In The Shallows

War in the Shallows

War in the Shallows, published in 2015 by the Naval History and Heritage Command, is the authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's hard-fought battle along Vietnam's rivers and coastline from 1965-1968. At the height of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy's coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy's three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Author John Darrell Sherwood has served as a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) since 1997. -- Provided by publisher.

All the Noise is in the Shallow End of the Pool

All the Noise is in the Shallow End of the Pool is about you and Jesus. It's about following His lead, responding to His invitations, attending to His presence, and letting Him love you. It's about moving from familiarity to intimacy, about living out of your true identity, and learning to live freely and lightly as Jesus said you could. If that appeals to you, if you feel even the smallest spark of interest or desire rising within you, if you long for more, then this book is for you! It's a testimony to the "absolutely unconditional, unlimited and unimaginably extravagant love of God,” written to tease you forward, out of the shallows of a largely autonomous life into a deeper life lived in growing dependence upon God. If you’ve decided to respond to Jesus—to the longing He’s put inside you, to His invitation to move from knowing to loving—so much more awaits you. Will you take the next step? Will you venture out beyond the buoys? Will you join Him in the deep end of the pool?

The rescue, a romance of the shallows