03-21-2010, 21:46
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Georgetown, SC
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"Imperial Life in the Emerald City" - upon which the movie "Green Zone" was based - but apparently NOT!
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03-21-2010, 22:02
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#452
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sand Hill
Posts: 18
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Currently:
Masters of Chaos- Robinson
Red Storm Rising- Clancy
Recently Finished:
Get Selected!- Major Joe Martin 
Shooter- USMC Sniper Jack Coughlin
Lone Survivor- Luttrell
The Kite Runner- Hosseini
To anyone who has read the book Lone Survivor, Hollywood is- hopefully- making it into a movie. Read here
I want to open palm b**chslap the "other guy on the plane" the writer talks about, especially after reading the book and reliving the terrible experience Luttrell went through.
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"No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."
-sh*tmydadsays- on twitter
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03-21-2010, 22:10
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#453
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: KC MO
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Good Books
I just finished "The Enemy Within" by Michael Savage and "The Patriot's Handbook" by George Grant. I'm working on "He Still Moves Stones" by Max Lucado and "On Killing" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman.
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:13
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03-22-2010, 05:08
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
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Winston S. Churchill - Blood, Sweat, And Tears - Speeches 1938-1941.
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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03-22-2010, 06:30
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Charleston, SC
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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization
Not as action packed as it might sound, but pretty interesting nonetheless. I had recently just finished The Cuckoo's Egg wherein the various U.S. agencies are cast in a poor light when they refuse to get involved. Nobody talks about this stuff but I find it fascinating.
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03-22-2010, 08:39
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Water
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Just finished Cryptonomicon.
Great Read
http://www.cryptonomicon.com/author.html
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03-24-2010, 14:00
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Area Commander
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: USA-Germany
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Fascinating
Swarming and the Future of Conflict-John Arquilla
Military swarming tactics from history, and a look at the possible evolution towards decentralized C2 in the future.
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"Men Wanted: for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.” -Sir Ernest Shackleton
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” –Greek proverb
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03-24-2010, 14:15
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Conus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackDragon0311
The titles itself says it, just fill us all in on what your reading, as its good suggestion for what you might find others might enjoy, currently i'm reading...
~Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66 (hey, its actually pretty damn good, think of it as a special ops story in the future :P)
~Because They Hate (Brigitte Gabriel is a excellent and well informed author).
~Politically InCorrect Guide to Islam (says it in its title).
Just finished reading....
~Ghost: Confessions of a Counter-Terrorist Agent
~Lone Survivor
~JohnnyBoy
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Good Nuts and bolts, no frill read 
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- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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03-25-2010, 09:55
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Area Commander
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 2,952
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Wit & Wisdom
The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan by James C. Humes; Foreward by Michael Reagan; ISBN 978-59698-045-7; Regnery Publishing.
Great quick read with photos; well worth the cost.
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04-01-2010, 16:21
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Asset
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 26
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Books
Go Devil, Cryptonomicon is a great book. It's been a couple years since I read it, but I couldn't put it down at the time. I walked away with a new appreciation for code breakers.
I'm currently Reading What every BODY is Saying, Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, And a Time to Die, and Stolen Innocence.
I just finished up Achilles in Vietnam and would love feedback from anyone else who has read it. It's definitely an interesting take on PTSD.
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04-01-2010, 16:54
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Asset
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 44
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Books
A Patriot's History of The United States;
Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen.
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“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared”
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04-01-2010, 19:57
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Quiet Professional
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Originally Posted by CA_TacMedic
A Patriot's History of The United States;
Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen.
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I'm on page 540 now. It is the BEST US history book I've read. I thought for the first 12 chapters "this is a well written and researched history book but I don't understand why the title 'A Patriot's History' ". Starting with chapter 13 I understand. They present a very compelling, well researched and well written argument that the US government and progressives/socialist sare the cause of a number of the economic problems in the USA.
Highly recommended.
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04-01-2010, 20:05
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Quiet Professional
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Barker, Geoffrey. A Concise History of US Army Special Operations Forces with Lineage and Insignia.
Richard
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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04-02-2010, 12:26
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Area Commander
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Location: IL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by akv
Swarming and the Future of Conflict-John Arquilla
Military swarming tactics from history, and a look at the possible evolution towards decentralized C2 in the future.
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Professor Arquilla was my absolute favorite professor at NPS. His discussions on information warfare will stay with me forever.
I am trying to download the discussion he is having on National Review, in which he talks about some of this.
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04-02-2010, 12:28
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Area Commander
Join Date: May 2007
Location: IL
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Game Change
An interesting read about the 2008 elections. Lots of tidbits of information, unfortunately most of it is unattributable, and therefore leaves me wondering if the authors made it up, or if not, why anyone would put much value into quotes and stories that no one would put their name to.
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