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Sorry for the short notice, but I just saw this today. More information can be found here.
Closing date is Sept 26, 2008.Quote:
Essay Competition: Win T.X. Hammes recommended reading list
Essay competition
How: Write and submit a short essay on the book that most changed or helped your career path.
MDMP For DummiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve Blair
the abridged version :D
What kind of contest are they running...it doesn't say how much the prize is:D
Wow, I could probably hammer out 50 pages in one day explaining how "About Face" by Col Hackworth transformed me from a directionless teen who had no interest in anything other than drinking, fighting, and skipping school into a hyper-motivated, self-brainwashed, wannabe tool who joined the Army specifically to be an Infantry Officer, to fight our nation's enemies, and nearly had a nervous breakdown for fear of missing out on the invasion of Iraq. The ideas that I internalized from reading that tome at the age of 18 guided my actions over the following 12 years more than any professional education, counseling, or example. I even convinced myself that my deceased grandmother was watching over me in combat, preventing any harm to me, just as Col Hackworth pondered that his own grandmother had done for him. But something tells me that such glowing praise of Col Hackworth's philosophy on leadership would not win me much favor with most judges. The man had his flaws and there is some contention that some of what is in the book was embellished or false or overly self-serving - all very academic concerns, in my opinion. Nobody faults Aesop's Fables for being fiction. Likewise, About Face is chock full of good lessons, whether they are true stories or not.
Uh...you win the books on Hammes' reading list. Come on, Crockett....detect....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by slapout9
That is what confused me...I always follow the money:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Blair
What immediately came to mind....Quote:
How: Write and submit a short essay on the book that most changed or helped your career path.
That can't be SGT Rock...his sleeves aren't shreaed and his biceps are too smallQuote:
Originally Posted by Jedburgh
Besides he doesn't need a flame thrower for a single tank... he is the Rock. Not Duane what's his name.
Just made my submission, based on “The Army and Vietnam” by Dr. Andrew Krepinevich.
You'll see the rest if I win. :DQuote:
Dr. Krepinevich’s book fundamentally altered the approach I took as a company commander during my second Iraq tour in 2006.
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I have read few books in my life where reading the contents angered me. I found myself angry not at Dr. Krepinevich’s words, but because it often seemed I could simply strike “Vietnam” in the text and replace it with “Iraq” and the narrative would have been the same.
Here's to hoping you win then!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cavguy
Andrew would be proud of you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cavguy