12-24-2008, 18:43
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#121
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: JBLM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SRGross
I've a copy of On Combat that I'm starting next week
I was thinking of picking it up, post your thoughts on it when you finish
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It'll be some time since I'm focused on a few other more important issues. I will most likely finish it mid-month January.
I believe a few here have read it already.
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...light=Grossman
Seems like a minor amount has been discussed, some may chime in for a book review.
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12-25-2008, 11:18
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#122
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: North Carolina
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I'm reading eastern approaches by Fitzroy Maclean. Really awesome book so far, true adventure story about a person who goes from being a consulate in russia, to exploring all of asia, afghanistan, and joins the army. Great true story.
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12-25-2008, 14:52
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#123
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Nashville
Posts: 974
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I'm Buying No Guts No Glory by Jim Bolen
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
If I aspired to be a SF soldier, I might consider stepping up from the Star Wars and zombie survival guides to something a bit more cerebral and useful in the current wars we are fighting.
The books you have listed tend toward the sensational/political, rather than the solid historical and analytical material that will serve you well in understanding the subjects you will need to for a UW/FID career in SF.
You can read the trash for entertainment, but until I had mastered the basics, I would not mention it here.
You might look through the Library threads to see what serious people are reading.
Best of luck.
TR
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I do not read Plaster or anyone. I knew Harve Saal. I knew Bolen was the best.
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12-26-2008, 01:03
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#124
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Montana
Posts: 3
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Currently reading The Arab Mind By Raphael Patai.
Gives good insight into the Arab mentality. Taking a while to get through it though, as I have found it is more effective than counting sheep could ever be.
H2S
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12-26-2008, 11:07
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#125
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pacific Northwest
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World War Z by Max Brooks - Zombie post-apocalypse as told by fictional accounts by survivors. Only a couple chapters in, but entertaining and good food for thought for pandemics.
http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Z-Hi...0311222&sr=8-1
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos. Excellent book, RIP Ben Rich
http://www.amazon.com/Skunk-Works-Pe...0311156&sr=8-1
And as always, I continue to hammer on Atlas Shrugged, which will probably take me years to read. I can't bear to read one book at a time.
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12-26-2008, 13:08
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#126
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I am bogged down right now with the Revised Statutes that pertain to land surveying in Colorado and Wyoming...and of course, I am reading the recent revisions to the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission's handbook....a real page turner... 
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12-26-2008, 13:50
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#127
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: OK. Thanking Our Brave Soldiers
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lksteve
I am bogged down right now with the Revised Statutes that pertain to land surveying in Colorado and Wyoming...and of course, I am reading the recent revisions to the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission's handbook....a real page turner... |
Real quick...as I am not reading anything remotely interesting...i.e. Was given John Grisham novels for Christmas.
"They" (friends) keep telling me also to go to law school. We'll see. 
Be safe lksteve Sir!
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12-26-2008, 14:41
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#128
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Castle Rock, CO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by echoes
"They" (friends) keep telling me also to go to law school. We'll see.
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That's sorta like a subscription to the book-a-day club, isn't it...? 
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12-26-2008, 20:10
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#129
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SE U.S.
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Hunting the Jackal.
I searched the forum, not hits...but has anyone read "Hunting the Jackal" by Billy Waugh? I'm about to start the last chapter and am interested on anyone elses take on it?
Got the paperback a few days ago at the exchange thinking it was going to be a good read considering that Mr. Waugh was SF, then CIA*, and hunting Osama at the age of 70+. Maybe it was the way it was written, but I now have fluctuating opinions.
Anyone else?
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12-26-2008, 20:53
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#130
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stickey
I searched the forum, not hits...but has anyone read "Hunting the Jackal" by Billy Waugh? I'm about to start the last chapter and am interested on anyone elses take on it?
Got the paperback a few days ago at the exchange thinking it was going to be a good read considering that Mr. Waugh was SF, then CIA*, and hunting Osama at the age of 70+. Maybe it was the way it was written, but I now have fluctuating opinions.
Anyone else?
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Your Search skills are weak.
TR
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12-27-2008, 06:09
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#131
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Guerrilla
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Location: SE U.S.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reaper
Your Search skills are weak.
TR
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I stand corrected. I searched under "this thread" for "hunting the jackal", "Waugh", and "Billy Waugh".
Went back and searched under the entire library section. Some questions answered through the search. Thanks. No need to reply to my original question.
Search skill getting stronger.
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12-27-2008, 16:29
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#132
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: All Over
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Just finished
Grossman's: On Killing (Razor's view of Grossman seemed right on point to me http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...light=Grossman)
McCullough 's: John Adams
Couch's: Chosen Solider (GREAT Read - sent it on to my parents for their education)
Reading Now
Pharmaceutical Calcualtions "Textbook" - Correspondence Course
The Koran (Got tired of hearing all the conflicting opinions out there, and decided to make my own)
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12-27-2008, 20:09
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#133
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Harrisburg PA
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New book
My wife got me, "When hell breaks loose" by Cody Lundin. It's a survival guide that reminded her about the "Be Prepared" thread we have going on here.
So far, so good.
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01-03-2009, 07:33
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#134
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Guerrilla
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Italy
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Civilization and its Enemies by Lee Harris. Very interesting. A lot of food for thought.
Next: The Suicide of Reason also by Lee Harris.
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01-03-2009, 07:47
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#135
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Quiet Professional
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Location: NorCal
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kawika
...true adventure story about a person who goes from being a consulate in russia...
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How does one go about 'being a consulate'??? 
Consulates (buildings and organizations) are subordinate diplomatic missions under the control of the embassy and staffed by 'consular officers' (people) and headed by a 'Consul General' (person). For example, the AmEmbassy in Germany is located in Berlin but has consulates in Hamburg, Munchen, Leipzig, Dusseldorf, and Frankfurt...each headed by a 'Consul General.'
Richard's $.02
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