Resultados para "You" en Militar

Ningún episodio en la historia del mundo ha sido tan estudiado como la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Todo lo que se debe saber sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial es presentado de una forma novedosa como el capítulo más trascendental del S. XX cuya memoria continúa plenamente vigente más de setenta años después. El autor nos presentará fielmente las espectaculares batallas de Stalingrado, la batalla de Midway, la derrota del astuto Rommel en El Alamein, y el espectacular duelo aéreo de la Luftwaffe contra la RAF en la Batalla de Inglaterra.

General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) is one of Australia's most significant public figures. As a soldier he saw action in Vietnam, winning the Military Cross, and rose to the very top of his profession, becoming Chief of Defence Force. Soon after his retirement from the army he...

This collection of sharp, irreverent anecdotes offers a brutally honest and often hilarious glimpse into life inside the British Parachute Regiment. Told through a mix of personal experience and well-worn barrack-room legend, the book captures the chaos, camaraderie, and outright madness that define the airborne brotherhood. From punishing training exercises and absurd military logic to pranks that teeter on the edge of disaster, each story reveals the mindset of men pushed to their physical and mental limits.

From New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins, this true-crime saga is the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles. A ragtag band of carpenters, family men and fugitives, the Philadelphia Five, as they came to be...

Dave O'Connell describes his own military service during the Vietnam era and contrasts it with the news accounts of the day. O'Connell also examines the personal corrosive effects of army service, including corruption, racism, censorship, and the arbitrary and capricious exercise of power.

This is not a story about war. It is a story about what it takes to survive it—before, during, and long after. When your earliest memories are shaped by fear, violence, and the absence of protection, something changes. For Steve Brown, that change came early. Growing up in a chaotic environment, he learned quickly that no one was coming to help—and that if he wanted safety, he would have to become it. After a troubled adolescence marked by crime and poor choices, a second chance led him to the British Army.

Some people vanished without a trace. Others died under circumstances that never stopped raising questions. In every case, the official story left something behind. The World’s Conspiracy Files: Book 4 investigates twenty famous and lesser-known mysteries involving unexplained disappearances, suspicious deaths, unsolved murders, possible assassinations, criminal cover-ups, secret operations, and historical cases that remain impossible to forget. From D. B.

What happens when the conspiracy theory turns out to be real? The World’s Conspiracy Files: Book 3 investigates twenty famous and lesser-known cases involving secret government programs, intelligence operations, suspicious disasters, missing people, wartime deception, political manipulation, unexplained creatures, and historical cover-ups that still raise uncomfortable questions.

I was an active duty Army JAG for 20 years. When I retired in 2006, I was approached to work as Principal Deputy Chief Defense Counsel for the Military Commissions Defense Organization (MCDO): the team defending people held at Guantánamo Bay in the Bush administration's "war on terror".

When former Green Beret Beau Dooley went from elite soldier to civilian following several tours of duty, the sharp transition had a marked impact on his mental health and sense of self. On his journey to reconcile his warrior mentality with the relatively mundane nature of everyday life, he experienced significant struggles with PTSD and even endured a near-fatal breakdown. But this wasn’t the end of his story. Finding a different kind of fortitude from the one he drew from every day as a seasoned veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Dooley entered an era of recovery—and of advocacy.

Major George Eyster V comes from a family of military officers dating back to the Revolutionary War. His tour of duty in Iraq, however, left him disillusioned and questioning. Then he accepted a posting to J-PAC, an elite division whose mission is to fulfill the most solemn promise of the military code: bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives.

Veterans of the United States armed forces are entitled to a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Dr. Paul R Lawrence, former Under Secretary for Benefits in the Department of Veterans Affairs, provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible guide to all the benefits and services available to veterans of the US armed services and how to make the most of these benefits and services.

Cockpit chaos and classroom camaraderie fuel the entropic adventures of Second Lieutenant Ray Wright and his fellow classmates of UPT Class 88-07 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Though competing against one another for the flying assignments of their dreams, like the fearsome F-15 and F-16 fighters, a good mission sometimes takes a backseat to a good party or punch line in this classroom of cut-ups. The high stakes, however, loom over Lt. Wright. In a program where one out of three students fails, not everybody who starts UPT will finish it.

Trust Me, You Will Survive is a powerful true story of survival, resilience, and legacy—told by Dominik Stoltman, grandfather to World’s Strongest Brothers Tom and Luke Stoltman, and the man who inspired their extraordinary journey. Narrated by Luke Stoltman, with a personal introduction...

TThis audiobook contains exclusive bonus interviews between Staz and Special Forces TV stars Jason Fox and Ollie Ollerton, Dylan Hartley plus many more… 'Incredible ... Staz is an inspiration' Nims Purja 'This book will only serve you well' Ant Middleton 'A must read for anyone who wants to...

A teenage girl, guilty only of being Jewish, is saved from the fate that awaits her family and hidden by her parents' Catholic friends—who pay the ultimate price for their bravery. So much was risked and so much lost but the legacy of their courage and trust lives on through the surviving generations. Now, at last, their story can be told . . . 

After the Citadel and Officer Candidate School, Andrew Z. Adkins Jr. was sent to the 80th Infantry Division, then training in the California-Arizona desert. There, he was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Adkins and his...

The author is the son of broadcaster and adventurer Macdonald Hastings, and journalist and gardening writer Anne Scott-James. Max’s father roamed the world for newspapers and as a presenter for BBC TV’s legendary 'Tonight' programme, while his mother edited 'Harper’s Bazaar', became a famous columnist and wrote bestselling gardening books. One of Max’s grandfathers was a literary editor, while the other wrote plays and essays.

Author Joanne Steen tackles the subject that terrifies parents of military personnel - the death of their son or daughter on active duty. In short, accessible chapters Gold Star parents find thoughtful explanations and trustworthy advice for coping with military grief. Steen weaves together realistic examples with voices of other Gold Star parents, connecting the listeners to the wisdom of those parents who have walked in their shoes. 

Students hate history. That’s because 95 percent of high school and college history students don’t know what they are supposed to be learning. History is not an academic subject; it’s a tool for life. If history teachers knew what they were doing, they’d be teaching their students to “think like a pirate". Which is exactly what this book does.