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 Illiteracy, a terrible plague Mar 09, 2008
I expected a few errors in this book after reading the other customer reviews but nothing could've prepared me for the vast amount of problems I found. First of all, the author completely missed his target audience. He says he's writing to inform the general public of some of the problems with the Navy, however, he uses so much "Navy jargon" that if you hadn't served yourself you wouldn't know what he was talking about 2/3 of the time. Also, the general writing is easily on an 8th grade level if not 7th. I was turning in papers in the 5th grade with less sentence fragments, misspelled words, and out of context remarks than THIS guy! Oh, and I couldn't get over the fact that he used the word "like" so many times in the read. For instance, "The RDC let me sleep until LIKE 7am that day" or "This guy LIKE completely should have proofread his work." Also, missing words? COME ON! You can't write a sentence and leave the NOUN out!
Some of this guys' subjects and topics were amusing. I think he would be a pretty good person to have a conversation with but definitely should leave the writing to people who have a basic understanding of the English language. Also, it's only 110 pages. It's 12 dollars. NOT worth that amount. You could easily pick up a paperback edition of a best seller and be a hundred times happier with your purchase. So I say, for the humor in the book I'll give this one 2 stars. That's all, no more.
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Good story, bad grammer, spelling, omitted words Oct 13, 2007
This book really needed to have been proof read before it was published. Having said that the story was good, if you can understand what the author was trying to say. I am retired from the navy and I understand the "shop talk". While this guy "Mark Moremoney", obviously not his real name, sounds like a really disgruntled/disaffected navy "nuke" I can tell you that it is mostly a true story. If he embellished at all he did not need to embellish very much. They really treat people in the navy that bad, sometimes worse. The hours that he was made to work are absolutly truthful! Anyone who plans on going into the Navy's nuclear power program better be ready to do it without any sleep.
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 Good, but needs an editor badly Jul 12, 2007
As someone who's spent time in the US Navy, I completely sympathize with Mark's bootcamp experience, and empathize with his other military experiences. Unfortunately, it has also been my experience as well that the stupidest, most unqualified people tend to be the ones put in charge. It has nothing to do with ability or talent, but rather how many years you've put into the rediculous system and your ability to adjust and embrace stupidity, that gets you ahead in the military.
The problem with this book is that it *desperately* needs to be edited. You will notice right off the bat spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as missing words. You can understand what Mark was trying to say, but it's rather unprofessional. It sounds as though he wrote it all in an angry rush, and sent it to the publisher without reading back over it.
So read it and realize how desperately the military needs to be flushed of the trash that fills its management. I guess nothing happens quickly, especially not in a governmental organization, but it would be nice if it could.
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