Recommended Reading

[Collo]

If my memory serves me right this thread existed on the old forum. Out of which I and I assume other members gained some rather good reading material.

First off; I have just finished reading "An Ordinary Soldier" by Captain Dough Beattie MC of the Royal Irish Regiment. The book is about the Battle of Garmsir in the Helmand Province.

A good recount of the training and fighting of the British alongside the ANA and the ANP. I won't go into it further as it might wreck it a tad but certainly a good book.

Captain Beattie MC was the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1 Btn Royal Irish Regiment at the beginning of the Iraq War where Colonel Tim Colins OBE made the infamous speech.

[Everforward116]

I'll add two for the good of the cause:

The Training Ground by Martin Dugard

Its an excellent account of the Mexican War service of Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Jefferson Davis. Very well written.

Omaha Beach and Beyond by Bob Slaughter

Bob Slaughter fought with D Company, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment from D Day on Omaha Beach until the end of the war and recounts the experience in this book, published just last year. I've met Bob at our Regimental Muster and he is one heck of a combat veteran.

[PhilK]

I'll add two for the good of the cause:

The Training Ground by Martin Dugard

Its an excellent account of the Mexican War service of Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Jefferson Davis. Very well written.


I'm reading that one right now....literally.

[RogueNavy]

I'll add "Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior", by Richard Marcinko. Yes, he's a catalyzing figure in Navy history, but his leadership style and principles hold true. I've only read bits and pieces of this book, but what I've read has made me a much better and more effective Sergeant in the Corrections setting.

[Des]

Recently finished reading "On Killing" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman for the second time.

Now I'm well into "On Combat" by the same. Personally, if you envision yourself or are likely to be in any stressful combat situation, these are great reads.

Delve deeply into the psychological and physiological responses one may have to combat or killing, immediate and long-term.

[FeelinFroggy]

I'll add "Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior", by Richard Marcinko. Yes, he's a catalyzing figure in Navy history, but his leadership style and principles hold true. I've only read bits and pieces of this book, but what I've read has made me a much better and more effective Sergeant in the Corrections setting.
I read his autobiography. I believe it was simply titled "Rouge Warrior". Like him or not, Demo Dick is one bad son of a buck and a great leader.

I don't read them much but I do enjoy the occasional fiction book. I really liked reading "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London when I was a kid.

[Javelin66]

Some non fiction, to help you understand how we got here:

The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk

And some fiction to put it all in perspective:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

And a few classics about leadership and citizenship:

The Caine Mutiny By Herman Wouk
The Bridges at Toko-Ri by James A. Michener
Once An Eagle by Anton Myrer
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

[Collo]

I have just moved onto reading Final Salute by Jim Sheeler. For those who is not familiar with the title; it follows the story of Major Steve Beck USMC and his role as a Casualty Notification Officer. As a I mentioned; I have just commenced this book and so far it is a rather blunt look into one of the roles the military carry out that the public never see. A good and solemn read.

Also have any of you read "One Bullet Away" by Nat Fick. I read it a few months ago and thought it was a read.