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Memoirs Of A Defense Contractor
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Author : T.H. Henning
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005-08-02
Memoirs Of A Defense Contractor written by T.H. Henning and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"In ancient times when people lived in caves and thatched huts, men looked to other men to fashion weapons they could use to hunt and to defend themselves and their families against hostile enemies. These stone club and flint arrow makers were the first defense contractors." -T. H. Henning, From Memoirs of a Defense Contractor, Chapter Fourteen, Epilogue Corporate divestitures, acquisitions, mergers and the feast and famine nature of defense contracts have taken their toll on thousands of people. Yet today, you will find defense contractors side by side with our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines providing technical services in the national interest. They can be found on submarines, surface ships, flying with aircrews, in desert tents with our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq and at spaceports in the U.S. helping the nation's space program reach towards outer space. Defense contractors have diversified their products and services to serve federal, state, and local government clients in such diverse organizations as health, education, civil aviation, agriculture, homeland security, intelligence, and other areas. This is a story of how one person persevered through three decades of technology change, marketplace change, major historic change, and the rise and fall of his own multiple careers. Memoirs of a Defense Contractor captures the author's experience at International Business Machines Corporation, Loral Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Litton Industries/TASC, (now Northrop Grumman), and Veridian, (now General Dynamics).
The Other Side Of The Looking Glass
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Author : W. Hairston
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-07
The Other Side Of The Looking Glass written by W. Hairston and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is a memoir. Four years out of the life of an average American who did his time in service, only to find that he has to start over again in a country still at war and with a shattered economy. He finds that there is a way to make a living, and that is in the military-industrial complex, the new job market that had arisen when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. In this world, he makes ends meet. He is able to support his family but is in the crosshairs of the enemy 24/7. All it takes is one mortar shell, one rocket strike, and one bullet to meet his fate. Although he is out of active military service, he is in a combat zone. His life is in danger, just like theirs, but for him, there are no "welcome home" parties and no yellow ribbons. Before, he was looked at as a hero; now, he's just an opportunist, a mercenary. But on this side, you see the way things are in this new world of outsourced war.
Memoirs Of A Contractor In A War Zone
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Author : Eloy Ortega
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing
Release Date : 2024-02-13
Memoirs Of A Contractor In A War Zone written by Eloy Ortega and has been published by Page Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Going to a foreign land and entering a war zone as a civilian and not as a soldier can take its toll on an individual or have its good and bad times, which will leave one scarred for the remainder of his/her life. Growing up an orphan can have its consequences on how one will look at life in any situation. The decisions one makes are of their own choosing such as sacrificing leaving everything behind including one's own family and a newborn baby in order to give one's family everything they deserve for a better life. Come and take a journey of a homeless orphan, growing up and rising to the top of his profession in a war zone as a civilian defense contractor, working for KBR, and running one the best, if not the largest, water operations in Iraq.
A Memoir Of The Missile Age
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Author : Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev
language : en
Publisher: Hoover Press
Release Date : 2015-06-01
A Memoir Of The Missile Age written by Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev and has been published by Hoover Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Vitaly Leonidovich Katayev was an eyewitness to history as he saw the arms race accelerating at an absurd and inexplicable pace, and he understood why. His perspective was from inside the Soviet system, in an office that was devoted to analysis of arms control and defense matters in the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and later in an interdepartmental working group. Vitaly Katayev was a skilled designer and an acute observer. His recollections in this book, along with documents he deposited at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, offer an extraordinary window into Soviet decisions and calculations. This monograph shows how Soviet leaders were often hobbled by a poor understanding of what was happening in the United States, but it also demonstrates that Americans, too, had a weak grasp of what was happening in Moscow, before and after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power. The misunderstandings on both sides were a symptom of the deepest chasm of the Cold War and A Memoir of the Missile Age provides a valuable key with which to open the Soviet black box.
Oppenheimer Is Watching Me
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Author : Jeff Porter
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2007-09
Oppenheimer Is Watching Me written by Jeff Porter and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When he discovers that his father worked on missiles for a defense contractor, Jeff Porter is inspired to revisit America’s atomic past and our fallen heroes, in particular J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The result, Oppenheimer Is Watching Me, takes readers back to the cold war, when men in lab coats toyed with the properties of matter and fears of national security troubled our sleep. With an eye for strange symmetries, Porter traces how one panicky moment shaped the lives of a generation.
A Sacred Oath
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Author : Mark T. Esper
language : en
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release Date : 2023-05-03
A Sacred Oath written by Mark T. Esper and has been published by William Morrow Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-03 with categories.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration. A graduate of West Point, Mark Esper has always lived by the principles of Duty, Honor, and Country. For eighteen months while he served as secretary of defense under President Donald Trump, those ideals were put to the test. From June of 2019 until his firing by President Trump after the November 2020 election, Secretary Mark T. Esper led the Department of Defense through an unprecedented time in history. Esper takes readers behind the scenes during dramatic moments in the Trump administration involving several foreign nations and as he worked to shore up the United States' shaky relationships with its allies--all while facing a global pandemic that threatened America's military readiness, a nationwide unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd, and a White House determined to politicize the armed forces. Unvarnished and extraordinary in its candor, A Sacred Oath is a memoir critical to understanding the Trump administration during this tumultuous period in American history.
Thinking About America S Defense
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Author : Glenn A. Kent
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2008
Thinking About America S Defense written by Glenn A. Kent and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP), leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s, developing and analyzing strategic nuclear arms control agreements, helping to bring new weapon systems to life, and many others. Each vignette describes the analytical frameworks and, where appropriate, the mathematical formulas and charts that Glenn developed and applied to gain insights into the issue at hand. The author also relates his roles in much of the bureaucratic pulling and hauling that occurred as issues were addressed within the government." -- publisher's website.
Three Years Or The Duration
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Author : Lady Peggy Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Release Date : 1978
Three Years Or The Duration written by Lady Peggy Hamilton and has been published by Peter Owen Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The memories of a munitions worker during the 1914-1918 war in the U.K, when women were able to enter the workplace in huge numbers for the first time.
Memoirs Of The National Defense Academy
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
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Memoirs Of A Security Contractor
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Author : Paul Yurkin
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-09-09
Memoirs Of A Security Contractor written by Paul Yurkin and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-09 with categories.
Paul "Chuck Norris" Yurkin has never been one to give up. A product of the inner city projects, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps and enlisted in the Marine Corps-serving proudly in Desert Storm before beginning a fifteen-year career with the Myrtle Beach police force. But when he saw the efforts of his policing failing to create any positive change, it wasn't long before Yurkin became jaded by the system as a whole. Seeking a new life for himself and his daughters, he met up with a private contracting firm and began training for a trip to sunny Afghanistan, where he would work on training the fledgling Afghan National Police. In the midst of two weeks of training in Virginia, he earned the nickname that would stick with him for years to come-and met three best friends that remained by his side through dangerous missions, misadventures, and the frustrations of being stationed abroad. In Memoirs of a Security Contractor, Yurkin tells the true story of his time as a security contractor in Afghanistan in candid detail-in an eye-opening tale of determination, friendship, and never giving up.