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Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on August 24, 2012 at 11:40am

Hey Jack I pre-ordered too the hard copy from Amazon can't wait to read it! :)

Comment by JDad on August 23, 2012 at 7:44pm

For all you bookish-types out there in Navy Dads land, here's an interesting quarterly publication you might want to check out:  http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/

Hooyah.

Comment by Jack Flash on August 23, 2012 at 8:36am

I just pre-ordered "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer.  It's a first-hand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden.  It's due tp be released on Sept 11.

 

I'll have to check out Lutrell on FaceBook-- thanks!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on August 17, 2012 at 8:46pm

Hey Jack....I follow Marcus Lutrell's FB page....he had pretty major back surgery in late June.... and is currently up to 6 miles in training for a half-marathon.......ex-SEALs are as tough as active duty SEALs...

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on August 17, 2012 at 8:37pm

listening to: The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen by Brandon Webb.......good book

Comment by Jack Flash on August 17, 2012 at 8:25pm

I just finished "The Amateur" by Ed Klein.... been at the top of the Bestsellers list.  Pretty insightful in an election year.

Comment by Ralph Pinney on July 25, 2012 at 12:26am

I finished reading 'Six Frigates'. Although you might consider the subject matter dry, it was written well and kept my interest throughout. The book talks in detail about the economic and political landscape leading up to Congress authorizing the construction of the first frigates of the US Navy.
The period leading up to and the War of 1812 and some of the significant action of these ships is quite fascinating. The author uses full nautical terms to describe the actions of each of the combatants.
As i searched further at the books available on amazon.com for kindle, I discovered many books on Naval history available for free. I downloaded and am now reading Teddy Roosevelt's history of the War of 1812.
'Six Frigates' gets a BZ from me.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 24, 2012 at 1:53pm

yeah....I had a recommendation back on page 4 in May '11 about that book...it is a compelling story.....

Comment by Jack Flash on June 24, 2012 at 12:40pm

I'm currently reading "Unbroken". It's an amazing story, telling the experiences of Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini, who was shot down and became a POW in WWII. His memoirs became this book as written by the same author who wrote Sea Biscuit.

This is the endearing old fleer that was Recently interviewed on 60 Minutes and elsewhere. Great story!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 4, 2012 at 9:50am

read Luttrell's follow up SERVICE (see below for a review)

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