September 13, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Danger41 said: Anyone read Mattis’ new book? Not yet, in the queue. Just some excerpts in articles, but I think it looks interesting.
September 14, 20196 yr Anyone get Mattis's new book? Thoughts? edit: saw it was asked above, great minds think alike! Edited September 14, 20196 yr by xaarman
September 14, 20196 yr 7 hours ago, xaarman said: Anyone get Mattis's new book? Thoughts? edit: saw it was asked above, great minds think alike! I am about halfway through. Enjoying it so far. Some frustrating examples of missed opportunities due to political indecision.
September 14, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, xaarman said: Anyone get Mattis's new book? Thoughts? edit: saw it was asked above, great minds think alike! I've got it on Audible..some people are complaining of the narrator but I don't mind it at 1.25x. Haven't finished yet so I can't comment on the book itself just yet. Still trying to finish "About Face"
September 15, 20196 yr https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/09/13/the-place-of-military-history-in-todays-defense-planning/amp/ O’Hanlon usually has some good insight, himself.
September 18, 20196 yr Just finished reading "The Dream Machine" by Richard Whittle. Covers the development, marketing, and integration of the V-22. Provides an interesting look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel....
September 22, 20196 yr I've got it on Audible..some people are complaining of the narrator but I don't mind it at 1.25x. Haven't finished yet so I can't comment on the book itself just yet. Still trying to finish "About Face"Took your suggestion. Definitely listen at 1.25x. Made for a good read once you get past chapter 1. Unsurprisingly there’s a lot of history lessons both recent and not. Plenty of frustrations with strategic near-sightedness and indecision’s and plenty of missed opportunities.Highly recommend
March 27, 20205 yr Anyone here read Sherman Lead: Flying the F-4D Phantom II in Vietnam by Gail Peck? I watched his Constant Peg video that was posted somewhere several weeks ago and he mentioned his “new” book but I haven’t gotten to it yet. Figured it may be a good time to read through it as “idle hands are the devils’ playthings” and the frau keeps finding shit for me to do.
March 31, 20205 yr Archive.org is making all of its books available without a waitlist right now, they have a shitload of aviation and mil history titles. Ex: Forever Flying by Bob Hoover https://archive.org/details/foreverflying00rabo You can "borrow" and then download to read in Adobe Digital Editions app Edited March 31, 20205 yr by Bobsan
May 9, 20205 yr Dreadnought Castles of Steel both by Robert Massie Both pretty hefty books, but I found them easy reads and fascinating accounts of the world of naval battle at around the turn of the 20th century, the building of the first modern battleship which started a massive arms race which led to WWI. Then he covers the use of those ships in combat and strategic messaging during the war. Although they are stand alone books, read them in the above order for best results
May 17, 20205 yr Since the library has been closed, been re-reading some of my own library: The Path Between the Seas by David Mccullough About the digging/building of the Panama Canal. Fascinating, sheer grinding work with a very high disease death rate.
May 18, 20205 yr On 9/11/2019 at 7:59 PM, Ricofromdetroit said: Any recommendations on good FAC books/CSAR? I just finished up reading “alone at dawn” John Chapman’s story which was extremely well written. As well as “surprise kill vanish” which is a incredibly interesting book about the history of our nations use of the “hidden hand.” A little late, but Leave No Man Behind has a wide collection of CSAR cases.
May 20, 20205 yr On 9/12/2019 at 7:08 PM, Danger41 said: Anyone read Mattis’ new book? Bump. Callsign Chaos I can't underscore this enough: All leaders NEED to read this book. Mattis demonstrates the integrity and intent based leadership that could heal most of the problems our current military structure faces. Not many people have to integrity to innovate themselves into unemployment (he shut down Joint Forces Command, which he was in charge of, because it was basically useless). He also cuts straight to facts about decision making and how not empowering leaders below you hamstrings operational effectiveness and efficiency. Great book.
May 23, 20205 yr An excellent resource for any military pilot, and it's been well known (and used) for decades. And it's free. https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/00-80t-80.pdf
June 6, 20205 yr Just re-read Flying Through Midnight by John T. Halliday as well as Starship Troopers By Robert Heinlein. Both highly recommended. If you were at Ali Al Salem in the 2005-2008 time frame, you might remember the dice pen tab patches that were inspired by Flying Through Midnight. FF
June 7, 20205 yr Just re-read Flying Through Midnight by John T. Halliday as well as Starship Troopers By Robert Heinlein. Both highly recommended. If you were at Ali Al Salem in the 2005-2008 time frame, you might remember the dice pen tab patches that were inspired by Flying Through Midnight. FF Got a picture of the patch by chance? Couldn’t find it in google. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app
June 8, 20205 yr On 6/7/2020 at 1:05 AM, CharlieHotel47 said: Got a picture of the patch by chance? Couldn’t find it in google. Not likely you'll find one either. It was a once off production if memory serves correctly. Don't have a picture, but it was a standard flight suit pen tab size. Tan flightsuit colored background with a dark brown boarder. Standard red dice angled off showing three sides centered in the middle of the patch. Rather nondescript. FF
June 10, 20205 yr Also enjoyed eye of the viper. I just finished Tanker Pilot by Mark Hasara. Not a bad read at all.
January 31, 20214 yr On 6/9/2020 at 11:05 PM, Cherokeeflyer said: Also enjoyed eye of the viper. I just finished Tanker Pilot by Mark Hasara. Not a bad read at all. Bump for any updated quarantine reads. Just finishing Tanker Pilot now, I've enjoyed the operational level view and Mark's interactions with Navy, Army etc. to improve tanker ops.
February 3, 20214 yr @Steve Davies Red Eagles got a mention today on Joe Rogan Podcast with Thunderbirds driver/MMA Ref
February 3, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, uhhello said: @Steve Davies Red Eagles got a mention today on Joe Rogan Podcast with Thunderbirds driver/MMA Ref Chappy was on rogan .... may have to dig that one up.
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