It Wasn't Just a Job; It Was an Adventure: SAILOR STORIES from U.S. Navy Sailors of WWII, Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Peacetime Deployments Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book thinking that perhaps a person who had also served as an enlisted man and as an officer, in the same U.S. Navy that I did, would have some interesting experiences to share that would recall some good and perhaps even the bad times we all experience in 20 or more years service to our country.
Instead, this was a totally self-serving book with mostly disparaging or insulting stories about every supervisor, officer or enlisted, for whom the author had ever served. It focuses on the self-proclaimed ability of the author to have had all the answers, despite the greater experience of his seniors, who were mostly ignorant or stubborn, or both.
This book is a jumble of incidents presented in no apparent order, either chronologically or by subject. Even the Navy-experienced reader is confused by the jumping about in time and place. In an apparent attempt to mask the completely self-serving nature of the book, a few completely unrelated stories are thrown in that had been donated by other sailors of different eras. Even these stories are unremarkable in their value or interest.
I stayed the course and finished the book, only in the hope that I would find some redeeming point of social value in it. I hoped to possibly find a place where I could stop and say, "Yes, this fellow served in the same U. S. Navy that I did." I did not find that. Failing that, at least I could publish an honest review. A review that would hopefully save someone else the pain of reading this poorly written, poorly presented, poorly edited, over-priced epistle.
I have purchased thousands of hardback books in my 40-odd years of life as I thoroughly enjoy reading.....and I rarely pass up a book about the Navy. I have bookcases full of books many of which I read over and over again.
I have donated my old books, I have given books away to friends, but this is the first book that I have ever literally thrown in the trash when I completed reading it.
Needless to say, I do not recommend this book.

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Have you ever wondered what your sailor husband, wife or friend does at sea or at that overseas Navy facility? This book will tell you some of the things that go on.You will read about "The Perfect Storm", practical jokes, Navy food, the loss of a shipmate at sea and much, much more. Sit back and read these Sailors' stories.