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Finalist, 2023 RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval LiteratureThe US Navys Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission provides essential airborne communications to the US nuclear deterrence forces. Today it is a thriving community, respected by the Navy and the US strategic defense forces.But it wasnt always so. Despite the enormous importance of the mission, for the first decade of their existence, the TACAMO squadrons did not provide a viable career path for officers, instead being a one and done tour for the junior officers who found themselves unluckily so assigned. A second tour in the squadrons was considered to be professional suicide. But in 1975, inspired by a significant commanding officer, a handful of lieutenants put their faith in a community that did not yet exist, betting their careers on that second tour. From their faith and courage was born the TACAMO community.This is the story of the birth of TACAMO, in the words of those who built the community from scratch.The US Navys Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission provides essential airborne communications to the US nuclear deterrence forces. Today it is a thriving community, respected by the Navy and the US strategic defense forces. ...lls a gap in the history of naval and national strategic communications, proving a useful source to both general readers and scholars in this eld. While perhaps niche and unusual in some ways, and likely appealing to the reader particularly interested in naval and nuclear history, McIntyres story of TACAMO would also be enjoyable for the general reader, as it is a story detailing the importance of community and sacrice, and of the triumph that can come from taking risks. ...includes the personal stories of a cadre of 'true believers' crews whose diligent leadership and perseverance infused the TACAMO community with the professionalism its mission demands and that it enjoys today. McIntyres timely contribution to the history of naval aviation is al“p
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