(Part 3) Top products from r/USMC
We found 21 product mentions on r/USMC. We ranked the 179 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
41. Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of An American in the French Foreign Legion
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews42. Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews43. Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews44. Gunner's Glory: Untold Stories of Marine Machine Gunners
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews45. Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917-1918 (Modern War Studies)
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews46. Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Total Immersion The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better Faster and Easier
Show Reddit reviews47. Leatherneck Legends: Conversations With the Marine Corps' Old Breed
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews48. The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews49. Operation Desert Storm Propaganda Leaflet F-117 Stealth T-Shirt
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Design derived from an American propaganda leaflet dropped on Iraqi military forces during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Leaflet depicts Iraqi soldiers under attack by an F-117 Nighthawk stealth airplane and burning tanks in the background.Great gift for Desert Storm veterans, vets, F-117 stealth ...
Show Reddit reviews50. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of Marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immedi...
Show Reddit reviews51. What It Is Like To Go To War
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Grove Press
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54. One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
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56. Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
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Just read 'On Desperate Ground' 2 weeks ago. About the USMC defense of North Korea. Not sure if you read this yet, but it's pretty good. The Corps at this point had faced almost every enemy and every terrain. Except extreme cold and 250,000 Chinese. At the 'Frozen Chosin', they got introduced to both. They did amazing, but it was too mucb for them. check it out of you get a chance. great book.
To swim better, easier, and longer.
You will need to train up to the suggestion below, start with something like Starting Strength and then Corps Strength. Do a Higdon running plan.
Seriously, don't do this until you can do 300 PFT and have a solid strength/cardio base, do it with a friend.
*Former gunny
Does he like to read? These are two of my favorites, and I'm fairly certain most vets would enjoy them too:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Forever-War-Joe-Haldeman/dp/0312536631/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367616641&sr=8-1&keywords=The+forever+war
http://www.amazon.com/Without-Remorse-Tom-Clancy/dp/0425143325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367616649&sr=8-1&keywords=Without+Remorse
I really hope they make a film on ORW2/Whalers. JJ Konstant & Fox 2/3 really deserve to tell the story, as do many.
IIRC Ed Darack's book Victory Point was selected by the Naval Academy as one of the best books of the year 2009
E* Maybe a min-series even w/broader scope
Drunk or not, I hope you keep this up.
It sounds like you really gained a lot from your time in, namely: (1) personal growth and maturity, and (2) a broadened world view from experience. Experience as someone actively taking part in US foreign policy, and also just as a young American going overseas and seeing how the rest of the world lives (and how truly fortunate we are here). Just that you called your 16-year-old self "naive" shows this change in mindset. Also, I think that any introspection is healthy and natural, especially for such a serious topic. It's a tough time, especially watching the current shit-storm in Iraq with those ISIS assholes.
I appreciate and generally agree with Nate Fick's view of the US on the international stage:
http://youtu.be/7mBr1UydKf0?t=18m2s
Sure, the US has done some not-so-great things or maybe done well-intentioned things the wrong way. But I don't think we're the bad guys in the broader scheme of things. Yeah, that's up for debate. Also, I'm gonna guess you're not evil on the individual level.
and more along a similar line, specifically about the Middle East and elsewhere:
http://youtu.be/fQu_7hNjPqY?t=3m27s
a serious issue, but a little [British] humor on a related note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKcmnrE5oY
Check out the Commandant's Reading list recommendations for Officer Candidates. I'd add One Bullet Away and What it's Like to go to War to that list as well.
How is your general knowledge? Do you know all of your Troop Leading Steps, Leadership Traits, General Orders, and Operational Order sub-paragraphs?
I don't know of a good bio to recommend. Leatherneck Legends (https://www.amazon.com/Leatherneck-Legends-Conversations-Marine-Corps/dp/0760321574) is fantastic. The author delves into several future commandants' careers and tells their story in alternating chapters.
Here we go. I re-drew it freehand and made a few minor adjustments to make it more suitable for apparel printing. Link is for a shirt, but if you want a long sleeve, tank top or whatever just search the title in the amazon search bar and they should come right up.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWHMCWK
This is what we got, but in notebook form and in hard cover.
We got it in receiving, thankfully, because we sat on the floor for three days waiting to get picked up.
Archie was a true blue falcon, you should read Maverick Marine next.
Try to do a little research before you make a comment like that. Might I suggest some light reading:
https://www.amazon.com/Chesty-Story-Lieutenant-General-Puller/dp/037576044X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=chesty&qid=1565270202&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Wikipedia works too
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Okinawa-The-Blood-Bomb/dp/0762772794
You can read this book.
Battle of Sangin
Gunner's Glory?
> Rex Grossman wrote of the
Rex Grossman did no such thing.
You're referring to LtCol Dave Grossman's book "On Killing"
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812996836/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IBL7CbNKV5BBP
And while not exclusively about the Corps, Thunder and Flames deals with the AEF during WW1 leading up to the St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Lots of stuff in there about the 4th Brigade, which included the 5th and 6th Marines. The same author wrote To Conquer Hell on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which although has very little USMC history in it, it is the only book Ive ever read that gave me nightmares.