When You Enlist
Author : Margaret Slattery
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Youth
ISBN :
Heavy Wheel Vehicle Mechanic
Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Mechanics (Persons)
ISBN :
Book Description
TRADOC Pamphlet TP 600-4 The Soldier's Blue Book
Author : United States Government Us Army
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 2019-12-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781675302019
Book Description
This manual, TRADOC Pamphlet TP 600-4 The Soldier's Blue Book: The Guide for Initial Entry Soldiers August 2019, is the guide for all Initial Entry Training (IET) Soldiers who join our Army Profession. It provides an introduction to being a Soldier and Trusted Army Professional, certified in character, competence, and commitment to the Army. The pamphlet introduces Solders to the Army Ethic, Values, Culture of Trust, History, Organizations, and Training. It provides information on pay, leave, Thrift Saving Plans (TSPs), and organizations that will be available to assist you and your Families. The Soldier's Blue Book is mandated reading and will be maintained and available during BCT/OSUT and AIT.This pamphlet applies to all active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard enlisted IET conducted at service schools, Army Training Centers, and other training activities under the control of Headquarters, TRADOC.
Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,45 MB
Release : 2006-02-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309164877
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces short-term and long-term challenges in selecting and recruiting an enlisted force to meet personnel requirements associated with diverse and changing missions. The DoD has established standards for aptitudes/abilities, medical conditions, and physical fitness to be used in selecting recruits who are most likely to succeed in their jobs and complete the first term of service (generally 36 months). In 1999, the Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment was established by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request from the DoD. One focus of the committee's work was to examine trends in the youth population relative to the needs of the military and the standards used to screen applicants to meet these needs. When the committee began its work in 1999, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force had recently experienced recruiting shortfalls. By the early 2000s, all the Services were meeting their goals; however, in the first half of calendar year 2005, both the Army and the Marine Corps experienced recruiting difficulties and, in some months, shortfalls. When recruiting goals are not being met, scientific guidance is needed to inform policy decisions regarding the advisability of lowering standards and the impact of any change on training time and cost, job performance, attrition, and the health of the force. Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment examines the current physical, medical, and mental health standards for military enlistment in light of (1) trends in the physical condition of the youth population; (2) medical advances for treating certain conditions, as well as knowledge of the typical course of chronic conditions as young people reach adulthood; (3) the role of basic training in physical conditioning; (4) the physical demands and working conditions of various jobs in today's military services; and (5) the measures that are used by the Services to characterize an individual's physical condition. The focus is on the enlistment of 18- to 24-year-olds and their first term of service.
Attitudes, Aptitudes, and Aspirations of American Youth
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309085314
Book Description
Recruiting an all-volunteer military is a formidable task. To successfully enlist one eligible recruit, the Army must contact approximately 120 young people. The National Research Council explores the various factors that will determine whether the military can realistically expect to recruit an adequate fighting force-one that will meet its upcoming needs. It also assesses the military's expected manpower needs and projects the numbers of youth who are likely to be available over the next 20 years to meet these needs. With clearly written text and useful graphics, Attitudes, Aptitudes, and Aspirations of American Youth offers an overview of important issues for military recruiters, touching on a number of important topics including: sex and race, education and aptitude, physical and moral attributes, and military life and working conditions. In addition, the book looks at how a potential recruit would approach the decision to enlist, considering personal, family, and social values, and the options for other employment or college. Building on the need to increase young Americans' "propensity to enlist," this book offers useful recommendations for increasing educational opportunities while in the service and for developing advertising strategies that include concepts of patriotism and duty to country. Of primary value to military policymakers, recruitment officers, and analysts, Attitudes, Aptitudes, and Aspirations of American Youth will also interest social scientists and policy makers interested in youth trends.
Basic Training For Dummies
Author : Rod Powers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 1118088964
Book Description
The easy way to prepare for basic training Each year, thousands of young Americans attempt to enlist in the U.S. Armed Services. A number of factors during a soldier's training could inhibit successful enlistment, including mental toughness and physical fitness levels. Basic Training For Dummies covers the ins and outs of this initial process, preparing you for the challenges you?ll face before you head off for basic training.. You'll get detailed, week-by-week information on what to expect in basic training for each branch of service, such as physical training, discipline, classroom instruction, drill and ceremony, obstacle courses, simulated war games, self-defense, marksmanship, and other milestones. Tips and information on getting in shape to pass the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) All-important advice on what to pack for boot camp Other title by Powers: ASVAB For Dummies Premier, 3rd Edition, Veterans Benefits For Dummies Whether you join the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard, Basic Training For Dummies prepares you for the challenge and will help you survive and thrive in boot camp!
Enlisting in the U. S. Navy for the Uninformed
Author : David Desoto
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2005-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420870033
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to provide valuable information to prospective or new Navy Enlisted Sailors. Quality decisions result from facts and realistic viewpoints. This book provides vision only experience can muster, and answers to questions you would never think to ask. Too many times I have looked back and said, "if I had only known that back then." Hindsight is always 20/20. My intention is to turn my hindsight into your foresight! Nothing in this book will ever strive to sell you or dissuade you. It is offered simply as a means to facilitate quality decision-making. An Enlisted tour in the Navy will be a life-impacting endeavor. You will invariably change as a person, as will your view of the world. Enlisted Sailors need a mentor to provide a path towards success and happiness. A civilian pondering Enlistment needs a mentor to provide a looking glass into their prospective future. I intend to provide an informative, occasionally humorous, and always insightful view of the U.S. Navy. This view is based on my personal experiences and the experiences of those I have known. I will also provide facts and resources to information every Sailor should know. All factual information was true and correct when this book was written. However, I suggest you always seek out the most current and correct information. As clearly stated in Section 9.5.b. of any Enlistment Contract, "Laws and regulations that govern military personnel may change without notice to me. Such changes may affect my status, pay, allowances, benefits, and responsibilities as a member of the Armed Forces REGARDLESS of the provisions of this enlistment/re-enlistment document." That basically means, whatever you think you know today could change tomorrow, or in the next sixty seconds! Most importantly, I thank you for taking time to read my words. If you are already Enlisted, choose to Enlist, or pursue a civilian future, I wish you great successes and contentment. As they say in the Navy, "Fair Winds and Following Seas."
10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military
Author : Elizabeth Weill-greenberg
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 159558675X
Book Description
So you're walking out of school and parked at the gate is a new, bright red Ford Mustang with a hulk of a man in the front seat. He's sporting a razor cut and wraparound shades. Before you can pass he's out of the car and blocking your path. "Mind if I take a minute"—he has you by the arm now—"to tell you about the great life in today's Army and why you should seriously think about signing up?" The armed forces are having a tough time attracting new recruits lately, in no small part due to the mess in Iraq. Young people are getting wise to the many excellent reasons not to join the U.S. Military, and this handy book brings them all together, combining accessible writing with hard facts and devastating personal testimony. Contributors with firsthand experience point out the dangers facing soldiers, describe the tricks used by recruiters, and emphasize that there really are other options, even in a sluggish economy. It's essential reading for anyone thinking of signing up.
Rig Ship for Ultra Quiet
Author : Andrew Karam
Publisher :
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 9780957870970
Book Description
You've seen The Hunt for Red October and wondered if it was real. Now you'll know. Rig Ship for Ultra Quiet -- a book about submarines, written by a submariner. Spend two months in a nuclear fast attack submarine off the coast of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War with Andrew Karam, a decorated veteran of the US submarine force.
Eat the Apple
Author : Matt Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1632869527
Book Description
"The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner)--a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man. Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Matt survived the training and then not one, not two, but three deployments to Iraq, where the testosterone, danger, and stakes for him and his fellow grunts were dialed up a dozen decibels. With its kaleidoscopic array of literary forms, from interior dialogues to infographics to prose passages that read like poetry, Young's narrative powerfully mirrors the multifaceted nature of his experience. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating, and ultimately redemptive, Young's story drops us unarmed into Marine Corps culture and lays bare the absurdism of 21st-century war, the manned-up vulnerability of those on the front lines, and the true, if often misguided, motivations that drove a young man to a life at war. Searing in its honesty, tender in its vulnerability, and brilliantly written, Eat the Apple is a modern war classic in the making and a powerful coming-of-age story that maps the insane geography of our times.
