‎Navy‎

‎Army, Navy and Census of the U S a‎

‎Statistical Pocket Manual‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3741124982.G ISBN : 3741124982 9783741124983

‎Davila Ross Marina‎

‎Towards the evolution of laughter: A comparative analysis on hominoids‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3838107799.G ISBN : 3838107799 9783838107790

‎Fromme, Marina‎

‎Decem und die Zahlenfreunde German Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3755739518.G ISBN : 3755739518 9783755739517

‎US. War Department and US. Navy Department U. S. U. S.‎

‎War Dept. FM 30-30/Navy Dept. BUAER 3: Recognition Pictorial Manual. "Restricted"; FM 30-3- Military Intelligence Aircraft Recognition Pictorial Manual per General G. C. Marshall Chief of Staff on first page‎

‎Washington DC: U.S. Navy Department 1943. Revised Edition issued June 1943. Wraps. Fair. Three-hole punched laced. Taped edges near spine. Approx. 150 wraps profusely illustrated. Tabbed sections on U.S. Army aircraft U.S. Navy aircraft United Kingdom British Aircraft German Aircraft Japanese Aircraft Italian Aircraft Russian Aircraft no pages in this section and Miscellaneous Aircraft no pages in this section. Covers creased soiled & stained pages somewhat darkened soiled and stained. Ink notation on front cover. Name of Stanley R. Simon in ink on the front cover. This is possibly the same Stanley Simon who was with the First Ordnance Squadron stationed at Tinian Island Los Alamos NM and Wendover UT and was a member of the 509th Composite Group and a Manhattan Project Veteran. This manual supersedes FM 30-30 February 21 1942; FM 30-31 August 1 1941; FM 30-34 July 18 1941; FM 30-35 March 11 1942; FM 30-38 March 16 1942 and FM 30-39 October 24 1941. It was also issues by the Training Division Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department June 1943. "This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States with the meaning of the Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31 and 32 as Amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law." The present manual was primarily designed for self-instruction and general use but also served as a text in recognition course. It includes four types of material: black and shite silhouettes wash drawings protographs and editorial matter. Silhouettes are the foundation on which all recognition training is based. The first requirement in warfare is the ability to distinguish friend from foe. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the air. Owing to the great speeds and heights attained by modern aircraft recognition is frequently dependent on a momentary glimpse. In the same way instant and accurate recognition of surface craft mechanized ground equipment etc. is fraught with great difficulties owning to varying conditions of visibility distance and variety of types. Before the outbreak of this war few realized the grave problems of recognition that the increasing dominance of air power would present. The existence of these problems was soon apparent when after two months the casualties of the British Advance Air Striking Force in France amount to:--Shot down by the Germans eight; shot down by the French nine. In those days the only questions asked was "Is it in range' Since them mistakes in recognition on the sea on land and in the air have been too numerous to mentions. Usually these mistakes are attended by the most serious consequences. It is now fully realized that the only way to prevent these occurrences is by demanding the highest general level of proficiency in recognition throughout the services. This can only be attained by concentrated study. It is not suggested that practice will main one absolutely perfect with it will certainly go most of the way toward reducing the changes of a man being a danger not only to himself but to his comrades-in-arms. The Navy's problem at sea whether on warship or merchant ship is to know as soon as possible where any aircraft or ship within sight is friendly or hostile what type it is and how it is likely to attack and from that to estimate the best method of defense. The Army's problems are also varied. Antiaircraft gunners should be able to recognize any airplane within range or likely to come within range whether flying directly toward the battery or not. Instant recognition save lives and leads to the destruction of the enemy. The first thin to be appreciated is that recognition does not begin and end with appearance. It is also essential to recognize the exact type. U.S. Navy Department paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 85830

‎Vaizey, Marina‎

‎Christo‎

‎New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc 1990. First U. S. Edition Presumed First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Cristo. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 12 inches. 128 pages. Profusely illustrated some in color. DJ has some wear and soiling. Text by Marina Vaizey. Includes Biography Bibliography Museum Collections Illustrations and List of Illustrations. Inscribed by Christo on the title page to Tom. Inscription reads For Tom Christo N. Y. 1991. This was inscribed to Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy renowned as "The Godfather of Biodiversity". Acquired at auction of part of the Lovejoy family collection. Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III August 22 1941 - December 25 2021 was an American ecologist who was President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation and a university professor in the Environmental Science and Policy department at George Mason University. Lovejoy was the World Bank's chief biodiversity advisor and the lead specialist for environment for Latin America and the Caribbean as well as senior advisor to the president of the United Nations Foundation. In 2008 he also was the first Biodiversity Chair of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science Economics and the Environment to 2013. Previously he served as president of the Heinz Center since May 2002. Lovejoy introduced the term biological diversity to the scientific community in 1980. He was a past chair of the Scientific Technical Advisory Panel STAP for the Global Environment Facility GEF the multibillion-dollar funding mechanism for developing countries in support of their obligations under international environmental conventions. Marina Alandra Vaizey Baroness Vaizey CBE née Stansky; born 16 January 1938 is an art critic and author based in the UK. Vaizey is an Anglo-American broadcaster exhibition curator and journalist. She was educated at Radcliffe College and Girton College Cambridge. She was formerly Art Critic for the Financial Times and Sunday Times and editor of the Art Quarterly and Review. She has written several books on art. She now lectures including at the National Gallery and British Museum. She was a founding Trustee of the Geffrye Museum and has also been a trustee of the Imperial War Museum and the South Bank. She has also been a judge for the Turner Prize. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff was born on June 13 1935 in Gabrovo Bulgaria. Christo received private art instruction at a young age and the support of his parents who invited visiting artists to their house. While Bulgaria was under repressive totalitarian rule and Western art was suppressed Christo pursued realistic painting through the mid-1950s. He was admitted into the Sofia Academy of Fine Arts in 1953 but found the school dull and stifling. Instead he found inspiration in Skira art books and visiting Russian professors who were older than him and once active in Russian modernism and the Soviet avant-garde. In 1956 he used an academy connection to receive permission to visit family in Prague Amid fears of further Russian suppression in Hungary Christo decided to flee to Vienna as a railcar stowaway. In Vienna he stayed with a family friend who had not expected him studied at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy and surrendered his passport to seek political asylum as a stateless person. There he supported himself with commissions. At the behest of a friend relocated from Sofia he saved up to visit Geneva in late 1957. In violation of his visa he continued to pursue commissions whose works he would sign with his family name reserving his given name for more serious work and was transformed after visiting the Kunstmuseum Basel and Kunsthaus Zürich. In January 1958 he first began to wrap things as would become his trademark starting with a paint can. His collection of wrapped household items would be known as his Inventory. In February 1958 Christo left for Paris having received a visa with the assistance of a Sofia academy connection. In 1973 after 17 stateless years Christo became a United States citizen. L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped a planned work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude went ahead posthumously in Paris in September 2021. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 85664 ISBN : 0847812391 9780847812394

‎Department of the Army, Headquarters and US Marine Corps‎

‎Nuclear Contamination Avoidance; FM 3-3-1 and FMFM 11-18‎

‎Washington DC: Department of the Army Headquarters and US Marine Corps 1994. Presumed First Edition First Printing thus. Wraps. Good/No Dust Jacket issued. Three hole-punched and staplebound. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Distribution was authorized to US government agencies only to protect technical or operational information as well as unclassified controlled nuclear information UCNI material from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made 29 November 1991. It is understood that due to the passage of time and increase in publicly available information this restriction no longer applies. This publication supercedes the nuclear/radiological portions of FM 3-3 dated 30 September 1986. Various paginations approximately 300 pages. Figures. Tables/Tabular Data Appendices. References. Glossary. Reproducible Forms. This we understand was the Army's last and most comprehensive word on how troops would confront the effects of nuclear weapons on the battlefield. IT was also jointly issued with the Marine Corps since their troops could also be expected to be on the ground in a 'post-detonation' operational environment. Much of the emphasis is on establishing and communicating the spatial extent of fallout from adversarial nuclear weapons explosions and understanding its impact on battlefield operations. This really is the definitive work on the subject at the end of the Twentieth Century. Included also is AREA PREDICTOR RADIOLOGICAL FALLOUT ABC-M5A2 a 24"X39" flexible translucent overlay sheet with stenciled templates for first-order fallout area delineation on US Army maps; its use is fully described in the FM 3-3-1 manual. The mission of the Chemical Corps is to prepare the Army to survive and win in a nuclear environment by developing doctrine organizations training products and equipment for nuclear defense and nuclear retaliation. Minimizing the impact of nuclear weapons through contamination avoidance protection and decontamination. Employing smoke and flame are part of the operational options. This manual FM 3-3-1 defines and clarified the entire process of nuclear contamination avoidance. It details the NBC Warning and Reporting System NBCWRS how to locate and identify nuclear contamination and how to operate in and around nuclear contamination. This manual is designed and intended to be an easy-to-read step-by-step manual depicting the manual method of calculating nuclear contamination avoidance procedures for chemical officers and NCOs at brigade level and high organizations. The manual addresses vulnerability analysis nuclear operations Fallout prediction Radiation Monitoring Reconnaissance Nuclear Defense Neutron-Induced Radiation Civilian Radiation Hazards Operational Exposure Guidance Shielding Nuclear Burst Effects Nuclear Effects on Electronics Wind Vector Planning Nomograms and Nuclear Operations Checklists. Department of the Army, Headquarters and US Marine Corps paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 84973

‎United States Navy, Naval Air Systems Command‎

‎NATOPS Flight Manual; Navy Model P-3A and P-3B DIFAR Aircraft NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1.1‎

‎Washington DC: United States Navy Naval Air Systems Command 1976. Presumed first printing thus. Three-hole punched binder. Good. Post-Vietnam War era Navy Flight Manual. Sections are individually paginated. Approximately 1.75 inches thick Illustrations Tabular data figures photographs drawings. and fold-outs with some color. Cover has wear and soiling. Ink notation on spine. This manual is to be used in conjunction with NATOPS Flight Manual NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1 and Supplemental NATOPS Flight Manual NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1A The sections are: The Aircraft General Normal Procedures In addition see NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1A Supplement Flight Characteristics Emergency Procedures All-Weather Operation Communication Procedures Mission Systems In addition see NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1A Supplement Flight Crew Coordination NATOPS Evaluation Performance Data T56-A-10W Engine and Performance Data--T56-A-14 Engine and Index. Interim Change Summary blank is at the front. This is followed by the Letter of Promulgation dated 1 September 1972 and signed by Vice Admiral W. D. Houser Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Air Warfare. Table of Contents includes a note that the List of Illustrations--Titles Included in Alphabetical Index. The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner. The aircraft is easily distinguished from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or "MAD Boom" used for the magnetic detection of submarines. Over the years the aircraft has seen numerous design developments most notably in its electronics packages. Numerous navies and air forces around the world continue to use the P-3 Orion primarily for maritime patrol reconnaissance anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare. A total of 757 P-3s have been built and in 2012 it joined the handful of military aircraft including the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Lockheed C-130 Hercules and the Lockheed U-2 that the United States military has been using for more than 50 years. In October 1962 P-3A aircraft flew several blockade patrols in the vicinity of Cuba. Having just recently joined the operational Fleet earlier that year this was the first employment of the P-3 in a real world "near conflict" situation. The only confirmed combat loss of a P-3 also occurred during Operation Market Time. In April 1968 a U.S. Navy P-3B of VP-26 was downed by anti-aircraft fire in the Gulf of Thailand with the loss of the entire crew. Two months earlier in February 1968 another one of VP-26's P-3B aircraft was operating in the same vicinity when it crashed with the loss of the entire crew. Originally attributed to an aircraft mishap at low altitude later conjecture is that this aircraft may have also fallen victim to anti-aircraft artillery AAA fire from the same source as the April incident. United States Navy, Naval Air Systems Command unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 84219

‎United States. Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel‎

‎Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear Weapons NAVPERS 10784; Prepared and produced by the U.S. Navy Training Publications Center under direction of the Bureau of Naval Personnel‎

‎Washington DC: United States Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel 1959. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover leatherlike cover. Very good. v 3 284 2 pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Fold-out. Glossary. Index. Part 1 is devoted to Guided Missiles. It addresses an introduction to guided missiles factors affecting missile flight guided missile components missile propulsion systems missile control systems principles of missile guidance command guidance beam-rider guidance homing guidance other guidance systems and guided missile ships and systems. Part 2 is devoted to Nuclear Weapons. It addresses Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics Principles of Nuclear Weapons and Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Appendix A is an Introduction to basic electricity and electronics. Appendix B is the Glossary. This is the second volume of a three-volume series of texts dealing with Naval weapons. The series was intended for use in the Naval Science curriculum of NROTC universities and in other Navy training programs. The first volume dealt with the Principles of Naval Ordnance and Gunnery. The third volume was a classified supplement to volume 2 and described specific Navy missiles and nuclear weapons. This is the first appearance of this manual. This volume deals with many basic principles and theories needed for understanding guided missile flight and control and basic nuclear weapons information. Considerable information is given on the effects of nuclear weapons. This represents the state of the art state of knowledge and state of practice between the end of the Korean War and U.S. entry into the Vietnam War. United States Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 83991

‎United States Marine Corps‎

‎Official U. S. Marine Corps Photographs 110 black and white in an album‎

‎Southwest Pacific: United States Marine Corps c1944. Presumably these are from a production of multiple originals but may constitute a unique compilation. Photo Album. Good. Album is approximately 13 inches by 10.5 inches and is string tied on the left with several empty pages at back. Format per picture is approximately 3.5 inches by 2.375 inches. There are five photos per page 110 in all. They are black and white. Most are labeled Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo. Some are captioned. They are placed into corner holders and are not glued or affixed onto the page but can be easily removed and reinserted. Those checked have brief ink notations on the back such as Solomons Admiralties or S. W. Pacific. Toward the back of the album are some photographs of natives including a number with women displaying bare breasts. These are of the same format but do not state they are official U.S. Marine Corps photographs. Among some of the captions are: Gunnery Experts Marines on the March Machine Shop on Guadalcanal A few Moments of Reading Relaxation for a Marine in Guadalcanal Jungle Devil Dog Trio in a Foxhole Marine Advances on Jap Held Position on West End of Island in Battle of Tarawa First Aid in Tarawa Marines Fire on Jap Pillbox in Invasion of Tarawa Marines Take Last Remaining Stronghold From the Japs on Tarawa Marine Surveys Demolition on Tarawa After Battle Marine Linemen Bring the Telephone to the South Seas Actual Landing Operations on South Sea Island Marines Take Prisoners From Concrete Blockhouse Higgins Lighter Brings Marines Ashore on a South Sea Island Marines Land on Namur Island Under Fire of the Japs Marine Sharpshooters Pick Off Jap Snipers in Invasion of Namur Island Jap Dead Line Trench on Namur Island. Many of the other photographs are stated as Official U.S. Marine Corps but are not captioned. One such photo shows a Post Office 4th Marine Div. Saipan Marianas Is. Included are many scenes of casualties battle damage amphibious operations religious service/holy communion use of a flamethrower surgeons at work pairs of indigenous people carrying killed pigs on poles between them a native sail boat on the water with passengers visible cannot tell if they are marinesand downed aircraft. United States Marine Corps unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83858

‎US. Marine Corps U. S.‎

‎U.S. Marine Corps M40A1 Sniper Rifle 7.62mm‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1601700245.G ISBN : 1601700245 9781601700247

‎United States, Department of the Navy, Naval History Division, Operational Archives, assisted by Shiver, Louis (Compiler), and‎

‎Unpublished Naval Histories in the "Z" File Record Group 45 U.S. National Archives 1911-1927; Checklist‎

‎Washington DC: United States Department of the Navy Naval History Division Operational Archives 1971. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. 2 18 pagesprinted on one side only plus covers. Footnotes. Stapled twice on left side. Cover has some wear and soiling. This annotated checklist described unpublished histories found primarily in the "z" or "history" segment of the Subject File of the Naval Records Collections of the Office of Naval Records and Library Record Group 45 located in the U.S. National Archives. A few associated items located in other segments of the Subject File or held in the Operational Archives of the Naval History Division are also described. Most of the histories related to the U.S. Navy during the World War I period but some additional topics during the 1911-1927 period are also covered. The Naval History and Heritage Command formerly the Naval Historical Center is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation analysis and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard. The NHHC is composed of 42 facilities in 13 geographic locations including the Navy Department Library 10 museums and 1 heritage center USS Constitution repair facility and detachment and historic ship ex-USS Nautilus. The Naval History and Heritage Command traces its lineage to 1800 when President John Adams requested Benjamin Stoddert the first Secretary of the Navy prepare a catalog of professional books for use in the Secretary's office. When the British invaded Washington in 1814 this collection containing the finest works on naval history from America and abroad was rushed to safety outside the Federal City. Thereafter the library had many locations including a specially designed space in the State War and Navy Building now the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. When the library was placed under the Bureau of Navigation in 1882 the director noted international lawyer and U.S. Naval Academy professor James R. Soley gathered the rare books scattered throughout Navy Department offices. United States, Department of the Navy, Naval History Division, Operational Archives paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 82185

‎United States Navy Naval Air Systems Command‎

‎NATOPS Flight Manual; Navy Model P-3A and P-3B Aircraft NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1‎

‎Washington DC: United States Navy Naval Air Systems Command 1976. Presumed first printing thus. Three-hole punched binder. Good. Vietnam War era Navy Flight Manual. Sections are individually paginated. Approximately 600 pages and 7 fold-outs with some color. Section XII Performance Data--T56-A-14 Engine has been removed Probably because the manual's owner did not fly equipment with that specific engine. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ink notation on spine. This publication supersedes NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1 dated 1 July 1970 Changed 1 March 1975 and NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1E dated 1 May 1972 changed 1 April 1975. This manual is to be used in conjunction with Supplemental NATOPS Flight Manual NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1A and NATOPS Aircrew Supplement NAVAIR 01-75PAA-1.1. The sections are: The Aircraft Indoctrination Normal Procedures Flight Characteristics Emergency Procedures All-Weather Operation Communication Procedures Weapons Systems Flight Crew Coordination NATOPS Evaluation Performance Data 11 & 12 Index and Fold-outs. Interim Change Summary Flyleaf 1/2 inserted at the front. It contains printed change numbers and some added in ink. This is followed by the Letter of Promulgation dated 15 March 1976 and signed by Vice Admiral W. D. Houser Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Air Warfare There is a Table of Contents which includes a notes that the List of Illustrations--Titles Included in Alphabetical Index. Section XI is Performance Data --T56-A-10W Engine and Section XII Performance Data--T56-A-14 Engine. USN P-3A and P-3B series had an NFO Navigator TACNAV and an enlisted Airborne Radio Operator RO. The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner. The aircraft is easily distinguished from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or "MAD Boom" used for the magnetic detection of submarines. Over the years the aircraft has seen numerous design developments most notably in its electronics packages. Numerous navies and air forces around the world continue to use the P-3 Orion primarily for maritime patrol reconnaissance anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare. A total of 757 P-3s have been built and in 2012 it joined the handful of military aircraft including the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Lockheed C-130 Hercules and the Lockheed U-2 that the United States military has been using for more than 50 years. In October 1962 P-3A aircraft flew several blockade patrols in the vicinity of Cuba. Having just recently joined the operational Fleet earlier that year this was the first employment of the P-3 in a real world "near conflict" situation. The only confirmed combat loss of a P-3 also occurred during Operation Market Time. In April 1968 a U.S. Navy P-3B of VP-26 was downed by anti-aircraft fire in the Gulf of Thailand with the loss of the entire crew. Two months earlier in February 1968 another one of VP-26's P-3B aircraft was operating in the same vicinity when it crashed with the loss of the entire crew. Originally attributed to an aircraft mishap at low altitude later conjecture is that this aircraft may have also fallen victim to anti-aircraft artillery AAA fire from the same source as the April incident. United States Navy, Naval Air Systems Command unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 82357

‎United States Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel‎

‎Missile Technician 3 & 2; Navy Training Course NAVPERS 10153-B Confidential Modified Handling Authorized‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1966. Presumed Third Edition presumed first printing. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches. This document was in Group 3 Not Automatically Declassified. The classified pages Chapters 8 Missile Guidance and 9 Polaris Missile Mk 3; Launch and Flight Sequence 129-174 have been removed rendering the rest of the document as Unclassified. Decorative front cover. iv 353 1 numbered pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Reading List. Thirteen numbered chapters. Appendix I: Training Film List; II: Symbols: electrical electronic mechanical and hydraulic; III Standard symbols for Missile related quantities. Index. This edition supersedes Guided Missileman 3 & 2 NavPers 10153. The chapters are: The Missile Technician; Introduction to Guided Missiles Propulsion Plants and Launchers Missile Aerodynamics Electromagnetic Measuring and Control Devices Gyroscopes and Accelerometers Missile Control Mechanisms Missile Guidance removed Polaris Missile Mk 3; Launch and Flight Sequence removed Basic Principles of Nuclear Weapons Missile Handling and Testing Maintenance and Repair Procedures Records and reports procurement of Materials. Originally established as the Guided Missileman rating in 1953 it was not until 1961 that the rating took its name of present day Missile Technician. The Navy's computerized personnel system associates the rating name with an alphanumeric Navy Occupational Specialty NOS code. For MT the NOS is C180. Missile Technicians Submarines receive extensive training in the operation and maintenance of advanced electronic equipment and computers and electromechanical support systems used in submarine strategic weapons systems. Responsible for the assembly maintenance and repair of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles carried on submarines and their associated advanced electronics and electromechanical navigation and targeting systems MTs are a vital element in the maintenance of strategic deterrence so vital to the security of the United States. After completion of approximately seven weeks of Basic Submarine and Basic Mechanical Skills schools in Groton Connecticut those attending Missile Technician class "A" school will complete five weeks of instruction in Kings Bay Georgia then they will attend approximately 23 weeks of class "C" school also at Kings Bay Georgia or in Bangor Washington. Members that will be assigned to the SSGN platform will then proceed to Kings Bay GA for five weeks of AWS Replacement advanced electronics & electricity mechanical systems and repair on Tomahawk missiles and launching systems. Missile Technician NOS C180 The duties technical and manual performed by Missile Technicians include maintaining ballistic missiles and their launching systems and maintaining related launching systems including high-pressure air and hydraulic systems. MTs operate and maintain digital computers and maintain operating efficiency of electrical distribution panels switches switchboards controllers voltage regulators current transformers rectifiers and voltage transformers within the fleet ballistic missile weapons systems. They test and repair ballistic guidance systems and operate maintain and adjust optical measuring equipment test align and adjust missiles and components and repair missiles and related components. MTs test align adjust calibrate and repair support handling equipment stow missiles and components maintain logs and prepare reports. They provide security in missile launch spaces aboard submarines. MTs maintain and operate ballistic missile fire control systems and equipment for Trident submarines. They maintain control of classified material and monitor and ensure security of weapons system components and material. United States Government Printing Office paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 82429

‎Marine, Matthew E‎

‎Kokopelli Harvest Jason Holt Volume 1‎

‎CreateSpace Independent Publishi 2014-11-02. Paperback. Very Good. 0.8800 9.0000 6.0000. CreateSpace Independent Publishi paperback‎

Bookseller reference : mon0002659853 ISBN : 1502709651 9781502709653

‎United States Navy‎

‎MK4/SE Surelock‎

‎United States Navy. Demonstration Model. Demonstration Model--equipment. Very good. Lockheed Martin completed a 23-year production run of Mk4 reentry body assembly hardware kits used to house nuclear warheads in the Trident I C4 and Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missile arsenal. The Mk4 reentry system developed jointly in the early 1970's by the Navy Strategic Systems Programs and the Department of Energy DOE is specifically designed to house the missile's W76 nuclear warhead. The W76 is a United States thermonuclear warhead designed for use on the UGM-96 Trident I sea-launched ballistic missiles SLBMs and subsequently moved to the UGM-133 Trident II. The first variant the W76 mod 0 W76-0 was manufactured from 1978 to 1987 and was gradually replaced by the W76 mod 1 W76-1 between 2008 and 2018 completely replacing the Mod 0 in the active stockpile. In 2018 it was announced that some Mod 1 warheads would be converted to a new W76 mod 2 W76-2 version. The first Mod 2 warheads were deployed in late 2019. The W76-0 was fitted inside a Mk4 reentry vehicle reentry body in US Navy parlance while the W76-1 and -2 are fitted inside the new Mk4A reentry vehicle. This MK4/SE Surelock demonstration model may have been produced by Lockheed Martin. The Mk4 SE Surelock is a demonstration model for a system to allow a Mk4 Reentry Body not Vehicle this is for the Navy to be lifted and attached to various mounting fixtures. The proposed system was accepted and became "Captive Bolts" <br/><br/>The need for such a system revolved around the fact that the Mk4 arrives mounted in a container and must then be detached from that and lifted to a series of mounting stands associated with various RB tests and checks.<br/><br/>The system accomplishes this through the use of a precision adjustable screw arrangement. By turning the screw settings can be achieved that<br/>- allow the RB to be detached from its container<br/>- allow a lifting fixture to be attached to the Surelock system and thus the RB<br/>- allow the hoisted RB to be then attached to any of the required mounting fixtures<br/>- allow the lifting fixture to be removed from the Surelock<br/><br/>The model itself is comprised to represent three things:<br/>- the wide bottom disc is a "mounting fixture"<br/>- the second smaller disc plus the screw assembly is "the RB" or specifically the RB and the "Captive Bolt" that is part of the RB or more specifically part of the RBA or RB Assembly<br/>- the yellow collar is a "lifting fixture"<br/><br/>By turning the screw one can achieve two new configurations:<br/>- the lifting collar can be removed as it would be after the RB has been placed and secured onto a mounting fixture<br/>- the mounting fixture the wide base can be firmly attached representing a mounted RB or released i.e. when the RB is be lifted to the next mounting fixture<br/><br/>"The Manual" is the typed set of instructions on the underneath of the base. United States Navy unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 81637

‎United States, Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department (under the Supervision of Captain Dud‎

‎Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France; Naval Operations from January 1800 to May 1800‎

‎Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1937. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. vii 3 675 1 pages. Bookplate of noted naval authority John Lyman inside front cover. Some endpaper and edge discoloration. Some page discoloration and soiling noted. Includes Preface 8 black and white illustrations and 3 folding maps and Index. Abbreviation Index to Sources. Prepared under the direction of The Honorable Claude A. Swanson Secretary of the Navy. This volume is the fifth of a projected series of early documentary material dealing with American naval history. It covers naval operations from January 1 1800 to May 31 1800 inclusive during the quasi-war with France 1798-1801 and contains much hitherto unpublished material concerning naval activity together with related political and commercial matters. The same chronological arrangement of documents is followed as in the previous volumes in this series. The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and France. Most of the fighting took place in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coastline of the United States. The war originated in disputes over the application of the 1778 treaties of Alliance and Commerce between the two countries. France then engaged in the 1792-1797 War of the First Coalition which included Great Britain viewed the 1794 Jay Treaty between the United States and Britain as incompatible with those treaties and retaliated by seizing American ships trading with Britain. The United States responded by suspending repayment of French loans from the American Revolutionary War. When diplomatic negotiations culminating in the XYZ Affair failed to resolve the issue French privateers began attacking merchant ships in American waters. On July 7 1798 Congress authorized the use of military force against France and reestablished the United States Navy. United States Marines were also reestablished to defend and board warships as well as land troops if needed. The United States informally cooperated with Britain chiefly in allowing merchant ships to join each other's convoys. Likewise France cooperated with Spain on a minor scale. President John Adams continued diplomatic efforts to resolve underlying issues; this coincided with Napoleon taking power in France who for various reasons was keen to agree to terms. This led to the Convention of 1800 which ended the war. United States Government Printing Office hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 81633

‎US. Navy Department U. S.‎

‎Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States 1909‎

‎Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1909. Presumed First Edition First printing Thus. Hardcover. Good. 754 2 page Tables. Appendix. Index. Ink notation inside front cover. Name of previous owner on fep. Some cover wear and soiling. Includes Chapter 1--Navy Department Chapter II-Rank Command and Duty; Chapter III-Honors and Distinctions; Chapter 4-Instructions for Officers in General; Chapter V.--Naval Administration and Discipline; Chapter VI--A Commander-in-Chief; Chapter VII A Flag Officer Not in Chief Command; Chapter VIII--The Staff of a Flag Officer; Chapter IX--The Senior Officer Present; Chapter X-The Captain; Chapter XI--The Executive Officer; Chapter XII--The Navigator and Ordnance Officer; Chapter XIII--Officers of the Deck and of Gun Torpedo and Powder Divisions; Chapter XIV--Junior Officers of the Line; XV--Commissioned Warrant Officers and Warrant Officers; Chapter XVI--Petty Officers and Crew; Chapter XVII--Enlistments Ratings Transfers Discharges etc.; Chapter XVII--Engineer Officers; XIX--Engineering Instructions; XX--Preservation and Repairs of Ships; XXI-Medical Officers; XXII-Medical Instruction; XXIII-Pay Officers; XXIV-Pay and Allowances; XXV--Supplies on Shore; XXVI Supplies Afloat; XXVII-Surveys and Sales; XXVIII-Money; XXIX-Accounts and Returns; XXX-Chaplains; Chapter XXXI-Naval Constructors; Chapter XXXII-Marines; Chapter XXXIII-Correspondence; Chapter XXXIV--Leave of Absence and Liberty; Chapter XXXV-Quarantine--Pilotage; Chapter XXXVI-Transport Service; Chapter XXXVII--Shore Stations; Chapter XXXVIII-Appointments and Promotions; Chapter XXXIX-Boards; Chapter XL-Courts of Inquiry; Chapter XL I-Summary Courts-Martial; Chapter XLII-General Courts-Martial Articles for the Government of the Navy. Limitations on Punishments. Appendix-Regulations for Prevention Collisions. Table of Changes. Index. These regulations were updated after the Spanish-American War and were the standard in place at the time the United States entered the First World War. United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy not just the United States Navy endowed with the sanction of law as to duty responsibility authority distinctions and relationships of various officials organizations and individuals. Navy Regulations are issued by the Secretary of the Navy and are permanent regulations of general applicability as opposed to other regulations that he or she may issue in accordance with law. The Navy Regulations serve in effect much as a vehicle of implementation of Title 10 of the United States Code as it pertains to the Naval Services. However Navy Regulations do not take legal precedence over any order or directive issued by either the President or Secretary of Defense or of an Act of Congress. The Chief of Naval Operations is responsible for maintaining the Navy Regulations and for ensuring that they conform to the current needs of the Department of the Navy. Other directives issued within the Department of the Navy may not conflict with alter or amend any provision of Navy Regulations. Any additions changes or deletions to the U.S. Navy Regulations must be approved by the Secretary of the Navy. Navy Regulations began with the enactment by the Second Continental Congress of the "Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies" on November 28 1775. The first issuance by the United States Government which covered this subject matter was "An Act for the Government of the Navy of the United States" enacted on March 2 1799. This was followed the next year by "An Act for the Better Government of the Navy of the United States." In the years preceding the American Civil War twelve successor publications were promulgated under a number of titles by the President the Navy Department and the Secretary of the Navy. A decision by the Attorney General that the last of the pre-Civil War issuances was invalid led to the inclusion in the 1862 naval appropriations bill of a provision that "the orders regulations and instructions heretofore issued by the Secretary of the Navy be and they are hereby recognized as the regulations of the Navy Department subject however to such alterations as the Secretary of the Navy may adopt with the approbation of the President of the United States." Thirteen editions of Navy Regulations were published in accordance with this authority later codified as Section 1547 Revised Statutes between 1865 and 1948. Congress enacted the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 Pub. L. 99-443 which granted each of the service secretaries the explicit authority to prescribe regulations to carry out his or her statutory functions powers and duties. Government Printing Office hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 81673

‎Keegan, Marina‎

‎The Opposite of Loneliness : Essays and Stories‎

‎Simon & Schuster Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Simon & Schuster, Limited unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 12902506-6 ISBN : 147113962x 9781471139628

‎US. Navy U. S.‎

‎U.S. Army-Navy Journal of Recognition; September 1943--February 1944 Numbers 1-6‎

‎Annapolis Maryland: Naval Institute Press 1990. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Oversized book measuring 13 inches by 9--1/2 inches. Includes Introduction by Norman Friedman. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations. This first reprinted volume of the Recognition Journal covers the six issues of the magazine published between September 1943 and February 1944. These firs six issues were written as World War II neared its half-way point both chonronologically and strategically. the Allies invaded Italy in September 1943 knocking the weakest of their enemies out of the war and into cobelligenerency. In the Central Pacific the great offensive was about to begin with the assault on Taro. Articles on the British and French navies emphasize the international quality of the Atlantic was. These pages also contain harbingers of the future. The decision that the Untied States would be responsible for most allied transport aircraft enabled the U.S> to dominate the postwar civil-aircraft market. The twenty-four issues of the World War II Recognition Journal are a graphic record of the evolution of wartime ships aircraft and armored vehicles as the United states and our allies particularly Britain then understood that evolution. Although the Journal carried only the lowest possible classification so that it could be widely distributed it mirrored contemporary ideas and contemporary understanding to an extent that is now unavailable almost anywhere else. It also carried some of the clearest wartime photographs arranged particularly well by the staff of Life magazine from which the Journal took its layout. According to Norman Friedman "it is a great introduction to the much more detailed literature on the technology of World War II ships aircraft and armored vehicles." The literature doesn't get much more detailed than this. Black-and-white photographs and diagrams are to be found in multiples on every page of this 9.5 x 13 inch hardbound reprint. The very first page of journal #1 has a quiz called the "All-in Raid" where the reader is invited to identify the silhouettes of 62 planes that are about to fly right over his head "For answers see p.50." The very first article "No Margin for Error" concerns the vital need to be able to recognize vehicles of war planes tanks ships etc. from any angle. Then the next page discusses the identification of Britain's "newest transport" the RAF's York along with five photographs that show the difference between the York its parent Lancaster and the older Manchester. Most of the articles are two pages long including the photographs diagrams cutaway drawings etc. A bit of history e.g. "Sherman was best in North Africa" is also crammed onto each page of text and many of the photographs were taken in actual combat. Some WWII 'trivia' is also included such as a photograph of the medal that was presented to a Kingfisher scout-plane pilot who dropped his depth charges on what proved to be whale not an enemy submarine. This is a fascinating book. Naval Institute Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 79692 ISBN : 0870217755 9780870217753

‎Department of the Navy‎

‎Landing-Force Manual United States Navy; Revised by the Bureau of Navigation Navy Department‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1927. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. x 703 1 pages. Illustrations. Topics covered include among many others Drill regulation; Instruction without arms and with rifle and automatic rifle; Drill the rifle squad platoon and company; Drill the Infantry battalion regiment brigade and the headquarters company; Ceremonies and inspections; Manuals; Physical drill with arms; Drill and combat signals; Artillery; Machine guns; The landing force; Interior guard duty; Security in position warfare; Marches and Camps; Combat; Defensive combat; Special operations and minor warfare; Field engineering; Medical tactics ashore; Mapping and sketching; and Combat principles. Ink notation on page facing title page. Text somewhat darkened. Rear board somewhat weakened. This revision of the Landing-Force Manual has brought it into agreement with U.S. Army Training Regulations and will insure that recruits entering either branch of the service will be drilled in the same manner and that men honorably discharged from one branch of the service will be able to enter the other and profit by their previous experience. Each ship division and fleet was required to maintain a permanently organized landing force consisting of infantry artillery machine-guns and other units. The organization was to be flexible so that any part might be landed at the discretion of the senior officer present. United States Government Printing Office hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 78872

‎United States Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel‎

‎Digital Computer Basics; NAVPERS 10088‎

‎Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1968. 1969 printing. Wraps. Good. Format is approximatley 8 inches by 10.25 inches. iv 231 1 pages. Figures. Tables. Formulae. Training Film List. Glossary. Index. Rear cover scuffed. This appears to be the earliest version of this work. At least 10088-A and 10088-B 1978 were subsequently published. This training course was intended for use by U. S. Navy and Naval Reserve personnel whose duties required an knowledge of the fundamental concepts of electronic computers and data processing and as an introductory course for those aspiring to the Data Systems Technician rating. The coverage of the five basic sections of a computer are treated in sufficient detail to equip the reader with a knowledge of the circuits and functions peculiar to each sections and to show how these sections are related. Programming techniques are three in three chapters. Part I presents a definition of terms the procedure of stating the problem and the development of flow charts. Part II builds on the previous chapter and concludes by showing how the problem is converted into actual computer machine language. Part II described the conversion of a mnemonic language to machine language as accomplished through the use of compilers. Other subjects treated include: Number Systems Boolean Algebra Analog-Digital and Digital-Analog Conversations and Diagnostic Maintenance Routines. United States Government Printing Office paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 78708

‎Marine Corps Intelligence Activity‎

‎Improvised Explosive Devices Threat Guide; MCIA 2410-003-04‎

‎Quantico VA: Marine Corps Intelligence Activity 2004. Presumed First Edition First printing. Spiral bound. Very good. Format is approximately 4 inches by 6.25 inches. 20 pages counting front and back covers. Marked For Official Use Only presumed to no longer apply. Illustrations. An improvised explosive device IED is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives such as an artillery shell attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs. IEDs are generally seen in heavy terrorist actions or in asymmetric unconventional warfare by insurgent guerrillas or commando forces in a theater of operations. In the second Iraq War IEDs were used extensively against US-led invasion forces and by the end of 2007 they had become responsible for approximately 63% of coalition deaths in Iraq. They are also used in Afghanistan by insurgent groups and have caused over 66% of coalition casualties in the 2001present Afghanistan War. The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity MCIA is the Intelligence Support and Coordination Center for the Marine Corps Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise. MCIA produces all-source intelligence provides intelligence services and conducts intelligence and counterintelligence operations in support of current and future operations and force development. MCIA's Enterprise Operations Center is the Marine Corps' 24/7 single point of access for all-source intelligence reach-back support. MCIA is comprised of the service intelligence center CI/HUMINT Support Company and the Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion MCSB. MCIA headquarters is located in Quantico Virginia while MCSB headquarters is at Fort Meade Maryland. Marine Corps Intelligence Activity unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 78490

‎United States Marine Corps‎

‎Small Wars Manual; United States Marine Corps 1940‎

‎Manhattan KS: Sunflower University Press 1996. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Trade paperback. Very good. xvii 1 Various paginations. Illustrations. Introduction by Ronald Schaffer. Cover has slight wear and sticker residue at back. Name in ink on half-title page. The Small Wars Manual is a United States Marine Corps manual on tactics and strategies for engaging in certain types of military operations. The Marine Corps' role in small wars has a long and complex history. During the early years of the 20th century the Corps was widely viewed as the nation's overseas police and initial response force. Moreover the actual execution of these roles were a natural adjunct of the Corps' officially directed mission of sea-based power projection in turn buttressed by its fundamental expeditionary operational character; i.e. the availability for "sudden and immediate call". As a result of this "natural fit" and the experience of a series of guerrilla wars and military interventions in Central America and the Caribbean from the late 1890s through the early 1930s loosely known as the Banana Wars the Marine Corps began to systematically analyze the character and requirements of operations short of war proper or "Small Wars". Major Samuel M. Harrington of the Marine Corps Schools delivered a formal report The Strategy and Tactics of Small Wars in 1921. In addition Major C. J. Miller wrote a 154-page report on the 2nd Marine Brigade's operations in the Dominican Republic titled Diplomacy and Spurs in the Dominican Republic in 1923. The results of these efforts were encapsulated in the manual Small Wars Operations in 1935. For the 1940 revision it was renamed The Small Wars Manual SWM. A classic it remains relevant today as the foundation of much current thinking and doctrine. It was encouraged reading by James Mattis for the 1st Marine Division in preparation for the Corps's return to the Iraq War as an occupation force. Sunflower University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 78233 ISBN : 0897451120 9780897451123

‎United States Department of the Navy Maury Center for Ocean Science‎

‎Acoustic Environmental Scenarios and Predictions for ASW; Volume 12 Area 4B Winter Predictions for Passive Sonar MC Report 011‎

‎Washington DC: United States Department of the Navy Maury Center for Ocean Science 1972. Presumed First Edition First printing. Spiral bound. Good. 4 210 pages. Consists of data graphically displayed. Arrival Angle. DB Loss Noise DB and Depth in meters. This is part of the Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project. There is a distribution limitation statement at the bottom of the front cover "This document may be further distributed by the holder only with the specific prior approval of the Director Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project ONR Code 102-OS" However it is understood that this limitation no longer applies due to the passage of time and advances in technology. Passive Sonar is a device that detects the source of acoustic vibrations or noise and determines the direction or bearing to the source. It is used as a hydroacoustic direction finder. Passive sonars operate in the range of sonic ultrasonic and infrasonic frequencies. They are used on submarines on surface vessels in containers lowered from helicopters and on buoys Passive sonars consist of sonic detector compensator filter amplifier and display device. Anti-submarine warfare ASW or in older form A/S is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships aircraft or other submarines to find track and deter damage or destroy enemy submarines. Successful anti-submarine warfare depends on a mix of sensor and weapon technology training and experience. Sophisticated sonar equipment for first detecting then classifying locating and tracking the target submarine is a key element of ASW. To destroy submarines both torpedoes and naval mines are used launched from air surface and underwater platforms. ASW also involves protecting friendly ships. United States, Department of the Navy, Maury Center for Ocean Science unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 77592

‎United States, Department of the Navy, Maury Center for Ocean Science‎

‎Acoustic Environmental Scenarios and Predictions for ASW; Volume 11 Area 4A Summer Predictions for Passive Sonar MC Report 011‎

‎Washington DC: United States Department of the Navy Maury Center for Ocean Science 1972. Presumed First Edition First printing. Spiral bound. Good. 4 240 pages. Consists of data graphically displayed. Arrival Angle. DB Loss Noise DB and Depth in meters. This is part of the Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project. There is a distribution limitation statement at the bottom of the front cover "This document may be further distributed by the holder only with the specific prior approval of the Director Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project ONR Code 102-OS" However it is understood that this limitation no longer applies due to the passage of time and advances in technology. Passive Sonar is a device that detects the source of acoustic vibrations or noise and determines the direction or bearing to the source. It is used as a hydroacoustic direction finder. Passive sonars operate in the range of sonic ultrasonic and infrasonic frequencies. They are used on submarines on surface vessels in containers lowered from helicopters and on buoys Passive sonars consist of sonic detector compensator filter amplifier and display device. Anti-submarine warfare ASW or in older form A/S is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships aircraft or other submarines to find track and deter damage or destroy enemy submarines. Successful anti-submarine warfare depends on a mix of sensor and weapon technology training and experience. Sophisticated sonar equipment for first detecting then classifying locating and tracking the target submarine is a key element of ASW. To destroy submarines both torpedoes and naval mines are used launched from air surface and underwater platforms. ASW also involves protecting friendly ships. United States, Department of the Navy, Maury Center for Ocean Science unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 77591