Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00GVZMZTM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 145 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"complaints about the food and his inability to get a good meal until invited to the captain's table" according to Stuart J. Schwartz. This is my very first review of a book purchased from Amazon even though I have purchased hundreds of such books over the years; however, I feel that potential readers deserve a warning about this book. I am avid reader of books about military life and equipment, and was looking forward to this book as a current first person account of the operations of a modern aircraft carrier; however, amazingly, even though the author was able to spend two weeks aboard the carrier as observer with apparently rather complete access to the ship and its crew, there is very little specific inform. Wonderful description of life aboard a Nimitz carrier, but his attitudes I have learned to have an appreciation of Naval Aviation through the writings of a great blogger, the late Carroll Lefon.Look up "Neptunus Lex" on the web to see the influence he had.So I wondered how I could possibly learn more about carrier operations by reading this book.Well, it is a perfect companion to Lex's writings, because while Lex (who was XO of the TOPGUN program at one time and had over Wonderful description of life aboard a Nimitz carrier, but his attitudes W. Brandt I have learned to have an appreciation of Naval Aviation through the writings of a great blogger, the late Carroll Lefon.Look up "Neptunus Lex" on the web to see the influence he had.So I wondered how I could possibly learn more about carrier operations by reading this book.Well, it is a perfect companion to Lex's writings, because while Lex (who was XO of the TOPGUN program at one time and had over 4,000 hours of FA/18 time) went to great effort in telling people **how ** things were on a carrier, Dyer tells you how it **feels**.From the time he leaves Bahrain, he tells you what. ,000 hours of FA/18 time) went to great effort in telling people **how ** things were on a carrier, Dyer tells you how it **feels**.From the time he leaves Bahrain, he tells you what. I bet they gave him a good call sign Amazon Customer Although the author's time aboard the carrier was voluntary, one would have thought it was surely not. The book is a collection of whining, snarky comments and condescending remarks. I wonder why he did not embark on a Royal Navy ship insteadbut then he would have had one less inconvenience (lack of alcohol) upon which to constantly dwell. The facts that US Navy ships are dry along with being noisy, cramped and the food more akin to a cafeteria than a 5-star restaurant seemed to be major revelations to the author.Usually I pass along books after reading themthis one went into the
From a writer “whose genre-jumping refusal to be pinned down makes him an exemplar of our era” (NPR), a new book that confirms his power to astound readers. As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. Another Great Day at Sea chronicles Dyer’s experiences on the USS George H.W. Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable. A lanky Englishman (could he really be both the tallest and the oldest person on the ship?) in a deeply American
From Booklist An aircraft carrier has frequently been described as a floating city. Their onboard leisure activities are limited, which is understandable since 14-hour workdays are common. That is certainly the impression given by this unique, interesting, and surprising account of Dyer’s stay on the carrier George H. The physical environment of the ship ranges from claustrophobic mazes of narrow passages on the lower decks to the immense open surface of the flight deck. But this is not an ordinary city. Most of the crew handle the pressures of constant drilling necessary to maintain military readiness, but Dyer notes some cases of burnout and attemp
Dyer currently lives in Venice, California.. M. Geoff Dyer’s books include But Beautiful (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award); The Missing of the Somme; Out of Sheer Rage; The Ongoing Moment (winner of the ICP Infinity Award for writing on photography); Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; and Zona. His many awards include the E. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts