A textbook to introduce the beginning NJROTC cadet to the Navy and its high school program for youth includes information on national security, naval weapons and aircraft, navigation, seamanship, and other pertinent topics.
Cdr. Richard Hobbs has been involved with the Navy's NJROTC program for more than thirty years as a writer or editor of many of its instructional textbooks and other materials. A 1966 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and twenty-year veteran high school science teacher, Commander Hobbs has also written the widely acclaimed Marine Navigation. He resides in Maryland and in Florida.