I've seen pics of plebes with eyes riveted on copies of 'Reef Points' all over the place. SEEKING EVERY POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE for my kid, I went to buy a copy so she can learn its contents while practicing the shoulder/wrist/jaw angel and eye positions depicted in all those photos.
I went to the well-spring of all my reading, Amazon, and found that reefpoints cost $50; a little surprising but OK. I'll pay that if only to be able to say..... "well its not like you didn't have the book in advance", when my daughter complains about getting hammered over her failure to learn material in 'Reef Points'.
My confusion stems from the fact that there were different versions of 'Reef Points'; a 2012 edition, a 2014 edition, a 2015 addition Etc. So..? does the material in 'Reef Points' vary from year to year is each version a "one off"? I will pick of a copy if it's contents relate to what my DD will be required to learn/recite but if it varies significantly year to year I guess there would be no point.
OT and BTW: since I mentioned Amazon and the USN in the same text. Here are a few of my really-truly, all time, must read, favorite USN themed books.
1) 'A Dawn Like Thunder': True story of the flyers of Torpedo 8 the USN's most decorated and mismanaged squadron of ww2. If you read it and tell me you didn't like it, the first beer is on me at parents weekend.
2) 'Neptune's Inferno': Night Gun engagements between IJN and USN off Guadalcanal. Not the page turner like 'A Dawn Like Thunder' but a nice mix of hardcore history of those battles, and personal stories within them. (engaging painless history lesson)
3) 'The Last Stand Of Fox Company': These guys held the road open out of the Chosin Reservoir. Reads like a Marvel Comic Book at times ------you have to remind yourself at times that its a true story.
4) 'Shattered Sword' Not as easy to read as the others, but (I think) the best historical analysis of the battle of Mid Way available, (LOTS of stuff most of us don't know about Mid Way).
OK sorry for wandering from the purpose of this Msg. Board;but I did ask a plebe question. If anyone has a great USN/Marines/USAAC or USAF read, you can PM me; I'm reading 'Six Frigates' right now.
I sometimes worry that my plebe-to-be daughter isn't trying to live out her Father's long repressed desire to serve.
PLEBE QUESTION-to-READING LIST-to-PSYCHO THERAPY (what an awesome post!---back to work)
I went to the well-spring of all my reading, Amazon, and found that reefpoints cost $50; a little surprising but OK. I'll pay that if only to be able to say..... "well its not like you didn't have the book in advance", when my daughter complains about getting hammered over her failure to learn material in 'Reef Points'.
My confusion stems from the fact that there were different versions of 'Reef Points'; a 2012 edition, a 2014 edition, a 2015 addition Etc. So..? does the material in 'Reef Points' vary from year to year is each version a "one off"? I will pick of a copy if it's contents relate to what my DD will be required to learn/recite but if it varies significantly year to year I guess there would be no point.
OT and BTW: since I mentioned Amazon and the USN in the same text. Here are a few of my really-truly, all time, must read, favorite USN themed books.
1) 'A Dawn Like Thunder': True story of the flyers of Torpedo 8 the USN's most decorated and mismanaged squadron of ww2. If you read it and tell me you didn't like it, the first beer is on me at parents weekend.
2) 'Neptune's Inferno': Night Gun engagements between IJN and USN off Guadalcanal. Not the page turner like 'A Dawn Like Thunder' but a nice mix of hardcore history of those battles, and personal stories within them. (engaging painless history lesson)
3) 'The Last Stand Of Fox Company': These guys held the road open out of the Chosin Reservoir. Reads like a Marvel Comic Book at times ------you have to remind yourself at times that its a true story.
4) 'Shattered Sword' Not as easy to read as the others, but (I think) the best historical analysis of the battle of Mid Way available, (LOTS of stuff most of us don't know about Mid Way).
OK sorry for wandering from the purpose of this Msg. Board;but I did ask a plebe question. If anyone has a great USN/Marines/USAAC or USAF read, you can PM me; I'm reading 'Six Frigates' right now.
I sometimes worry that my plebe-to-be daughter isn't trying to live out her Father's long repressed desire to serve.
PLEBE QUESTION-to-READING LIST-to-PSYCHO THERAPY (what an awesome post!---back to work)
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