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Throughout the history of warfare at sea, navigation has been an
important basic determinant of victory. Occasionally, new members
of the fraternity of the sea will look upon navigation as a chore
to be tolerated only as long as it takes to find someone else to
assume the responsibility. In my experience, such individuals never
make good naval officers. Commander Hobbs has succeeded in bringing
together the information and practical skills required for that
individual who would take the first step down the road toward
becoming a competent marine navigator. At the outset of this book,
the author stresses the necessity for safe navigation, but there is
another basic tenet of sea warfare that this book serves. The best
weapons system man has ever devised cannot function effectively
unless it knows where it is in relation to the real world, where it
is in relation to the enemy, and where the enemy is in relation to
the real world. Not all defeats can be attributed to this lack of
information, but no victories have been won by those who did not
know where they were.
"Naval Science 2, 3rd Edition" is the new edition of a textbook
that has long been a staple work for the NJROTC program. It
provides a survey of early maritime history as well as the history
of the U.S. Navy. In addition, this textbook covers the key
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, including timely topics such as global
warming, green energy, and computer science. The highly illustrated
text provides the fundamental background necessary for follow-on
studies in all these areas at either the senior high school or
college level.
This series is designed to introduce the new NJROTC cadet both to
the Navy and to his responsibilities as a citizen, to provide
readings in various naval topics for cadets who anticipate applying
for Navy college-level scholarships, and to provide an initial
source of information on naval topics for first-year midshipmen of
the U.S. Naval Academy and NROTC programs. Topics covered include
citizenship, leadership and discipline, naval history, government,
fundamentals of naval organizations, engineering, weapons,
operations and logistics, navigation, seamanship, meteorology and
weather, survival training, and much more.
This textbook introduces the NJROTC Cadet to the Navy and its high
school program for youth. It includes information on maritime
geography, naval history, navigation, seamanship, and other
pertinent topics.
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