .up through its current role.. .required reading for anyone who desires to understand.Army aviation. Darrel Whitcomb, author of The Rescue of Bat 21, and Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm .tells the whole story concisely by addressing seven key themes. .crisp prose and well-chosen illustrations.. This old ground-pounder owes his life to.brave crews of Army birds. Henry Gole, Ph.D./Colonel (ret.), author of Soldiering