What are you reading?

[hlg6016]

He wasn't a Marine, he was an embed. But he lived the experience.

Well spank me silly, I read the book years ago and was under the impression he was a member of the platoon.
I stand corrected sir.

 

[taxi1]

Well spank me silly, I read the book years ago and was under the impression he was a member of the platoon.
I stand corrected sir.

I thought so too!

 

[PepperPerry]

For pleasure:

Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen by Joseph Layden and Noel Monk


For learnin':
The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King - Walter Borneman

 

[黒トリ]

Not at all surprised a book on the admirals wouldn’t include David Robinson or Zumwalt… 😹.


…Yea my packet isn’t getting OCS packet isn’t getting picked up …🫠

Van Halen is cool though.

僕は新しい仕事を探していましょうね。。。

 

[PepperPerry]

Not at all surprised a book on the admirals wouldn’t include David Robinson or Zumwalt… 😹.


…Yea my packet isn’t getting OCS packet isn’t getting picked up …🫠

Van Halen is cool though.

僕は新しい仕事を探していましょうね。。。

Its just the four because the book only covers 5-Star Fleet Admirals

 

[skybert]

For a simpleton like me at least, fascinating and depressing all at the same time

 

[ea6bflyr]

View attachment 41053 For a simpleton like me at least, fascinating and depressing all at the same time

Seems like some light reading….jeeez. 😉🤦🏻‍♂️

 

[Llarry]

Skunk Works by Ben Rich -- a memoir of Lockheed's special projects division. A bit short on technical details that I like (and that are available elsewhere) but a nice overview.

It's been slightly slow-going for me as the dreaded age-related macular degeneration has hit my right eye pretty hard the last year or two. Grrr...

 

[Griz882]

Really enjoying this one thus far. Fascinating to see how the Navy got from WWII to where we are today.

 

[黒トリ]

Its just the four because the book only covers 5-Star Fleet Admirals

Got it— It’s hard for me to skip an opportunity to bring up Elmo Zumwalt. 🙃
(And anything sports related.)

How did the book contrast these figures, or is it just biography/service records?

Sounds interesting.

 

[黒トリ]

Skunk Works by Ben Rich -- a memoir of Lockheed's special projects division. A bit short on technical details that I like (and that are available elsewhere) but a nice overview.

It's been slightly slow-going for me as the dreaded age-related macular degeneration has hit my right eye pretty hard the last year or two. Grrr...


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Might exist in an audio book?
LM has a *great* podcast called “inside skunkworks”— I highly recommend it… they’ve stopped producing new episodes, but that maybe changing soon… 🤞

 

[Griz882]

Got it— It’s hard for me to skip an opportunity to bring up Elmo Zumwalt. 🙃

I assume you’ve read “On Watch”?

 

[Damodred]

Really enjoying this one thus far. Fascinating to see how the Navy got from WWII to where we are today.

I saw this on a bookstore shelf a while back and said "new Hornfischer book? Oh yes." But then I looked at it a little closer and said "the last Hornfischer book? Oh no."

I think his writing style was better suited to the narrower focus of his WWII books, but this was still quite interesting and I'm willing to cut him a little slack on account of having died in the middle of writing it.