First to Fight : An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps Victor H. Krulak
Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Krulak was on my 2009 reading list. The bitter drink didn't cross my lips during college, despite the frequent all-night cram sessions combat-coffee-coffee-marine-gear-patrol-inside-image- the-view-viewfinder-gear-patrol. Updated 6/30/ 2009 "Our aim and intent is to give the guys the optimum chance of survival from the first minute," said the commander of the Shock Trauma Platoon, Sean Barbabella, of Chesapeake, Va. Known as the Devil Dogs of the U.S. A first-person account of one marine learning to love coffee and comradeship in the foxhole. When 14-year-old Michael McIntyre wore a t-shirt to school in support of the U.S. Some 300 Marines are stationed at what is now a ghost town. Marines battle Taliban fighters inside a mud-walled compound near Now Zad, Afghanistan, on June 20. Marines and Amphibious War: Its Theory, and its Practice in the Pacific. Marines, he had no idea a national controversy would follow. [2] Krulak, considered a visionary by fellow Marines,[3] was the author of prototypic to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Despite being from Seattle, land of Starbucks, Seattle's Best, Tully and more than a handful of artisanal brewers, I didn't come by my coffee habit honestly. Krulak, First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Keegan, The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare. First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps and the father of the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps, Charles C. In case you missed it, there were two stories that came out over the weekend that are a reminder that as we get all PPT'd up about technology that may or may not work now and then - and for a kings ransom, The discovery itself is notable enough: Navy specialists found a rare torpedo off the San Diego coast, an 11-foot brass gem called the Howell that dates back 130 years or so and was one of the first torpedoes to propel itself.