★ RECRUIT / POOLEE ★I’m Staying with My Boys by Jim Proser & Jerry Cutter

The United States Marines: A History by Edwin H. Simmons

★ PRIVATE / PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ★A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard

Rifl eman Dodd by C. S. ForesterBlink by Malcolm Gladwell

1984 by George OrwellNo True Glory by Bing West

The Gift of Valor by Michael M. Phillips

★ LANCE CORPORAL ★The 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell

The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfi eldMy Men are My Heroes by Nathaniel R. Helms *

Starship Troopers by Robert HeinleinThe Ugly American by Eugene Burdick & William J. Lederer

We Were One by Patrick K. O’Donnell

★ CORPORAL ★Afghanistan by Stephen Tanner

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueChosen Soldier by Dick Couch

Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron PowersGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

Noble Warrior by James E. Livingston, Colin D. Heaton, Anne-Marie LewisOnce a Marine by Nick Popaditch & Mike Steere

The Defence of Duffer’s Drift by Ernest Dunlop SwintonMarines in the Garden of Eden by Richard Lowry

★ SERGEANT ★American Soldiers by Peter S. Kindsvatter

Common Sense Training by Arthur S. CollinsCounterinsurgency Warfare by David Galula

From the Horse’s Mouth by Major Ted McKeldin, USMCRThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

The Soldier’s Load and The Mobility of a Nation by S.L.A MarshallStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger

The Village by Bing WestTip of the Spear by G. J. MichaelsWith the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge

★ STAFF SERGEANT ★A Bell for Adano by John Hersey

American Spartans by James A. WarrenThe Arab Mind by Raphael Patai

Attacks by Erwin RommelBattle Cry by Leon Uris

The Defense of Hill 781 by James McDonoughThe Face of Battle by John Keegan

The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury & Tom ClavinMcCoy’s Marines by John Koopman

On Killing by Dave GrossmanSoldiers of God by Robert Kaplan

The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey

★ GUNNERY SERGEANT ★Afghan Guerilla Warfare by Ali Jalali & Lester W. Grau

Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by M. Sallah & M. WeissIslands of the Damned by R. V. Burgin & William Marvel

Killing Ground on Okinawa by James H. HallasThe Mission, The Men, and Me by Pete Blaber

On Combat by Dave Grossman & Loren W. ChristensenRide the Thunder by Richard Botkin

The Savage Wars of Peace by Max BootVictory at High Tide by Robert D. Heinl

We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

★ MASTER SERGEANT / FIRST SERGEANT ★The Accidental Guerilla by David KilcullenThe Courageous Follower by Ira Chaleff

Fields of Battle by John KeeganForgotten Warriors by Thomas X. Hammes

Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas FriedmanThe Passion of Command by Bryan McCoy

Seven Deadly Scenarios by Andrew KrepinevichThe Sling and the Stone by Thomas X. Hammes

Technology and War by Martin Van Creveld

★ MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT / SERGEANT MAJOR ★Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay

At the Water’s Edge: Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault by Theodore Gatchel

The Crisis of Islam by Bernard LewisThe Coldest Winter by David Halberstam

Crisis Leadership by Gene KlannThe General by C. S. Forester

The Mask of Command by John KeeganNo Bended Knee by Merrill B. Twining

On War by Carl von ClausewitzA Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin

★ OFFICER CANDIDATE / MIDSHIPMAN ★The Armed Forces Offi cer by DOD

My Men Are My Heroes by Nathaniel R. Helms *United States Marines: A History by Edwin H. SimmonsOn Infantry by John A. English & Bruce I. Gudmundsson

★ 2ND LIEUTENANT, WARRANT OFFICER / CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 ★

The Art of War by Sun TzuBlink by Malcolm Gladwell

Counterinsurgency Warfare by David GalulaLeadership: The Warrior’s Art by Christopher D. Kolenda, Walter F. Ulmer Jr

& Barry McCaffreyThe Mission, The Men and Me by Pete Blaber

The Savage Wars of Peace by Max BootSoldiers of God by Robert D. Kaplan

The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. CoveyStorm Landings by Joseph H. Alexander

A Tactical Ethic by Dick CouchThe Village by Bing West

★ 1ST LIEUTENANT / CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3 ★First seven books to be read in sequence in order to trace evolution of war from

fi rst to fourth generation warfare.The Enlightened Soldier by Charles Edward White

The Seeds of Disaster by Robert A. Doughty *Stormtroop Tactics by Bruce I. Gudmundsson

Command or Control by Martin SamuelsThe Breaking Point by Robert A. Doughty *

Fighting Power by Martin van CreveldTransformation of War by Martin Van Creveld

Attacks by Erwin RommelBattle Leadership by Adolph Von Schell

The Peloponnesian War by Donald KaganThe Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin

★ CAPTAIN / CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 4 ★The Arab Mind by Raphael Patai

The Defense of Hill 781 by James McDonoughThe General by C. S. Forester

The Lions of Iwo Jima by Fred Haynes & James A. WarrenLost Victories by Erich von Manstein

The Mask of Command by John KeeganThe Passion of Command by Bryan McCoy

Sources of Power by Gary KleinStarship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellVictory at High Tide by Robert D. Heinl

We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

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★ COMMANDANT’S CHOICE ★First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Victor H. Krulak

★First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps

★ MAJOR / CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 5 ★Crucible of War by Fred Anderson

The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanIn the Gray Area by LtCol Seth W.B. Folsom, USMC

This Kind of War by T. R. FehrenbachThe Landmark Thucydides by Robert B. Strassler

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick

The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas FriedmanMasters of War by Michael I. Handel

Once An Eagle by Anton MyrerTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by M. Sallah & M. WeissUtmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander

Wired for War by P. W. Singer

★ LIEUTENANT COLONEL ★A Bell for Adano by John Hersey

Accidental Guerilla by David KilcullenAt the Water’s Edge: Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault

by Theodore GatchelThe Blitzkrieg Legend by Karl-Heinz Frieser

The Bottom Billion by Paul CollierBrute: The Life of Victor Krulak by Robert Coram

Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis HansonDefeat Into Victory by Field-Marshal Viscount Slim

Forgotten Warriors by Thomas X. HammesA Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin

Seven Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevich

★ COLONEL / GENERAL ★Another Bloody Century by Colin S. GrayThe Coldest Winter by David Halberstam

The Crisis of Islam by Bernard LewisDecoding Clausewitz by Jon Tetsuro Sumida

Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, The Joint chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H.R. McMaster

Diplomacy by Henry KissingerFault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World by Raghuram G. Rajan

How Wars End by Gideon RosePoorer Richard’s America by Tom Blair

Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPhersonSupreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

by Eliot A. Cohen

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