Making the Corps Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• File Size : 36,5 Mb
• Release Date : 20 April 1998

Inside the marine corps and what it takes to become "One of the few, the proud, the Marines."

• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• File Size : 21,5 Mb
• Release Date : 31 July 2007

The bestselling, compelling insider’s account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086—their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code

• Publisher : Harvard University Press
• File Size : 40,8 Mb
• Release Date : 29 October 2012

Exploring the growth of the Marines from disadvantaged to elite force, this history “offers an excellent analysis of how the marines became the Marines.” (Publishers Weekly) The Marine Corps has

• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• File Size : 34,7 Mb
• Release Date : 31 July 2007

"Sixty-three men came to Parris Island to become Marines. Not all of them made it. This is the story of boot camp Platoon 3086, the Marine Corps, and America."--Cover.

• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• File Size : 29,8 Mb
• Release Date : 20 April 2024

An ex-Marine captain shares his story of fighting in a recon battalion in both Afghanistan and Iraq, beginning with his brutal training on Quantico Island and following his progress through

• Publisher : Naval Institute Press
• File Size : 28,6 Mb
• Release Date : 15 April 2011

Preparing for Victory explains how and why Commandant Thomas Holcomb successfully supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and men in 1936 to 385,000 in 1943. Not only did Holcomb

• Publisher : Naval Institute Press
• File Size : 32,9 Mb
• Release Date : 15 November 2019

For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers. It did not yet mean something distinct to be a Marine, either to themselves

• Publisher : HarperBusiness
• File Size : 55,9 Mb
• Release Date : 24 April 2001

Fast. Motivated. Hard-hitting. That's what every business wants to be. And that's why the U.S. Marines excel in every mission American throws at them, no matter how tough the

• Publisher : St. Martin's Press
• File Size : 40,8 Mb
• Release Date : 30 August 2016

Many Americans view Wall Street as a bastion of greed and corruption; a place that attracts people who don't deserve the money they make but are willing to break the

• Publisher : Naval Institute Press
• File Size : 44,5 Mb
• Release Date : 22 February 1999

In this riveting insider's chronicle, legendary Marine General "Brute" Krulak submits an unprecedented examination of U.S. Marines—their fights on the battlefield and off, their extraordinary esprit de corps.