Naval Science 2, 3rd Edition: Maritime History, Leadership, and Nautical Sciences for the Njrotc Student - Hardcover

Hobbs, Richard R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 161251393X ISBN 13: 9781612513935

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2014

Synopsis

This text provides a survey of early maritime history and history of the U.S. Navy to the present day, and covers the fundamental leadership precepts and nautical sciences required by second-year students in the Navy high school NJROTC program. Subjects covered include maritime geography, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, and physical science. The highly illustrated text provides the background necessary for follow-on studies in all these areas at either the senior high school or college level.

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About the Author

Commander Richard Hobbs has been involved with the Navy's NJROTC program for more than thirty years as a writer/editor of many of its instructional textbooks and other materials. A 1966 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Commander Hobbs had thirty-plus years of service as a former Sailor, midshipman, and surface line officer in the regular and reserve Navy. He has also worked in industry as a ceramics engineer and production manager, in publishing as an editor on the staff of the Naval Institute Press, and in education as a community college instructor and high school AP and honors physics teacher.

In addition to instructional materials for the NJROTC program, Commander Hobbs has also written the widely acclaimed Marine Navigation: Piloting, Celestial and Electronic, a standard text and reference book in the field for the last forty years, and is a contributor of several articles on marine navigation and other related topics to World Book Encyclopedia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 161251393X
• ISBN 13: 9781612513935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384