Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis makes a cost benefit analysis of relocating the outdated and earthquake damaged supply distribution center of the Turkish Navy. Given the dynamic environment surrounding the military operations, logistic sustainability requirements, rapid information technology developments, and budget-constrained Turkish DoD acquisition environment, the site selection of a supply distribution center is critical to the future operations and logistics supporting the Turkish Navy. Additionally, this thesis analyzes site selection alternatives through the use of three modeling techniques; the Center of Gravity Method, the Electre Method, and the Logical Decisions for Windows methodology. The results of the analysis indicate that the most advantageous location for the naval supply center is in the port city of Pendik. / Lieutenant Junior Grade, Turkish Navy

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The growth of public relations can be traced back many years; however, World War II is generally regarded as the beginning of modern public relations. Its rapid growth can be attributed to technological and sociological changes that have had such an impact on our interdependent society. Public relations in business and the military had similar beginnings and employ the same basic techniques, modified only by the purpose and objectives of the organization. Some of these techniques are described in both settings. The Secretary of the Navy guest cruise program, initiated and organized by the Office of Information, provides orientation cruises for civilian guests selected by the Naval Districts in the United States. The program functions by providing space on various ships and inviting three to ten guests to join the ships for a few days and participate in operations at sea. The primary objective is to achieve public understanding of what the Navy does, how it operates, and what its problems are. [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

The history of the Royal Navy during the war with France between 1793 and 1815 is well documented, but the part played by new technologies in maintaining the Royal Navy as an efficient fighting force and contributing to its ultimate success is much less well recognised. This thesis addresses this problem beginning with an examination of the demands made upon Portsmouth Dockyard, the largest of the Royal Dockyards, due to the growth in the size of the fleet. It studies the nature of the tasks carried out in the Dockyard and the ways in which its personnel undertook them. Following a review of emerging new technologies and considering those which were, or were not potentially relevant to the Dockyard's activities, the thesis examines the technological advances actually applied in the period, how they were related to the site, to each other and to the workforce. The main innovations resulted in a major increase in the throughput of the dry docks, due to new dock design and the imaginative use of steam-power. In the metalworking area too, steam-power, together with other new technologies, provided major benefits to the Navy as a whole, especially in the reprocessing of copper. In the woodworking area revolutionary new blockmaking machinery was at the forefront of advances in efficiency and increased output of blocks for the rigging of ships. These advances were primarily due to a small group of men led by Samuel Bentham and Simon Goodrich, who became first "Engineer of the Navy". For their innovative use of new technologies and their management skills, these men can justifiably claim their place in the history of the Navy and of technology. More importantly, the applications of technology in Portsmouth Dockyard made a significant contribution to the industrial revolution in Britain during the period.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / Statement of the topic under study The purpose of exploring this topic has been to examine the various methods used in recruiting women college graduates and to analyse the background against which these methods are applied, in the hope of gaining new insight into the problems of Navy recruiters and of providing new approaches to recruitment of women for the commissioned programs [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

This thesis examines the formative years of the Joint Army and Navy Board, 1903 to 1919. It serves as an institutional history, focusing on the function of the interservice coordination body. The Joint Board is examined within the context of formulating American military strategy and U.S. diplomatic affairs from its creation in July 1903 to its reconstitution in 1919. At present no comprehensive historical study exists focusing on the Joint Board. Currently, interservice cooperation and coordination during this period receive no more than peripheral analysis in war plan studies. Thus, this work begins the first comprehensive history of the precursor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This thesis analyzes the origins and creation of the Joint Board, the Board??s basic duties and responsibilities, and Joint Board actions as they impacted U.S. diplomacy and military strategy concerning the homeland and coast defense, the Caribbean and Cuba, the Panama Canal, as well as the Pacific and the Philippines. Within this geographical framework, this thesis explores the relation of the Joint Board to the Navy General Board and Army General Staff, the cooperation of the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy between the Spanish-American War and World War I, the impact of Joint Board actions on American civil-military relations, and the efficacy of interservice cooperation. This thesis is based largely on unpublished as well as published primary sources, including the records of the Joint Board, Navy General Board records, Army War College Division records, and members?? personal papers housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In addition, secondary sources are used to place the Joint Board within the larger contextual framework of interservice cooperation, U.S. civil-military relations, and American military history during the early twentieth century.

This thesis examines the formative years of the Joint Army and Navy Board, 1903 to 1919. It serves as an institutional history, focusing on the function of the interservice coordination body. The Joint Board is examined within the context of formulating American military strategy and U.S. diplomatic affairs from its creation in July 1903 to its reconstitution in 1919. At present no comprehensive historical study exists focusing on the Joint Board. Currently, interservice cooperation and coordination during this period receive no more than peripheral analysis in war plan studies. Thus, this work begins the first comprehensive history of the precursor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This thesis analyzes the origins and creation of the Joint Board, the Board??s basic duties and responsibilities, and Joint Board actions as they impacted U.S. diplomacy and military strategy concerning the homeland and coast defense, the Caribbean and Cuba, the Panama Canal, as well as the Pacific and the Philippines. Within this geographical framework, this thesis explores the relation of the Joint Board to the Navy General Board and Army General Staff, the cooperation of the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy between the Spanish-American War and World War I, the impact of Joint Board actions on American civil-military relations, and the efficacy of interservice cooperation. This thesis is based largely on unpublished as well as published primary sources, including the records of the Joint Board, Navy General Board records, Army War College Division records, and members?? personal papers housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In addition, secondary sources are used to place the Joint Board within the larger contextual framework of interservice cooperation, U.S. civil-military relations, and American military history during the early twentieth century.

Alfred T. Mahan stressed that naval strategy means using the power of sea. Thus one can imagine that whether the national sea power can develop smoothly is closely related to the development of naval strategy. The prosperity or decline of the national sea power is quite related with its own strength of the Navy. In the recent years, the development of PLA navy rise rapidly just like the economy of PRC. At the same time, the development of PLA navy become the focus of the western countries, especially after Hu Jintao took the office. The desire to acquire open sea fleet also makes the western countries to concern and feel uneasy. The long range strategic goal of the PLA is to ensure the PRC¡¦s regional military initiative in Asia. When attacking Taiwan, the PRC want to make sure the effectiveness against the U.S. military intervention. The PRC also want to defend its the maritime economic and energy interests in other regions. The naval power of the PLA navy is far behind the advanced countries in the past. Not until Deng Xiaoping brought up the ¡§concept of sea power¡¨ did it awake the PLA navy the ¡§sense of ocean¡¨ and then trigger the Great Leap of military build-up towards the comprehensive objectives of direction for high technology of defense, military deterrence, national defense economy and international diplomacy. On the other hand, this Great Leap of military build-up caused a grave threat on the national security of the ROC. Therefore, this thesis is trying to discuss the naval developing history of the PRC after 1949 and hope to reach the goal as Sun Tzu said:¡¨ One who knows the enemy and knows himself as well may never be defeated¡¨.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Brad Naegle, Kevin R. Gue. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-79). Also available online.

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