Marine!
The Life of Chesty Puller

I have read this numerous times...it was often great airport reading when flying back and forth to the States from Okinawa or while waiting for the plane to show up on the way to or from a deployment. I also read it twice in college and once during my time at Infantry School at Camp Geiger. It's a g......more

Semper Fi. “…it is a matter of life or death for officers and noncommissioned officers to have respect from the men—and something more. Adulation. They must obey orders to the letter, without question, though they die for it. It is the only way to handle men in combat. If you lose control, you lose l......more

This is one of those books you read for truly no reason at all. I picked up a copy while hitching around Minneapolis back in May, and just finished it tonight. It was there, I read it. I started the book in the hope that Chesty Puller would be as interesting as Smedley Butler. Too much to ask. Instea......more

WHEW! What a roller coaster ride this book was. What a life this man had! You don't have many leaders like this one, that is for sure. Especially in the military. This man sought out war, much akin to his cousin, George S. Patton. When he went in to do a job, he learned every aspect of that job. Eve......more

Completing this book today amidst Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing is interesting. Hegseth faced repeated questioning about his views of women in combat roles (namely that they ought not be there). This was railed against by Senators as though it was a ludacris and offensive perspective. I wonder......more