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Backbone
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Julia Dye |
Dye explores the cadre of non-commissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps' system of small unit leadership. She examines the 14 traits embraced by every NCO. To assemble this chronicle, the a… |
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No hill for a stepper
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Carolyn Dennis-Willingham |
In 1948, Cono Dennis boards a train to Temple, Texas. It is the same place he escaped at age 14, when yet another act of violence by his father finally pushed him over the edge. Now, Cono is no longe… |
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Uncommon Men
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John C. Chapin |
Who were these leaders? How did they achieve their position as the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps - the enlisted man's general? What can we learn from their careers about how the modern Marine Co… |
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The Sergeants Major of the Army
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Robert M. Mages |
From the Preface: The Sergeants Major of the Army is an important volume in the official history of the United States Army. The first part of this book describes the origin and growth of the Office o… |
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Level zero heroes
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Michael Golembesky |
The author follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations i… |
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The Few and the Proud
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Larry Smith |
Beginning with interviews with the last surviving drill instructors of World War II, this oral history offers the voices of veterans from every major war of the last sixty years, concluding with acco… |
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Evader
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T. D. G. Teare |
More thrilling than any fiction, this book charts the true story of RAF crewman Denys Teare's year in Occupied France, a year spent a half-step ahead of Gestapo troopers determined to hunt him down. |
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Desperate Lands
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Regulo Zapata Jr. |
DESPERATE LANDS is the unprecedented story of U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers and the missions they have carried out while fighting the war on terror in the Horn of Africa and in Afghanistan.
Th… |
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