This is just a For Your Information for all out there.
Back in the days when this country had a draft, the military had to take people with educations that varied from grade school dropouts to grad school graduates.
And they had to teach them all kinds of practical skills.
From construction to machine shop to electronics.
That meant schooling them. And school meant books.
In the military these books are called manuals.
They cover everything from how to shave and tie your shoes to how to send an ICBM on it’s way.
After reading here for some years it is clear many of you never had the opportunity to serve and thus learn about this knowledge base.
It is an untapped treasure.
This is a starting point for finding some of those military manuals.
The Navy and the Air Force have always been a bit more technical than the Army.
So I am starting with a Navy site.
It is intended to be a starting point for your own searches.
http://shopdawg.com/navman.htm
(This not meant as Army bashing. They have a lot of good stuff. But you do have to wade through a lot of tactics and operations stuff to find what I expect a typical GJ guy would be interested in.
This is a good starting point if that interests you.)
http://www.ssrsi.org/wm1/fms.htm
Back in the days when this country had a draft, the military had to take people with educations that varied from grade school dropouts to grad school graduates.
And they had to teach them all kinds of practical skills.
From construction to machine shop to electronics.
That meant schooling them. And school meant books.
In the military these books are called manuals.
They cover everything from how to shave and tie your shoes to how to send an ICBM on it’s way.
After reading here for some years it is clear many of you never had the opportunity to serve and thus learn about this knowledge base.
It is an untapped treasure.
This is a starting point for finding some of those military manuals.
The Navy and the Air Force have always been a bit more technical than the Army.
So I am starting with a Navy site.
It is intended to be a starting point for your own searches.
http://shopdawg.com/navman.htm
(This not meant as Army bashing. They have a lot of good stuff. But you do have to wade through a lot of tactics and operations stuff to find what I expect a typical GJ guy would be interested in.
This is a good starting point if that interests you.)
http://www.ssrsi.org/wm1/fms.htm
Besides most people wouldn't find my job description practical outside of the Army. It was. "The application of destruction and controlled chaos on the enemy." Col. Haluski U.S. Army. 
