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Release : 1972
Genre : Merchant marine
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Book Synopsis Merchant Vessels of the United States by :
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by . This book was released on 1972. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Coast Guard
Release : 2011
Genre : Inland navigation
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Book Rating : 437/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Navigation Rules by : United States. Coast Guard
Download or read book Navigation Rules written by United States. Coast Guard. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who owns a boat, this is the handbook for you. Included are all of the official government rules and regulations that must be followed by anyone out on the water. This book will prepare you for head?on situations, avoiding collisions, using, distress signals, and will inform you of all the up?to?date water regulations. Whether you?re in a jam or just relaxing at sea, Navigation Rules will teach and prepare you for anything and everything you may encounter while on your boat.
Author : Donald T. Phillips
Release : 2013-11-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 479/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Character in Action by : Donald T. Phillips
Download or read book Character in Action written by Donald T. Phillips. This book was released on 2013-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the U.S. Coast Guard create, instill, and maintain leadership throughout a 40,000 member force spread across the United States? A former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and a best-selling author combine their knowledge of the subject to offer a formula for success. Donald T. Phillips, who has written eight books on leadership, asserts that the Coast Guard is a superlative example of an organization with effective leadership, loaded with leaders at all levels. From a guardsman scraping barnacles off buoys in the Gulf of Mexico to the captain of a cutter in the Gulf of Alaska to the Commandant in Washington, they know exactly what leadership is, how it works, an d why it is important. This case study in leadership uses the Coast Guard as an example for other organizations who want to imbue leadership to every single one of its members. An effective leadership beacon, the book is replete with tangible examples, vivid anecdotes, and explicit guidelines on how to instill leadership throughout an entire organization. Stories abound on Coast Guard efficiency, innovation, and heroism and many are used to illustrate the service's effectiveness and to engage the reader. From the military and government communities to the business world, a variety of organizations can benefit from this outstanding leadership guide.
Author : Tom Beard
Release : 2010-09-28
Genre : Transportation
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Book Rating : 789/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Coast Guard by : Tom Beard
Download or read book The Coast Guard written by Tom Beard. This book was released on 2010-09-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive, official illustrated book on the U.S. Coast Guard, published in a fully updated and revised edition. Since September 11, the Coast Guard’s motto—Semper Paratus, "Always Ready"—has taken on new meaning. From protecting our coastlines to drug interdiction, combat missions, and guarding against terrorism as part of the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Coast Guard maintains a constant vigil in the safeguarding of Americans. Written by an outstanding team of historians and distinguished officers, including the current Commandant USCG Admiral Thad Allen, The Coast Guard has more than 350 pages that tell the story from its origins as both the Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Lifesaving Service to lighthouses, ice breakers, and the heroes of Hurricane Katrina. Essays on history, search and rescue, and aviation all have one common focus: the incredibly trained and highly motivated people that make up the Coast Guard.
Author : Thomas P. Ostrom
Release : 2011-10-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 557/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The United States Coast Guard and National Defense by : Thomas P. Ostrom
Download or read book The United States Coast Guard and National Defense written by Thomas P. Ostrom. This book was released on 2011-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and North Polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explored are defense threats, drug trafficking, and border security, as well as Coast Guard personnel, training, leadership, and assets.
