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"'Grunt' tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries -- panic, exhaustion, heat, noise -- and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. She visits a repurposed...
2) Navy brat
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Vowing never to get involved with a Navy man, former Navy brat Erin MacNamera, determined to find stability, finds her resolve sorely tested when she meets, and falls in love with, Lieutenant Brandon Davis.
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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. He then explained how anyone can use these basic...
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"Week-by-week information on what to expect in basic training for each branch of the service: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or the Coast Guard. Topics covered include physical training, discipline, classroom instruction, drill and ceremony, obstacle courses, simulated war games, self-defense, and marksmanship." --
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Scribner
Pub. Date
1997.
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English
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The bestselling, compelling insider's account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086-their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code of honor that defines them.
The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Making the Corps visits the front lines of boot camp in Parris...
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Stackpole Books
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2014.
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English
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"Revised and updated, this is the essential guide for servicemembers' wives and families. It covers all aspects, from marriage and living on base to moving and deployments and includes sections on benefits, resources, and sound advice for a quality life in the service. There are tips on how to survive and prosper, including coping with periodic separations, managing a separate career, pursuing further education, handling finances, living overseas,...
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Thomas Dunne Books
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2012.
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English
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There is absolutely nothing in the American experience comparable to basic training or boot camp. If you haven't been through it, you can't understand it. But, if you've been through it, you never forget it.
No matter where they live, all American fighting men and women have one thing in common: They have survived basic military training. They've crawled through the swamps on Parris Island, stood in the frigid cold guarding a Dumpster at Great Lakes,...
13) Combat obscura
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Oscilloscope Laboratories
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[2019]
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English
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"For years, Miles Lagoze served in Afghanistan as a Combat Camera, shooting footage and editing videos for Marine Corps recruiting purposes. In this devastating film, Lagoze assembles his own footage and that of his fellow combat cameramen into a never-before-seen look at the daily life of Marines from the ultimate insider's point of view." --
14) Navy Baby
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Finding herself pregnant after a single night of passion with a total stranger--seaman Riley Murdock--sheltered Hannah Raymond is reunited by fate with the father of her child and forced into marriage by her minister father.
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Winner of the National Book Award, this bestseller describes army life in Hawaii on the eve of Pearl Harbor.
"The publishers believe that the appearance of this novel is of comparable importance to the publication of This Side of Paradise or Look Homeward, Angel. For like the first novels of Fitzgerald and Wolfe, From Here to Eternity introduces a writer who will take a commanding place in American literature. The events of the novel occur in Hawaii...