★ 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
* Out of print books
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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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