Marine Corps Professional Reading Program

All Marines

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps

by LtGen Krulak

Private to Lance Corporal

·        First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak

• MCDP 1 Warfighting
• A Message to Garcia by E. Hubbard
• Rifleman Dodd by C.S. Forester
• The Soldier’s Load by S.L.A. Marshall
• The Ugly American by W. Burdick
• Enders Game by O.S. Card

Corporal

·        First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak

• MCWP 6-11 Leading Marines
• Battle Leadership by A. Von Schell
• Flags of Our Fathers by J. Bradley
• Gates of Fire by S. Pressfield
• Imperial Grunts by R. D. Kaplan
• Small Unit Leaders Guide to Counterinsurgency

Sergeant

·        First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak

• MCDP 1-3 Tactics
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• Tip of the Spear by G.J. Michaels
• Attacks! By E. Rommel
• With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge
• The Village by B. West

Staff Sergeant

·        First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by LtGen Krulak

• MCDP 1-2 Campaigning
• This Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
• Band of Brothers by S.E. Ambrose
• The Face of Battle by J. Keegan
• A Bell for Adano by J. Hersey
• Utmost Savagery by J. Alexander

Source:  Marine Corps Professional Reading Program