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1) The US Navy
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
This title highlights the history and achievements of the US Navy. Text explores the military branch's cutting-edge missions and important roles in protecting the United States. Learn about key technology and weapons, and discover what it is like to join the US Navy and have a career as a sailor.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...
3) US Navy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
This book highlights a wide range of careers in the US Navy, from rescue swimmers to nurses to sonar technicians.
8) The Navy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The job of a navy is to control and defend the seas around its country's shores, to keep the sea lanes open and safe for merchant ships, and to protect the country's interests overseas. The crew of a navy warship may be called upon to face danger in a hostile environment far from home. It takes courage, skill, and teamwork to do this job. It also requires professionalism and people who take pride in their work"
Author
Series
Kris Longknife volume 7
Pub. Date
2009
Description
When an alien race warns them that an unidentifiable force is roaming the galaxy, destroying everything in its path towards human space, Kris Longknife and her crew must take on new roles in order to combat this unknown threat.
15) Ion curtain
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
For decades there has been a tense interstellar Cold War between the UN and the Russian military. When scavenger and pirate Solitaire Yeung and his salvage crew discover top secret artificial intelligence in a destroyed Russian battleship, they steal the AI and run. Now the UN is after it. The Russians are after it. And, worst of all, an even more powerful foe in the darkness of space is after it. Will humanity itself be able to survive?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Lieutenant John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq and the son of Gabriel Du Pré's girlfriend, to accept the Navy Cross. First, however, Du Pré and Patchen must find the wounded marine, who was last seen drinking heavily in the Toussaint Saloon. They locate him soon enough, disheveled and stinking of stale booze, but a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater...
17) The men-of-war
Author
Pub. Date
©1978
Description
Describes the warships of England and other countries in the seventeenth century and the battles and wars in which they were involved.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Masterand Commander: During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Lieutenant John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq and the son of Gabriel Du Pre's girlfriend, to accept the Navy Cross. First, however, Du Pre and Patchen must find the wounded marine, who was last seen drinking heavily in the Toussaint Saloon. They locate him soon enough, disheveled and stinking of stale booze, but a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater...
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