{"product_id":"chief-9780960039166","title":"Chief","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a novel of service to the Country. Chief is the first of a trilogy that\u003cbr\u003e describes three generations of a family's service in the nation's wars. Chief\u003cbr\u003e brings accurate first hand descriptions of life aboard ship during the depression\u003cbr\u003e years and World War II, affording a view of naval operations from the\u003cbr\u003e deckplates of the engineering spaces and gun turrets up and reaching all the\u003cbr\u003e way to CinCPac's headquarters in Makalapa, Pearl Harbor and MacArthur\u003cbr\u003e in the Philippines, Australia and Japan. We follow a farm boy from Texas hill\u003cbr\u003e country through each ship in his career; and along the way the extraordinary\u003cbr\u003e contributions of the Navy bluejacket make the case for the Chief Petty Officer\u003cbr\u003e as the backbone of the Fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuBois, Dorse H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dorse DuBois, a Graduate in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1961 served aboard six ships in the Fleet and retired after completing a 20 year career in at-sea operations and high tech field testing of high Energy laser Systems in New Mexico. He was also assigned as a Company Officer at the Naval Academy and a Tactical Officer at the Military Academy at West Point. Married, with six children. He currently resides in Florida where he farms and writes and is working on his \"Service Trilogy,\" a series of books about his family's naval Service over a period of three generations.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConnell, Royal W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Royal Connell, a 1970 graduate of the Naval Academy, retired as a Commander from the U.S. Navy, designated both as a Surface Warfare Officer and as a Naval Flight Officer in the E-2C Hawkeye. He served two tours at the Naval Academy, one as the Piloting Navigation Course Coordinator and then as the Administrative and Personnel Officer. Upon retirement, Commander Connell became the first Senior Naval Science Instructor for the Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC) unit in Annapolis where he taught for 18 years, during which time his unit was selected as the Number One Unit in the Nation by the U.S. Navy League. He subsequently moved to Pensacola FL to assume duties as the Curriculum Director and Cadet Education Coordinator for the NJROTC National Staff. He is the author of Naval Ceremonies, Customs and Traditions (Naval Institute Press, 2004)","brand":"Focsle Llp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859364942098,"sku":"9780960039166","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12747f3b-d06d-435d-9f52-74690180433d.jpg?v=1737556661","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chief-9780960039166","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}