The object of this book is provide a form of reference on a navy which has grown from an ill-assorted bunch of ships with very little operational value to be one of the two most powerful navies in the world in underthirty years.
This book is not a history about naval operations or ships. It is a history of our people or more specifically, what they have been wearing since colonial times.
This inscribed stone seems to be an appropriate symbol of what this volume is about. In 1993, at the first Yale-Naval War College conference, the participants discussed the current state of maritime and naval history.
The geographical situation of the United States, separated from Europe by the vAtlantic and from the mainland of Asia by the even broader expanses of the Pacific, makes the possessionof a strong navy imperative.
Division Officers Guide has been written for the benefit of division officers, who constitute the foundation upon which a ships organization is built.