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October 3, 2005
Go buy this immediately . . .
. . . if you want an honest, well-written, thoughtful account of life as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps:
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, by Nathaniel C. Fick
Fantastic. Superb. There is no whitewashing. It's all there, warts and all. Pick it up in the sidebar if you are so inclined. I bought it on Friday and finished Sunday afternoon. I loved this book. Time is short and I cannot review it in full. But it took me back. The last few dozen pages took me about four hours cause I took so many notes and found myself staring out the window frequently, remembering Iraq. Phenomenal. Outstanding. Here's another link:
Posted by Chester at October 3, 2005 11:21 PM
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doing everything I can to keep my nutcase sister's son o-eligible. He's a great kid but I wonder if he's infantry material. we'll see..
questions for CHESTER:
have yo gone over to lucianne.com and read the dispatches from Venezuala lately?
what do you think? Carter got this guy reelected and now he is nationalising the oil wells and trying to get nukes from the iranians(http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=10/4/2005&Cat=2&Num=2).
Think we're going back into the jungle after this clown? Think he'll push it?
Better have a plan for this...
Posted by: playertwo at October 4, 2005 12:57 AM
Ordered through the sidebar. Thanks for the brief review.
Posted by: Daniel at October 7, 2005 10:01 AM
Read it, awesome book. Candid, clear, and concise. If you liked Generation Kill, you will love this book as well!
-MN-T
Posted by: MN T at October 8, 2005 1:48 AM