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    DO YOU WANT A LIST OF RARE, PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE MILITARY REPORTS ON
    THE SUBJECT OF BIOMECHANICS, KINESIOLOGY AND RELATED TOPICS?

    You can get a list of [largely unpublished] military technical reports
    on Biomechanics and related topics. Many of these reports have been
    locked away for various bureaucratic reasons and have not been put into
    the public domain, until now.

    Here are some subject keywords with which you can obtain a LIST of
    a couple of hundred military technical reports on biomechanics,
    kinesiology and related subjects from the Defense Technical Information
    Center, a government agency. [see below]

    KEYWORDS: (you can also include your own selected keywords)

    Biomechanics
    Biomechanical
    Kinesiology
    Bionics

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not bother using the DTIC web site--in a nutshell,
    it is worthless because the web site omits most of the two million
    technical reports in the DTIC collection. [Most of these reports are
    NOT, repeat NOT, repeat NOT in the NTIS collection, and have been
    unavailable to the public.] Send a letter instead--you will get much
    better results.

    The fee is likely to be free or only a few bucks. You probably want to
    include a statement in the letter such as *I agree to pay reasonable
    fees associated with this request. Please notify me if the cost will
    exceed $25.*, so that they won't delay the processing of the request.
    Remember, they WILL try to dissuade you from asking for such a list. If
    they send you a letter, and you do not respond, they will withdraw your
    request and you will not get your information.

    Here is a form letter to use for your request:

    To: Defense Technical Information Center
    Attn: DTIC-RSM [Kelly D. Akers, FOIA Manager]
    8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944
    Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6128 USA
    Phone: 703-767-9194

    Dear Ms. Akers:

    I request the following records under the provisions of the Freedom of
    Information Act:

    A computer generated technical report bibliography of reports on the
    subject[s]/keyword[s] of:

    ________________ OR _________________ OR ________________ OR

    _______________ OR _________________ OR _______________

    Please send me this bibliography for ALL years in your computerized
    index.

    This is a request for DTIC records, please don't forward my request to
    NTIS. Please include both classified and unclassified records in your
    search. If any of the records are classified, please review them for
    release, or the release of nonsensitive portions.

    I am an individual, noncommercial requester and this request is not
    being made for commercial purposes.

    [OR YOU MIGHT INSTEAD INDICATE DIFFERENTLY IF YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL
    REQUESTER, OR AN EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, OR A
    REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDIA; AND YOU SHOULD JUSTIFY YOUR CATEGORY
    PLACEMENT WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHY YOU BELONG IN THE EDUCATIONAL
    AND SCIENTIFIC, OR MEDIA CATEGORIES.]

    I also agree to pay up to $25 for reasonable fees associated with this
    request.


    Sincerely,

    ______________



    Hope you find this a useful resource. Please send me a personal email
    if you have any questions.

    Michael Ravnitzky
    MikeRav@ix.netcom.com
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