Thomas a wick (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Navy radioman's firsthand account of Operation Earnest Will-and his 40-year fight for justice. Thomas Anthony Wick served aboard USS Worden during the 1987-1988 Persian Gulf convoy operations. He processed the FLASH messages when USS Stark was hit by missiles, killing 37 sailors. He escorted the damaged ship through waters filled with Iranian mines and Silkworm missiles. He listened to merchant sailors die on the radio while prohibited from helping. The Navy documented a heart murmur at his separation physical in 1988-and sent him home. Thirty years later, he discovered it was atrial fibrillation. The diagnosis came three decades too late. This is the story of one combat veteran's fight against a system designed to deny, delay, and discourage. It's also the story of a military family's multi-generational sacrifice: a father crippled by VA malpractice, cousins who died waiting for benefits, and a sister who turns grief into charity by rescuing horses and paying off Christmas layaways for struggling families. EARNEST WILL is about two things: a Navy mission in the Persian Gulf, and the honest determination to never give up-no matter how broken the system becomes. For every veteran still fighting. One day, we win. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HE'S AT SEA. THE POWER IS OUT. ARE YOU READY For forty years, Thomas A. Wick has managed high-stakes communications in the world's most hostile environments - from the missile-locked decks of the USS Worden (CG-18) during Operation Earnest Will to his current role as a Civil Service Mariner with Military Sealift Command. But this book isn't for the sailors. It's for the ones they leave behind. Written for his wife, Lynne, and every family who has ever looked at a dead cell phone or a dark circuit breaker and thought, 'What now ' - BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE is a battle-tested blueprint for domestic readiness. Across eight clear, no-nonsense chapters, Wick delivers the essential systems you need to keep your home functional when the grid fails. Inside: Water storage and purification. Food reserves. Backup power. Heat and cooking without the grid. Emergency communications. Medical preparedness. Home security. Nuclear preparedness. And the Go-Binder - the exact documents your family needs to survive any disaster. Don't wait for the siren. Get ready before it's too late.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Are you a new RET2 just hired by Military Sealift Command A RET1 or CRET looking to move up the ladder A veteran cross-rating into the communications department This book was written for you.No Help Desk at Sea is the first plain-language career and certification guide written specifically for the MSC Radio Electronics Technician community. Written by a seasoned SCO-IAM with over twenty years of experience aboard USNS ships, this book covers everything the DoD directives and DISA training courses do not tell you - from the law behind your Security+ requirement to the reality of running ACAS scans at 0200 in the Pacific with no support available.…

Zustand: New. 2017. Hardcover. . . . . .

Zustand: New. 2017. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.