The Military In San Diego

Author : Scott McGaugh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467131563
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military in San Diego, The written by Scott McGaugh and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No city is as proud of its military heritage as San Diego, known as "Navy Town, USA." Congress also has designated San Diego as "the Birthplace of Naval Aviation." However, its community fabric reflects a more diverse and tightly woven relationship with our nation's defense. Over the past century, the city has invented and then reinvented itself in response to shifting world affairs and national priorities. It began with a successful campaign to become a West Coast Navy base in the early 1900s. By the 1930s, military aircraft manufacturing drove economic development. After explosive growth in World War II, San Diego emerged as an established military metropolis. At the dawn of the Cold War, San Diego recast itself as a home for Cold War research and development and defense contractors. Today, San Diego is an internationally renowned defense science and technology development center, a city in which one in four jobs and fully 50 percent of regional domestic product are defense related. Like no other city in America, San Diego has grown from a remote military presidio outpost to become a preeminent Pacific powerhouse.

Author : Bruce Linder
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Diego's Navy written by Bruce Linder and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This illustrated book presents the intriguing story of how the Navy slowly came to appreciate San Diego's attributes and then took bold action to consolidate its position there. Highlighting these pages is a parade of rousing personalities that include plucky congressmen, local officials, naval officers, activists, and other colorful San Diegans. Such a discerning history provides a sweeping and long overdue view of the city and its naval bases that have influenced the lives of thousands of Americans."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Family Housing in the San Diego Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Administration written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. R. (Bart) Everett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974816753
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WWII Harbor Defenses of San Diego written by H. R. (Bart) Everett and published by . This book was released on 2024-08 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed history of the harbor defenses of San Diego on the West Coast of United States. The heavily illustrated work tells the story of these extensive fortifications for this important naval harbor which reached their apex during World War II. Drawing on years of in-person research while assigned to these former defenses and many primary sources, this book describes the various fortifications built by the US Army between 1896 and 1945. It also chronicles the use of these former defenses during the post-war period, Cold War, and continuing to today's use. This book gives the reader an unparalleled view to the current state of the San Diego's former harbor defenses. As nearly all these military reservations are still in use by the US Navy, access to many of the former fortifications are restricted. The author's access to these structures gives the reader an unparalleled view of their current use by the US Navy and the US National Park Service. This book is as close as the general public will get to visiting these structures. This book is simultaneously a technical history (the weapon systems and their supporting infrastructure) and a guide book (where the former defenses are located and their current status/ownership). This 538-page, hardcover book is thoroughly supported with footnotes, a bibliography, three appendixes, and over 950 illustrations (black and white photographs, maps, and plans for many of the structures). The author, Commander (Ret.) H.R. (Bart) Everett, USN, has invested over 30 years of research into the WWII Harbor Defenses of San Diego , making it the primary source on these historical defenses and a must for any serious student of these fortifications and the fascinating military history of San Diego.

Author : Jennifer A. Garey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738559582
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Diego's Naval Training Center written by Jennifer A. Garey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diegoas Naval Training Center (NTC) was commissioned on June 1, 1923, and for 70 years served as a young recruitas introduction to a naval career, beginning with nine weeks of basic orientation and organization training (BOOT) camp. Originally consisting of 135 acres adjacent to San Diego Bay, NTC eventually expanded to almost 550 acres with 300 buildings, landscaped promenades, parade grounds, and a concrete training anon-ship, a the USS Recruit (a.k.a. USS Neversail), where recruits learned their first duties of seamanship. Advanced training schools were later added for military personnel learning specialized duties. After training hundreds of thousands of recruits, NTC was officially closed on April 30, 1997, and has since been transformed into San Diegoas new and vibrant cultural center, Liberty Station.

Author : Michael P. Wood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738569031
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Navy SEALs in San Diego written by Michael P. Wood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Navy SEAL s of San Diego County trace their origins to the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) of World War II and the Korean War. Following these wars, the Frogmen, as they became known, were located first at the Amphibious Training Base in Oceanside, California, and then relocated to the Amphibious Training Base in Coronado, California, later renamed as U.S. Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado. In 1962, Pres. John F. Kennedy initiated the formation of Sea Air and Land (SEAL ) Teams, and SEAL Team One was also assigned to NAB Coronado. This history follows the UDT and SEAL team's role through the Vietnam and the Gulf Wars as well as many other exploits, including interaction with the communities in which they live.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers written by United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katrina Pescador
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439634203
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Diego's North Island written by Katrina Pescador and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diegos North Island is one of the most significant venues of aviation in the world. Starting in 1911, it was the home to one of the nations first aviation schools, founded by Glenn Curtiss, who pioneered seaplane flight. He trained the nucleus of Americas future air forces there, including Lt. Theodore Ellyson, the first naval aviator. When the United States entered World War I, the government took over the island with plans to build a training center for the nations armed forces. The new army base was named Rockwell Field, and the navy portion was named Naval Air Station San Diego. By 1937, the army had moved out, and the navy became the sole tenant. Today NAS North Island is part of the largest aerospace-industrial complex in the navy and is headquarters for the Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Author : Scott McGaugh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439642656
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military in San Diego written by Scott McGaugh and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No city is as proud of its military heritage as San Diego, known as "Navy Town, USA." Congress also has designated San Diego as "the Birthplace of Naval Aviation." However, its community fabric reflects a more diverse and tightly woven relationship with our nation's defense. Over the past century, the city has invented and then reinvented itself in response to shifting world affairs and national priorities. It began with a successful campaign to become a West Coast Navy base in the early 1900s. By the 1930s, military aircraft manufacturing drove economic development. After explosive growth in World War II, San Diego emerged as an established military metropolis. At the dawn of the Cold War, San Diego recast itself as a home for Cold War research and development and defense contractors. Today, San Diego is an internationally renowned defense science and technology development center, a city in which one in four jobs and fully 50 percent of regional domestic product are defense related. Like no other city in America, San Diego has grown from a remote military presidio outpost to become a preeminent Pacific powerhouse.