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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Sailors"”.
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Gender integration of male dominated environments : the experience of SA Navy sailors
During the 1990s, the South African Navy integrated women into their ships. The present study investigated the psycho-social experiences of both women and men, in response to the integration of this traditionally male-dominated environment. This was done in two phases: First, the pre-integration …
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ATTRITION OR RETENTION? EXPLORING 4-YEAR AND 6-YEAR OUTCOMES AMONG NAVY ENLISTED SAILORS
… 6-year retention outcomes among Navy enlisted Sailors, examining patterns by demographics, pre-accession, and occupational characteristics. Using longitudinal data for Sailors accessing the Navy between fiscal years 2012–2017 and observed annually until separation or September 2023, I estimate …
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF MINORITY COMMAND LEADERSHIP ON THE RETENTION OF MINORITY SAILORS
… decisions of underrepresented junior enlisted sailors in the U.S. Navy. In this thesis, I build a data set for Navy enlisted personnel and officers observed from fiscal years 1995 to 2018. Using a linear probability model and an ordinary least squares regression analysis approach, I analyze the …
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BRITISH SEAMEN'S MISSIONS AND SAILORS HOMES 1815 TO 1970 VOLUNTARY WELFARE PROVISION FOR SERVING SEAFARERS
From the 1820s an ever present feature of most British ports has been the voluntary societies, little studied before, offering spiritual and social welfare support to serving seafarers. The perspective taken in this study is that although there were numerous individual societies, voluntary effort …
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Sailors, Soldiers and Statesmen: The Conceptual Context of British Naval and Military Strategy, 1902-1914
This thesis posits that although national defence strategy must ultimately be determined by civilian ministers its roots lie in the conceptual foundations of the professional armed services, which represent the primary sources of strategic advice. Consequently, the relative depth and coherence of …
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Wonders in the Deep: Faith and Religious Practice in the Shipboard Writings of American Sailors, 1810-1859
<p>While stereotypes of sailors as immoral, godless ne’er-do-wells flourish in mainland historical accounts, little attention has been paid to the records left by sailors that document their own faith and religious practices. This thesis examines the logbooks, journals, and diaries written by …
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Updating the Navy's recruit quality matrix an analysis of educational credentials and the success of first-term sailors
… credentials on first-term attrition by enlisted sailors in the U.S. Navy. For enlistment screening, the Navy currently categorizes applicants in one of three tiers according to educational attainment. These tiers form the basis of the Recruit Quality Matrix, which employs Armed Forces …
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Victory, Reconciliation, and Reunion: The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument of Easton, Pennsylvania and a Memory of the Civil War
… national psychology. The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument that was built in Easton’s Centre Square is reflective of a Northern monument design, and a memory of the Civil War, that was dominant throughout the North in the late nineteenth century. While the design and early history of the …
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Job Satisfaction on the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy: The Impact on First Term Sailors' Decisions to Leave the U.S. Navy
The retention of sailors is paramount to the viability of the United States Navy. While numerous aspects, including pay, benefits, family issues, etc., factor into the decision of each sailor to leave the Navy, job satisfaction is one of the most important. This study examines the extent job …
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Below-deck: The Specialist Sailor in World War II
… II. Traditional war histories say little about sailors who rarely saw direct combat below active war decks but instead worked skilled jobs. Specialized sailors were often unseen as they worked below the waterline as, for example, electrician’s mates and boiler room firemen. These jobs were …
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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RECEIVING A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS AND FIRST TERM ATTRITION (FTA) IN U.S. NAVY SAILORS: A 10-YEAR PANEL STUDY
… are associated with FTA among first-term sailors. Using the Person-Event Data Environment administrative and medical records from 2014–2024, data were cleaned and consolidated into a person-level dataset of 469,823 active-duty junior enlisted (E01–E05) and junior officers (O01–O02). FTA …
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Program For Afloat College Education In The Navy: Measuring Instructional Effectiveness In An Era Of Declining Resources
… the Program For Afloat College Education (PACE), Sailors are able to take undergraduate and pre-college level courses aboard US Navy ships through computer-based instruction or under the instruction of a college professor. This post-hoc descriptive study was designed to determine those elements or …
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Opportunities of Empire: Three Barbary captives and American nation-building, 1770-1840
… approach to any of the hundreds of American sailors who were held as “white slaves” in the North African “Barbary States.” Biographies of American sailors are typically of distinguished and long-serving naval officers, not of merchant sailors who averaged just 5-10 years at sea. The whole …
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Opportunities of Empire: Three Barbary captives and American nation-building, 1770-1840
… approach to any of the hundreds of American sailors who were held as “white slaves” in the North African “Barbary States.” Biographies of American sailors are typically of distinguished and long-serving naval officers, not of merchant sailors who averaged just 5-10 years at sea. The whole …
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Categorization of survey text utilizing natural language processing and demographic filtering
… an objective analysis of the questions Why are sailors leaving? and What will make sailors stay on active duty? Furthermore, we introduce an implementation of this method using the Demographic Analysis of Responses Tool for Surveys (DARTS), which allows us to filter comment bins using the over …
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Constructing communities: living and working in the Royal Navy, c.1830-1860
This thesis examines the experiences of the sailors who worked in the Royal Navy from the 1830s to the early days of continuous service contracts. With the coming of peace, the Royal Navy had dropped rapidly in size, from nearly 950 ships in 1815 to 128 by 1821, and relied entirely on volunteers to …
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Perceived Deployment Stressors And Well-Being Among Veterans Of Iraq And Afghanistan
… <p> Thirty eight U. S. Marines and Sailors that deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan were recruited for the study. Using the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DDRI) questionnaire and the General Well-being Schedule (GWB), the following research questions were analyzed: 1) What do …
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IMPLICATIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES OF U.S. NAVY PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE INITIATIVES
… aimed at improving resilience and toughness in Sailors. This study focuses on the impact of current Navy resilience programs on Sailor psychological well-being and operational unit readiness. The research was instrumental in identifying key characteristics required to implement a successful …
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Facing the Leadership Challenges on Decommissioning United States Navy Ships
… may have recently mastered the art of leading sailors into hostile environments now must motivate their sailors and themselves to excel in the absence of danger. Consequently, the leaders on the ship are faced with a difficult challenge: to maintain morale and to keep the crew on task even …
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