{"product_id":"leadership-thomas-j-snee-9798985260731","title":"Leadership: Reaching Out, Pulling Up, Holding On, to Stand Strong Together","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is a 'Shipmate'?\u003c\/strong\u003eFORCM (SW) Thomas J. Snee, USN, (Ret)This question has often been expressed and shared with me. The '\u003cem\u003ewhite hat'\u003c\/em\u003e, as we were so often called, '\u003cem\u003ehalfcocked' \u003c\/em\u003eon the back of our heads\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e defined us as persons, who were always\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003esearching and looking out to sea for a new life. The right foot on the lines, not to jump or surrender, but a '\u003cem\u003eleg up' \u003c\/em\u003eon life's challenges in thought and ideas by persons we call, \u003cem\u003eSHIPMATES!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eYou see, most of us '\u003cem\u003esigned on as young men', \u003c\/em\u003efor the seas and a new adventure. We left our hometowns to create, make, and hopefully aim our '\u003cem\u003eshot line', \u003c\/em\u003einto new friendships and ports of call. No, we did not forget our hometown friends, but rather, rediscovered a whole new world. Some may think, that when our \u003cem\u003e'brows' \u003c\/em\u003ewere pulled up, we departed, but to move on, from those \u003cem\u003eanchored\u003c\/em\u003e pasts. These valued bonds were left \u003cem\u003efor other gangplanks \u003c\/em\u003ein another life. We moved on to make new and \u003cem\u003ebigger bow waves for smoother wakes, in life's high seas. \u003c\/em\u003eWe did not sign on to organizations or associations to be forgotten, with titles or positions, but as persons of dignity, value, and self-worth, or simply, as \u003cem\u003eSHIPMATES. \u003c\/em\u003e  So, when you meet that casual friend, remember, they too are persons on a \u003cem\u003esea detail\u003c\/em\u003e away from home. They were searching for a bonding as \u003cem\u003eSHIPMATES \u003c\/em\u003efor a new life. Sometimes lonely, but always, just a bonding in friendship, from the many \u003cem\u003esea tales \u003c\/em\u003eof the past, as a \u003cem\u003eSHIPMATE. \u003c\/em\u003eWe are not just another name on the rolls, but real persons, who have feelings, emotions, and needs to reconnect those \u003cem\u003eshot line crossings to each other's bows. \u003c\/em\u003eWe are, after all, and always will be, \u003cem\u003eSHIPMATES, in LEADERSHIP! \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas J. Snee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8985260731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985260731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MindStir Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Thomas J. Snee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058846232831,"sku":"9798985260731","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61372780-213e-4564-aab4-c278b1256749.jpg?v=1685054842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leadership-thomas-j-snee-9798985260731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}