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Download full textOptic, Oliver – Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1890
"On the Blockade" is the third historical fiction novel in the "The Blue and the Gray Series." Like the first and second volumes, the plot dates back to the War of the Rebellion, and takes place in the midst of scenes on the Southern coast, where the United States naval operations occurred. Many of the personages of the…
Descriptors: United States History, Novels, Fiction, War
Air Univ., Gunter AFS, Ala. Extension Course Inst. – 1982
One of six related documents, this study guide is intended to accompany extension course textbooks produced by the Air Force Extension Course Institute. It contains suggestions and instructions about studying to save students time and to help them get more from the course. Information is included about how to study, the course materials, the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Correspondence Study, Courses, Extension Education
Air Univ., Gunter AFS, Ala. Extension Course Inst. – 1982
One of six related documents, this publication contains a U.S. Air Force course designed to help students improve their reading skills. The chapters contain lessons on reading habits and how they affect the reader, exercises to identify one's reading speed, an improvement program, exercises to improve eye movement and to reduce eye fixations,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Extension Education, Postsecondary Education, Reading Comprehension
Air Univ., Gunter AFS, Ala. Extension Course Inst. – 1984
One of six related documents, making up a U.S. Air Force correspondence course, this publication deals with effective writing and emphasizes the sentence as the basic unit of written communication. Part one focuses on internal sentence punctuation and covers the use of the comma, semicolon, colon, period, capital, abbreviations, and numbers. Part…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Extension Education, Grammar, Paragraph Composition
Air Univ., Gunter AFS, Ala. Extension Course Inst. – 1984
One of six related documents, this publication contains a U.S. Air Force course on communication skills. The course presented is one of three in a program based on the following educational goals for each student: (1) comprehend the principles of effective communication; (2) know some of the factors that enter into international relations,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Communication Skills, Course Content, Extension Education
Military Entrance Processing Command (DOD), North Chicago, IL. – 1989
This guide explains the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and how it can help students prepare for a career. The ASVAB, sponsored by the Department of Defense, is a vocational aptitude battery consisting of 10 short tests that cover academic and occupational areas. The results of the 10 tests are combined to make composite scores.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Career Choice
