This book is in full color and is designed for reference and training of any party assigned to maritime security and/or defense duties. The book is easily understood and suitable for multicultural crews. Most photos and all illustrations are original by the author. Basic Maritime Security and Defense: This book is a revision of the author's university certificated course of instruction for use in training maritime professionals assigned maritime security duties whether aboard ship or ashore. It is loaded with the information necessary to understand and cope with piracy, terrorism, crime, and civil unrest. The course is also a familiarization source for working in an armed offshore environment. This is a no nonsense book for a no nonsense reader. The book deals with such topics as the use of a ship's systems in defense, searches, various attacks and defensive methods, and the handling of a support vessel in a security role. This book is ideal for the reader who desires real insight into our maritime, the security problems the industry faces, the methods used to protect it, and new techniques designed not for the military or law enforcement but for the maritime industry in its civilian context. The professionals who have taken this course says that they had no idea that the subject was so complex.
About the Author: Capt. Jeffrey L. Kuhlman is an experienced educator and has worked as ship's Master for many years. As an educator, Capt. Kuhlman writes for several trade magazines and often speaks publically on the topic of Best Practices in Maritime Security and Defense Training. Prior to his civilian career at sea, he was a licensed History teacher in New Jersey and taught language in the Republic of South Korea. Capt. Kuhlman is currently an Adjunct Instructor and Managing Professor of Maritime Disaster and Emergency Preparedness at Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, both in teaching and curriculum development. As a ship's Master he has worked in Asia, the Orient, and Africa and has had the experience of having directly faced various maritime threats. He is the originator of the Castle Shipboard Security Program. The Castle Shipboard Security Program provides advanced training in shipboard security and vessel defense for maritime professionals, law enforcement, maritime security operatives, and veterans within the scope of international and US conventions. Capt. Kuhlman is proud to have honorably worn the uniforms of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army National Guard. His combat experience was as a field Hospital Corpsman assigned to the Eleventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, Republic of South Vietnam. His additional military experience qualified him as a First Class Diver, Gunner's Mate (Guns), Artilleryman, and for a short time a member of a LRRP unit. He has had extensive tactical training and is a current NRA civilian and Law Enforcement Instructor in pistol, shotgun, and patrol rifle. He holds degrees in Business Management, History, and Secondary Education. A father of three, step father of two, grandfather of six, and great grandfather of two, he and his wife Glenna, a Presidential Award winning educator, merchant mariner, firearms instructor, and business partner, are extremely close. Whether ballroom dancing, sailing offshore, hunting in Africa, or on a church mission up the Amazon in Brazil, they are true partners in each other's lives.