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Acknowledgments

One of the most satisfying aspects of my professional ca- tenants Karen and Sarah Mostellat; USAF, who while
reer throughout the past twenty-five years has been my ROTC cadets provided wonderful inspiration as well as
association with the NJROTC program. I am convinced a student perspective on the draft manuscript; Susan
that this program represents one of the finest and most Sheperd, who graciously let me take much advantage of
worth\vhile endeavors to serve American youth in exis- her knowledge of oceanography and earth science dur-
tence. Given my admiration for the program and the ing preparation of the sciences section of the manuscript;
people who comprise it, preparing this textbook was cer- and Fred Thiemann, who critiqued the leadership sec-
tainly a labor of love. tion of this edition.
Special thanks for their assistance with reviewing The NJROTC unit at AImapolis Senior High School
and critiquing this textbook in its formative stages are in AImapolis, Maryland, graciously supplied most of the
due the NJROTC headquarters staff, and especially the NjROTC cadet photos used in the leadership section of
2000-2001 and 2005-2006 cUl'1'iculum advisory committee this text. The majority of all other photographs and line
members, who made many much-appreciated sugges- art used in this book came from the U.S. Naval Institute
tions and recommendations concerning it. The profes- photo archive.
sional staff of FCBS Business Systems, Inc., which pre- Finally, thanks are due the editorial, art, and produc-
pared the audio-visual material that accompanies the tion departments of the Naval Institute Press for their
various program texts, also provided lnany valuable rec- many contributions to the successful production of this
ofilffiendations. Other individuals V\Tho helped review volume, and to copy editor Karin Kaufman, whose ex-
various parts of the original draft manuscript include cellent editing of the first edition contributed much to the
Amanda Kirby, whose critique of the history section was final product.
extremely thorough and most appreciated; Second Lieu-