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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
First U.S. Navy Boot Camp Memoir by
a Woman “In real time, often writing with lights-out and in a rushed manner, Beckley shows the fears, bravery, frustrations and excitement that comes in a multi-week vacation called Boot Camp.” – Scott Morley, former U.S. Marine.
Chalfont, PA, September 20, 2007 - Just released Letters from Boot Camp (iUniverse, August 2007) captures for the first time the tale of a female recruit’s Navy boot camp experience. The U.S. Navy processes 54,000 boot camp recruits per year – here’s one for the girls. Getting used to boot camp daily life was a shock to the system for Seaman Recruit Beckley – such as lack of privacy and sleep combined with constant verbal abuse – and she details her experiences in letters sent home from the beginning with “Today was the longest day of my life and the two months here will never be over!” “Beckley writes with reflective clarity on boot camp life in detail,” notes Robert Inverso, Chief Mass Communications Specialist, U.S. Navy. “It’s chock full of Navy jargon and the survival smarts needed to face the eight week challenge of Watches, P.T., inspections and what seemed like never-ending Push-up position!” The narrative connects two generations of sailors weaving in advice from her salt-of-the-sea Dad, a former sailor, who gives her support on surviving boot camp days and always to, “Hang in there. Head up. Chest out. Back straight. And keep those shoes polished.” Follow this recruit through each week of training slogging through tortuous punishments, losing recruit-mates, surviving Hell Week and a poisonous spider bite, and working a 120-hour week on her feet in the “Galley”. This personal, detailed, daily view account of Navy boot camp also includes practical advice on how to prepare, survival tips, what to expect during and after boot camp, and Navy terminology. Letters from Boot Camp is a practical guide for anyone thinking of enlisting in the U.S. Navy. This is “a refreshing bit of advice for young people so they can enter this experience with their eyes open,” commented Ann Michael, Amazon customer. A former U.S. Navy Photographer, Donna Beckley Galanti has written marketing communications for varied industries for more than 10 years after earning a B.A. in English and Journalism. Visit www.lettersfrombootcamp.com. To schedule an interview or request a sample copy, contact Donna Beckley Galanti at (215) 716-3093 or donna.galanti@comcast.net Letters from Boot Camp is available from Amazon and iUniverse. Publisher: iUniverse (www.iuniverse.com) ISBN: 0-595-45849-1.
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