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wrbones
11-02-02, 08:35 PM
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Date signed: 07/08/96 ALMAR Number: 246/96

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SUBJ/MCBUL 1500. THE MARINE CORPS PROFESSIONAL READING PROGRAM//
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RMKS/1. REFERENCE A ESTABLISHED THE COMMANDANT'S INTENT FOR THE MARINE CORPS PROFESSIONAL READING PROGRAM AND THIS ALMAR ESTABLISHES THE SCOPE OF THE READING PROGRAM AND PROMULGATES THE READING LISTS.

2. PARAGRAPH (5) IS THE PRIMARY READING LIST AND WILL BE UPDATED BY EACH NEW COMMANDANT VIA MARINE CORPS BULLETIN (MCBUL). PARAGRAPH (6) IS THE CURRENT ISSUES READING LIST AND WILL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY.

3. MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 6-1.1.X, A BOOK ON BOOKS (TO BE PUBLISHED), DISCUSSES THE PROFESSIONAL READING PROGRAM IN-DEPTH; OFFERS GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM; LISTS REFERENCE MATERIALS; AND DELINEATES THE PRIMARY READING LIST IN SEVERAL FORMATS. MARINES SHOULD USE THIS PUBLICATION AS THE BASE GUIDE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM.

4. ACTION: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, COMMANDING GENERALS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS ARE TO:

A. INCORPORATE THE NEW LISTS INTO THEIR COMMAND AND UNIT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

B. ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION AND USE OF UNIT PROFESSIONAL READING PROGRAM LIBRARIES/EXCHANGES.

5. PRIMARY READING LIST BY GRADE AND CATEGORY (LISTED AS AUTHOR, TITLE, SUBJECT CATEGORY):

A. PRIVATE, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, AND LANCE CORPORAL. READ AT LEAST TWO BOOKS ANNUALLY FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:

- FORESTER, RIFLEMAN DODD (COURAGE AND COMMITMENT)
- HEINLEIN, STARSHIP TROOPERS (TRAINING)
- HUBBARD, A MESSAGE TO GARCIA (MEMOIR)
- MILLER, THE BRIDGE AT DONG-HA (OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- SIMMONS, U.S. MARINES: 1775-1975 (HERITAGE)
- U.S. CONSTITUTION (POLICY)
- WEBB, FIELDS OF FIRE (LEADERSHIP)

B. CORPORAL AND SERGEANT. READ AT LEAST TWO BOOKS ANNUALLY FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:

- BARBER, THE WAR OF THE RUNNING DOGS: THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY, 948-1962 (SMALL WARS)
- CAMPBELL, THE OLD MAN'S TRAIL (SMALL WARS)
- CARD, ENDER'S GAME (TACTICS)
- CHAPIN, UNCOMMON MEN: SERGEANTS MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS
(LEADERSHIP)
- CRANE, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE (TACTICS)
- DAVIS, MARINE: THE LIFE OF LTGEN LEWIS B. (CHESTY) PULLER, USMC(RET)
(BIOGRAPHY)
- HAMMEL, FIRE IN THE STREETS: THE BATTLE FOR HUE, TET, 1968
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- LECKIE, THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS: A NARRATIVE OF THE NEGRO CAVALRY IN THE
WEST (OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- LECKIE, STRONG MEN ARMED: THE UNITED STATES MARINES AGAINST JAPAN
(HERITAGE)
- MARSHALL, SOLDIER'S LOAD AND THE MOBILITY OF A NATION (TACTICS)
- MCCORMICK, THE RIGHT KIND OF WAR (HERITAGE)
- SCHELL, BATTLE LEADERSHIP (LEADERSHIP)
- SWINTON, THE DEFENSE OF DUFFER'S DRIFT (TACTICS)
- THOMASON, FIX BAYONETS! (HERITAGE)
- URIS, BATTLE CRY (HERITAGE)
- WEST, THE VILLAGE (SMALL WARS)

C. STAFF SERGEANT, WARRANT OFFICER, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2, CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER 3, SECOND LIEUTENANT, AND FIRST LIEUTENANT.
READ AT LEAST THREE BOOKS ANNUALLY FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:

- AMBROSE, BAND OF BROTHERS: E CO, 506TH REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE: FROM
NORMANDY TO HITLER'S EAGLE'S NEST (LEADERSHIP)
- AMBROSE, PEGASUS BRIDGE: JUNE 6, 1944 (LEADERSHIP)
- ASPREY, WAR IN THE SHADOWS: THE GUERRILLA IN HISTORY (SMALL WARS)
- COLLINS, COMMON SENSE TRAINING: A WORKING PHILOSOPHY FOR LEADERS
(TRAINING)
- ENGLISH AND GUDMUNDSSON, ON INFANTRY (HISTORY)
- FULLER, GRANT AND LEE: A STUDY IN PERSONALITY AND GENERALSHIP
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- GIAP, HOW WE WON THE WAR (SMALL WARS)
- HAGAN, AMERICAN GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY AND THE OLD NAVY, 1877-1889
(SEAPOWER)
- HOLMES, ACTS OF WAR: THE BEHAVIOR OF MEN IN BATTLE (MEMOIR)
- HYNES, FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE: REFLECTIONS OF A WORLD WAR II AVIATOR
(HERITAGE)
- KEEGAN, THE FACE OF BATTLE (HISTORY)
- LAQUER AND ALEXANDER, TERRORISM READER: A HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY
(SMALL WARS)
- LIDDELL HART, STRATEGY (STRATEGY)
- LIND, MANEUVER WARFARE HANDBOOK (TACTICS)
- MANNING, THE MIDDLE PARTS OF FORTUNE: SOMME AND ANCRE, 1916
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- MOORE AND GALLOWAY, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE AND YOUNG: IA DRANG,
THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED THE WAR IN VIETNAM (LEADERSHIP)
- MOSKIN, THE U.S. MARINE CORPS STORY (HERITAGE)
- MOSKOS, THE MILITARY: MORE THAN JUST A JOB (STRATEGY)
- NOLAN, OPERATION BUFFALO: USMC FIGHT FOR THE DMZ
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- NYE, CHALLENGE OF COMMAND: A READING FOR MILITARY EXCELLENCE
(LEADERSHIP)
- ROMMEL, ATTACKS (TACTICS)
- ROSS, IWO JIMA: LEGACY OF VALOR (HERITAGE)
- SAJER, THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER: THE CLASSIC WWII AUTOBIOGRAPHY (MEMOIR)
- SCALES, FIREPOWER IN LIMITED WAR (SMALL WARS)
- SHAARA, THE KILLER ANGELS (OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- SHERROD, TARAWA: THE STORY OF A BATTLE (HERITAGE)
- SULZBERG, THE FALL OF EAGLES (AIR POWER)
- SUN TZU, ART OF WAR (THEORY)
- U.S. CONSTITUTION (POLICY)
- WILLOCK, UNACCUSTOMED TO FEAR: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE GENERAL ROY S.
GIEGER, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (HERITAGE)

D. GUNNERY SERGEANT, FIRST SERGEANT, MASTER SERGEANT, CHIEF WARRANT
OFFICER 4, AND CAPTAIN. READ AT LEAST FOUR BOOKS ANNUALLY FROM THE
FOLLOWING LIST:

- ARDANT DU PICQ, BATTLE STUDIES: ANCIENT AND MODERN BATTLES (TACTICS)
- CHALIAND, GUERRILLA STRATEGIES: A HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY FROM THE LONG
MARCH TO AFGHANISTAN (SMALL WARS)
- DOUGHTY, THE BREAKING POINT: SEDAN AND THE FALL OF FRANCE, 1940
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- FALL, STREET WITHOUT JOY (SMALL WARS)
- HACKETT, PROFESSION OF ARMS (MEMOIR)
- HASTINGS, BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDS (SEAPOWER)
- HEINL, VICTORY AT HIGH TIDE: THE INCHON-SEOUL CAMPAIGN
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- HIGGINBOTHAM, THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE: MILITARY
ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PRACTICE (OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- HOFFMAN, ONCE A LEGEND: "RED MIKE" EDSON OF THE MARINE RAIDERS
(HERITAGE)
- HOOKER, MANEUVER WARFARE: AN ANTHOLOGY (THEORY)
- HORNE, THE PRICE OF GLORY: VERDUN, 1916 (OPERATIONS/ CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- INFANTRY SCHOOL (U.S.), INFANTRY IN BATTLE (TACTICS)
- ISELY & CROWL, THE U.S. MARINES AND AMPHIBIOUS WAR: ITS THEORY, AND ITS
PRACTICE IN THE PACIFIC (SEAPOWER)
- KEEGAN, THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY: THE EVOLUTION OF NAVAL WARFARE
(SEAPOWER)
- KRULAK, FIRST TO FIGHT: AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS (HERITAGE)
- LUPFER, THE DYNAMICS OF DOCTRINE: THE CHANGES IN GERMAN TACTICAL
DOCTRINE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (DOCTRINE)
- MACARTHUR, REMINISCENCES (MEMOIR)
- MACDONALD, COMPANY COMMANDER (MEMOIR)
- MAO TSE-TUNG, MAO TSE-TUNG ON GUERRILLA WARFARE (SMALL WARS)
- MCDONOUGH, DEFENSE OF HILL 781 (TRAINING)
- MCPHERSON, BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM: THE CIVIL WAR ERA (STRATEGY)
- MELLENTHIN, PANZER BATTLES: A STUDY OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF ARMOR IN
THE SECOND WORLD WAR (TACTICS)
- MEYER, COMPANY COMMAND: THE BOTTOM LINE (TRAINING)
- MILLETT, SEMPER FIDELIS: THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
(HERITAGE)
- MILLETT AND MASLOWSKI, FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE: A MILITARY HISTORY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THEORY)
- MOOREHEAD, GALLIPOLI (THEORY)
- MORAN, THE ANATOMY OF COURAGE (LEADERSHIP)
- MYRER, ONCE AN EAGLE (LEADERSHIP)
- NAVMC 2890, SMALL WARS MANUAL (SMALL WARS)
- NEWMAN, FOLLOW ME, HUMAN ELEMENT IN LEADERSHIP (LEADERSHIP)
- O'BALLANCE, NO VICTOR, NO VANQUISHED: YOM KIPPUR WAR
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- PEPPERS, HISTORY OF U.S. MILITARY LOGISTICS, 1935-1985: A BRIEF REVIEW
(LOGISTICS)
- PULLER, FORTUNATE SON (HERITAGE)
- SEARS, LANDSCAPE TURNED RED: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
(OPERATIONS/CAMPAIGNS/BATTLES)
- SLEDGE, WITH THE OLD BREED AT PELELIU AND OKINAWA (HERITAGE)
- SMITH, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN ON LEADERSHIP (LEADERSHIP)
- SUMMERS, ON STRATEGY: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE VIETNAM WAR
(STRATEGY)
- TURLEY, THE EASTER OFFENSIVE, VIETNAM, 1972 (OPERATIONS/ CAMPAIGNS/
BATTLES)
- VAN CREVELD, AIRPOWER AND MANEUVER WARFARE (AIRPOWER)

wrbones
11-02-02, 08:37 PM
E. MAJOR AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 5. READ AT LEAST FOUR BOOKS ANNUALLY <br />
FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST: <br />
<br />
- BAYNES, MORALE: A STUDY OF MEN AND COURAGE (LEADERSHIP) <br />
- CATTON, GRANT TAKES COMMAND (MEMOIR)...

firstsgtmike
11-02-02, 11:29 PM
I would add one more, subject catagory (PRIDE, COMMITMENT, BROTHERHOOD).

Required reading by ALL ranks, Officer and Enlisted: Postings on Leatherneck.com and at least five other links of your choice.

Required dosage, at least once per month, OR as required for an immediate answer to the question "WTF am I doing here?

If you can't find the answer here, you're brain dead, a monitored straight- line, walking zombie.

Semper Fi.

wrbones
11-03-02, 05:07 PM
http://www.militaryreadinglist.com/cmcreadinglist/doctrine.htm