Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon, Spencer Usaf (Ret ). Gen Larry O.

Автор: Bauman Robert H., Rasor Dina
Название: Shattered Minds: How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets
ISBN: 164012036X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781640120365
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Shattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet. Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing discovered that the required density of the Kevlar material woven into the netting of combat helmets was being shorted. After bringing their discovery to the attention of management, their boss, rather than cleaning up the illegal practice, accused them of having an adulterous affair. Both employees were fired, leading to a lawsuit and a court judgment in their favor that eventually brought the company’s bad-faith practices to light. Around the same time, a separate whistleblower, a retired Navy doctor, was pulled into a bizarre struggle with Army and Marine bureaucracies when he discovered from his Marine grandson that the protective webbing inside the military helmets was inadequate. Why was the military so resistant to upgrading the most essential piece of gear to protect soldiers from traumatic brain injury? Interweaving these two whistleblower stories, Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor explain why the military, despite news coverage and congressional hearings on the faulty helmet, continued to do the indefensible. They also suggest how the public, the press, and military institutions can remedy the problem to give U.S. troops effective helmets when serving to protect their country.  

Автор: Smith Perry M. Jr.
Название: Listen Up! Stories of Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, the Pentagon, CNN and Beyond
ISBN: 1977227481 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977227485
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Описание: Listen Up is not a traditional memoir. It is a book of stories: some powerful and some humorous. These stories are about West Point, playing lacrosse, living in Europe just after WWII, flying, combat, the Pentagon, being on camera, teaching, leading, fundraising and more. For example, born into a military family, Perry Smith witnessed, at age six, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. He was in the back of an Army truck on the way to Sunday School on that fateful morning. Open this book and enjoy some stories from a long, eventful life.

Автор: Mark Joseph Mongilutz
Название: Voices of the 9/11 Pentagon Recovery Effort: Essays from the U.S. Army`s Old Guard
ISBN: 1476680434 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476680439
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Thousands took part in the Pentagon recovery effort following 9/11, but few knew exactly what they were signing up for. The 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), sent its soldiers to contribute where they could, as best they could. In this book, soldiers of The Old Guard share their experiences.