Constant Bearing - Decreasing Range: Sailor Sam

Harrowing sea stories based on real life events and people; life aboard a aircraft carrier. A super carrier is no place for Sailor Sam... yet someone, preferably Yeoman Lain Byrd (JD Hamilton), must be accountable for Sam’s safety. A tale of Naval Intrigue - CONSTANT BEARING - DECREASING RANGE - "A makeover for Sailor Sam" by Skip Vogel with JD Hamilton: In a time of radical change and turbulence mainstream media has captured the public's imagination echoing the fall of Saigon, Guardsmen killing college students (four dead in O-hi-o), racial riots, black panthers, freedom marches, women burning their bras, birth control of choice... throughout the 1970's, civilian judiciary systems offered criminal offenders choices; serve jail time or military time. Celebrating America's bi-centennial, the year was 1976, the draft, conscription, has ended. The new All Volunteer Forces (AVF) was in infancy. The transition from conscription to AVF went unnoticed, until now. A time of sweeping reform when dynamic social and political forces were dictating redefinition of long-standing military traditions. Despite the most conspicuous examples of astute leadership among officers and enlisted alike, sinister forces born from the effects of public policy gone awry undermined, as well as jeopardized, the capabilities of fleet forces and, in turn, the Nation's ability to defend itself. The danger always exists that public policy can compromise national security. The novel is a compelling character-driven story of intrigue, tragedy, honor, and humor within the U.S. Navy as it was undermined by the questionable efforts of American politicians and social engineers as they attempted to integrate low aptitude personnel and criminals into our naval forces, and the unfortunate consequences that resulted from these policies. An unforgettable story of true heroism, heroes of a different kind and time based on actual people and events. Based on true-life ramifications of President Johnson's ill-advised choice to swell the American's military's ranks by lowering the standards and allowing criminals to join. A TALE OF NAVAL INTRIGUE, HUMOR, ADVENTURE, AND ROMANCE. This book points out the unintended consequences of misguided social experiments more poignantly and effectively than could endless policy papers or hours of Congressional testimony. Read on, and find yourself in face-to-face confrontation with real people who, on the one hand, performed their duty with the utmost professionalism and those, on the other hand, who shirked their duty aboard a major combatant ship of the U.S. Navy - to the peril of us all. Recommended to readers of military fiction of the Tom Clancy variety Read more