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Ride the
Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
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Greetings!
Thank you for subscribing to the American Heroes
Press Newsletter. Welcome to the first issue of
2010! In this issue we announce the American Heroes
Press books of the year; bring you information on
technology, tactics and ethics; and, include two
essays - both on the nature of life off and on the
job.
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The Green Backpack
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)
I really wanted that green backpack. It had green and
white stripes with a large "ecology" symbol on the
back. The symbol was essentially an upside down peace
symbol within a circle. Its aluminum frame and nylon
construction weren't particularly comfortable,
lightweight or even useful; but, in 1972 it was groovy.
I imagined I would explore the wilderness with it on my
back. I never imagined the journey it would take me on.
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The Police-Writers.com Book of
the Year 2010
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Sixth Session authored by Lieutenant Joe Hefferon, Essex
County Sheriff's Office, is the Police-Writers.com Book
of the Year. Lieutenant Joe Hefferon of the Essex
County Sheriff's Office is a 22 year veteran of law
enforcement who is currently assigned to the office of
the chief. He "has been a police officer for more than
twenty-two years. His experiences have given him access
to the scarier hallways of the human psyche, helping to
layer his narrative with poignancy, grit, and dark
humor. Joe Hefferon is the proud parent of two beautiful
children, Jack and Kaitlin." Lieutenant Joe Hefferon is
the author of The Sixth Session. According to the book
description of The Sixth Session, "Newspaper man Carter
Jackson forms an unlikely alliance with Detective Brooke
Enright to stop the awful killing of children while
reconciling their own inner torment. Carter is reeling
over the death of his beloved wife and immerses himself
in the brutal investigation, set against one bitter cold
December. The Sixth Session will make you think about
the best and worst of human capacities. It will make you
want to fall in love again, even with all its tragic
consequences."
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The Military-Writers.com 2010 Book of the Year
Ride
the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
authored by former Major Richard Botkin, USMC, is the
Military-Writers.com Book of the Year. Former United
States Marine Corps Major Richard Botkin "graduated from
the University of Michigan's School of Business. He
served from 1980 to 1995 on active and reserve duty as a
Marine Corps infantry officer with units to include 2nd
Battalion 7th Marines, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, and
4th Force Reconnaissance Company. His understanding for
Southeast Asia has been enhanced by the nine
medical/dental mission trips he helped to organize and
lead to Cambodia between 1998 and 2007, and four trips to
Vietnam, including one with his main Vietnamese character
Le Ba Binh, to specifically do research for Ride the
Thunder. Richard Botkin currently lives with his family in
northern California, where he is an investment advisor for
a major brokerage firm." Richard Botkin is the author of
Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and
Triumph.
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Criminal Interdiction: It is Your Responsibility
Sergeant Andrew G. Hawkes
The average citizen, even the average patrol officer,
often fails to realize what type of criminal element is
driving down the interstate highways of our country. If
you do not work highway interdiction, or as some call
criminal interdiction then this element doesn't really
exist to you, all you see are thousands of cars driving on
the road daily.
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The Army Officers' Professional Ethic--Past,
Present, and Future
 Colonel
Matthew Moten of the West Point History Department has
asked why so many other professions have clear
statements of professional responsibility, but the
Army officer corps does not. This essay briefly
surveys the history of the Army's professional ethic,
focusing primarily on the officer corps. It assesses
today's strategic, professional, and ethical
environment. Then it argues that a clear statement of
the Army officers' professional ethic is especially
necessary in a time when the Army is stretched and
stressed as an institution. The Army officer corps has
both a need and an opportunity to better define itself
as a profession, forthrightly to articulate its
professional ethic, and clearly to codify what it
means to be a military professional. Finally, the
monograph articulates such an ethic focusing on the
four roles of commissioned officers-Soldier, servant
of the nation, leader of character, and member of a
time-honored profession.
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Sergeant Ron DeLaby, Riverside Police Department
(ret.)
As the city grew in population, so grew a need for
additional officers on the police department.
Recruitment had reopened in an effort to fill vacancies
created by retirements and other forms of attrition. The
complexion of the department was on the cusp of change.
There were new forces on the horizon and they had their
eyes on the former fraternities of the police and fire
service.
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High Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs
Criminal justice practitioners, such as
law enforcement and corrections officers, increasingly
rely on technology to do their jobs Through its Office
of Science and Technology, serves as the national focal
point for work on criminal justice technology and
carries out programs that, by providing equipment,
training and technical assistance, improve the safety
and effectiveness of criminal justice technology as well
as access to that technology by local, state, tribal and
federal enforcement agencies.
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 Amazon
Top 50 Reviewer Praises Leadership: Texas Hold
'em Style
Charles Ashbacher, a Top 50 Reviewer on
Amazon.com posted a review of Leadership Texas
Hold 'em Style. According to Amazon.com, a
"Top 50 Reviewer" identifies Ashbacher as
having "helped their fellow customers make
informed purchase decisions on Amazon.com with
their consistently helpful, high-quality
reviews." Charles Ashbacher has reviewed over
4,800 books and received nearly 14,000 votes
from readers with an 88% ranking as finding
his reviews helpful.
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Business Watch: Emergency Planning
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the
Advertising Council launched the Ready Business Campaign
in September 2004. This extension of the successful
Ready Campaign, designed to educate and empower
Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies,
focuses specifically on business preparedness. Ready
Business helps owners and managers of small- and
medium-sized businesses prepare their employees,
operations and assets in the event of an emergency. The
website has a number of documents available for
emergency planning, such as:
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Emergency Planning and Business Continuity;
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Evacuation & Shelter Planning;
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Assess Building Air Protection; and,
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Cyber Security.
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An All Hazards Training Center for a
Catastrophic Emergency
 Since
assuming command in 1998 of the first Civil Support
Team (CST) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Colonel
Stewart witnessed and experienced dramatic changes in
homeland security theory, policy, and practice. The
most significant changes have occurred since the
attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001,
which violently demonstrated how turbulent today's
world strategic environment is. Widely available
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high
yield explosive, and cyberspace security materials,
technologies, and equipment often have dual uses.
Preventing rogue states and terrorist organizations
from acquiring these materials is a necessary but
formidable challenge. Additionally, the cyber domain
has grown tremendously and may be used to target key
infrastructure and resources. In addition to these
threats, dramatic weather changes have caused unusual
and devastating shifts in weather patterns, which in
turn have triggered catastrophic events. The
establishment of All-Hazard Training Centers in the 10
Federal Emergency Management Agency regions to train
civil support team weapons of mass destruction
emergency responders for chemical, biological
radiological, nuclear, explosive, and cyberspace
events or natural catastrophes are becoming a
necessity in light of these threats.
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Bomb Squads: Local Preparedness for Global
Problems
Faced with a terrorist movement that went
global several years ago, bomb squad commanders around the
world have come to realize that the days of localized
threats are over. In response, several agencies joined to
host an Improvised Device Defeat Commanders Summit in
Denver, Colo. Twenty-five U.S. bomb squad commanders and
10 of their non-U.S. counterparts who participate in
bilateral research and development (R&D) programs with
U.S. agencies attended the event on Sept. 23-25, 2009.
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Making Money with a Computer Virus
Running a large number of websites and a small office
network has certainly given me a lot of experience in
being exposed to the dangers of Viruses, Trojans and other
MalWare. Also, having taught an introductory course in
computer crime and written a book on technology - well, I
have at least a pretty good idea about the dangers of the
Internet. But, I didn't think I would ever fall into a way
to make money with computer viruses.
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Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)
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