# Military Refence Site Recommendations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-refence-site-recommendations/336411>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-refence-site-recommendations/336411 "2005-12-20T05:03:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-refence-site-recommendations/336411/1 "2005-12-20T05:03:21Z")

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I’ve got tons of reference books on things like ship displacement, crew compliment, weapon ranges, etc., but what none of them have, which I’m presently curious about at the moment, is what the crew of an aircraft carrier, for example, does or how an army unit’s broken down, etc., etc. How many folks are on the ship’s bridge, what they do, who’s assigned to the engine room, etc., etc., etc. Presumably there’s something out there with that kind of info. Anybody know of one?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-refence-site-recommendations/336411/2 "2005-12-20T05:27:02Z")

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I came across [United States Naval Reserve Intelligence Program](http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/navy/rfs/index.html) recently. It has lots of information about shipboard life.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-refence-site-recommendations/336411/3 "2005-12-20T06:38:22Z")

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Thanks! That seems to have exactly what I’m looking for as far as the Navy goes.

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-refence-site-recommendations/336411/4 "2005-12-20T07:00:07Z")

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For general miltary reference, I often rely on [http://www.fas.org](http://www.fas.org)