12 Dec, 2011  |  Written by  |  under Highcarbbooks News

A new novel by Tom Clancy, called Locked On.

http://www.tomclancy.com/

Available tomorrow.

Can’t wait to read it!!!

Mike

Wow, on June 14th you can again read a book by Tom Clancy (although again co written)
You can find out about the book at his official website at: tomclancy.com.

There is also an excerpt of the prologue which you can find here: prologue excerpt

you can buy it here:

14 Feb, 2011  |  Written by  |  under Books, Red Storm Rising

I finished reading Dead or Alive a while back and really enjoyed it, as I enjoyed many of his books. I really like that I can keep following the characters from previous books in this series. Jack Ryan, Jack jr., Chavez, Clark
etc.

Mike.

12 Feb, 2011  |  Written by  |  under Highcarbbooks News

The following table shows the ranks used in the United States Army. The order of rank is from lowest to highest rank.

Rank/Title Insignia Pay Grade Abbreviation Enlisted/Officer
Private No Insignia E-1 PVT Enlisted
Private E-2 Private E-2 PV2 Enlisted
Private First Class E-3 Private First Class E-3 PFC Enlisted
Specialist E-4 Specialist E-4 SPC Enlisted
Corporal E-4 Corporal E-4 CPL Enlisted
Sergeant E-5 Sergeant E-5 SGT Enlisted
Staff Sergeant E-6 Staff Sergeant E-6 SSG Enlisted
Sergeant First Class E-7 Sergeant First Class E-7 SFC Enlisted
Master Sergeant E-8 Master Sergeant E-8 MFG Enlisted
First Sergeant E-8 First Sergeant E-8 1SG Enlisted
Sergeant Major E-9 Sergeant Major E-9 SGM Enlisted
Command Sergeant Major E-9 Command Sergeant Major E-9 CSM Enlisted
Sergeant Major of the Army E-9 Sergeant Major of the Army E-9 SMA Enlisted
Second Lieutenant O-1 Second Lieutenant O-1 2LT Officer
First Lieutenant O-2 First Lieutenant O-2 1LT Officer
Captain O-3 Captain O-3 CPT Officer
Major O-4 Major O-4 MAJ Officer
Lieutenant Colonel O-5 Lieutenant Colonel O-5 LTC Officer
Colonel O-6 Colonel O-6 COL Officer
Brigadier General O-7 Brigadier General O-7 BG Officer
Major General O-8 Major General O-8 MG Officer
Lieutenant General O-9 Lieutenant General O-9 LTG Officer
General O-10 General O-10 GEN Officer
General of the Army O-11 General of the Army O-11 GA Officer

Warrant Officers

Rank/Title Insignia Pay Grade Abbreviation Enlisted/Officer
Warrant Officer 1 W-1 Warrant Officer 1 W-1 WO1 Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 2 CW2 Chief Warrant Officer 2 W-2 CW2 Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 3 CW3 Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3 CW3 Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 4 CW4 Chief Warrant Officer 4 W-4 CW4 Officer
Chief Warrant Officer 5 CW5 Chief Warrant Officer 5 W-5 CW5 Officer

Rank Insignia and descriptions are from the following wikipedia page: US Army

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10 Nov, 2010  |  Written by  |  under Highcarbbooks News

The following table shows the ranks used in the Russian Army. The order of rank is from lowest to highest rank.

Rank insignia Enlisted/Officer
Private Enlisted
Efreitor Enlisted
Junior Sergeant Enlisted
Sergeant Enlisted
Senior Sergeant Enlisted
Sergeant Major Enlisted
Warrant Officer Enlisted
Senior Warrant Officer Enlisted
Junior Lieutenant Officer
Lieutenant Officer
Senior Lieutenant Officer
Captain Officer
Major Officer
Lieutenant Colonel Officer
Colonel Officer
Major General Officer
Lieutenant General Officer
Colonel General Officer
General of the Army Officer
Supreme Commander Officer

Rank Insignia and descriptions are from the following wikipedia pages Military ranks of the Soviet Union

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Dead or Alive, is the name of the new novel written by Tom Clancy, it will be out on December the 7th, 2010.

Have a look at his website: Tom Clancy

You can pre order it from Amazon:

F-15 Eagle – F-16 Fighting Falcon – P51 Mustang

From Abbotsford Air Show 2006

Wikipedia entry: Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle
Wikipedia entry: Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
Wikipedia entry: North American Aviation P-51 Mustang


3 Mar, 2009  |  Written by  |  under Highcarbbooks News

A-10 Thunderbolt 2 “Warthog”

From Abbotsford Air Show 2006

Wikipedia entry:A-10 Thunderbolt 2

This is a test to see if I can embed pictures using Picassa web albums in my posts, and apparently it works.

- Mike


30 Jan, 2009  |  Written by  |  under Highcarbbooks News

I totally forgot/ didn’t know that there was actually a game called Red Storm Rising for the PC (Published in 1989). As I was curious to see what the game was all about, I registered at the site and downloaded the game (here is the link: http://www.classic-pc-games.com/pc/simulations/red_storm_rising.html, to actually download the game you will have to visit a sponsor site and fly through some hoops).

In the game it is World War III (just like the book) and you play a United States Submarine captain tasked with stopping the Russian Navy. You can be a captain in different classes of submarines, such as the Los Angeles class, the Permit Class, etc.

I only played it briefly last night and got stuck at one of the screens because I did not know which keyboard commands to use.

The graphics of the game are horrible but then again the game was published in 1989 and alot has changed over the years.

Enjoy!