This book is in full color and is intended as a reference or information source for anyone assigned leadership roles for maritime security and defense. It is suitable for a ship or facility library. Most photos and all illustrations are original by the author. Loaded with useful information to meet the needs of security and defense in the maritime industry, Concepts in Maritime Tactics is a necessary onboard tool. Ship operators, Masters, crews, and security personnel assigned to maritime security duties NEED this information. This book was designed as an onboard reference and has been considered the best comprehensive source available for this need. Knowing how to pull a trigger if needed has a relatively low priority in maritime security. How to avoid it and if neceesary to win the fight are the essential skills. The concepts within these pages have been reviewed and used successfully by security team leaders in such pirate prone regions as the Somali Basin. Differing from military and law enforcement agencies, the maritime industry has its own methods, traditions, and a history dating back 4000 years. These must be taught and understood to meet the rigorous needs of today's anti-piracy, terrorism, criminal acts, and civil unrest concerns. The security of vessels is a 24 hour per day 365 days per year responsibility, wherever the vessel happens to be. Vessels, port facilities, and offshore facilities all fall under the maritime industry's umbrella. The concepts in tactics found in Concepts in Maritime Tactics pull it all together.

For anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of the Mississippi, it is hard not be a little jealous of Bob Deck. A deckhand as a teenager and a Harbor Captain by the tender age of 22, Deck worked the big river during the 1970's and 1980's, a boom time for the Twin Cities barge business. Like Mark Twain and George Merrick before him Deck paints a vivid and nostalgic portrait of a working life on the river. And for budding river rats, he also provides practical tips on how best to guide barges through certain tricky stretches of water in St. Paul. -Mike Mosedale, reporter and river lover Ride on the Mississippi River with Captain Bob and share in his adventures as he navigates through floods, weather and curious passengers aboard tugboats and sternwheelers at the head of commercial navigation for the Western Rivers. Meet the pilots and deckhands that make their lives and living on the Mighty Mississippi. See the river through the eyes of a man who grew up on riverboats.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1846 Edition.