One bullet away: the making of a Marine officer
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A former captain in the Marines' First Recon Battalion, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reveals how the Corps trains its elite and offers a point-blank account of twenty-first-century battle. Only one Marine in a hundred qualifies for Recon, charged with working clandestinely, often behind enemy lines. Fick's training begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, and advances to the pinnacle--Recon--four years later, on the eve of war with Iraq. Along the way, he learns to shoot a man a mile away, stays awake for seventy-two hours straight, endures interrogation and torture, learns to swim with Navy SEALs, and much more. His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines. Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between the military ideals he learned and military practice, which can mock those ideals.
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Subjects
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
Biographies
Fick, Nathaniel
History
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
Officers
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Training of
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
Biographies
Fick, Nathaniel
History
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
Officers
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Training of
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A former captain in the Marines' First Recon Battalion, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reveals how the Corps trains its elite and offers a point-blank account of twenty-first-century battle. Only one Marine in a hundred qualifies for Recon, charged with working clandestinely, often behind enemy lines. Fick's training begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, and advances to the pinnacle--Recon--four years later, on the eve of war with Iraq. Along the way, he learns to shoot a man a mile away, stays awake for seventy-two hours straight, endures interrogation and torture, learns to swim with Navy SEALs, and much more. His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines. Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between the military ideals he learned and military practice, which can mock those ideals.
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History
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Persian Gulf War, 1991
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United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Training of
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Persian Gulf War, 1991
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One bullet away : the making of a Marine officer
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One bullet away : the making of a Marine officer / Nathaniel Fick
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History
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Officers
Persian Gulf War, 1991
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Iraq War, 2003-2011
Officers
Persian Gulf War, 1991
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