Honor, courage, commitment: Navy boot camp
by Leahy, J. F.
"Chronicles the transition of eighty-one men and women from civilians to sailors at the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois ... his examination of the unique American institution - popularly known as 'boot camp' - offers a look into the hearts and minds of a group of young people who are a cross section of the nation. The work sheds light on the controversy over gender integration and helps bridge the gap between the military services and the society they serve. During t…
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- Full title :Honor, courage, commitment : Navy boot camp / J.F. Leahy.
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"Chronicles the transition of eighty-one men and women from civilians to sailors at the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois ... his examination of the unique American institution - popularly known as 'boot camp' - offers a look into the hearts and minds of a group of young people who are a cross section of the nation. The work sheds light on the controversy over gender integration and helps bridge the gap between the military services and the society they serve. During the fall of 2000 the author was granted unlimited ... access to the recruits from the time they arrived ... until their graduation ... he interviewed them at every opportunity and surveyed them through a series of ... reaction papers"--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication:Annapolis, Md
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 230 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1591144388, 9781591144380
- oclc:ocn813287505
- LC Classification:V433
Table of Contents
In the beginning -- Recruit division commanders -- Reporting aboard -- Orientation -- Raise high the guidon -- Early weeks of training -- Sailor's life for me -- Right way, the wrong way, the navy way -- Warrior weeks -- Confronting fear -- Body and soul -- Battle stations! fighting the good fight -- Battle stations! finishing the course -- Battle stations! keeping faith -- Dangers, great and small -- They make it happen -- Bravo Zulu, young sailors, well done! -- Sailor remembers.
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