Sempre Legere - Always Reading

Join us at the SMP Recreation Center to get caught up on your professional reading and enjoy FREE snacks while you learn!

This monthly discussion group covers titles listed on the CMC Professional Reading Program. All the books being discussed are available for free in hard copy or as ebooks at the Station Library. 

Here is what we will be discussing.

AUGUST 16 – Foundational

Constitution of the United States of America by James Madison, et. al.

Find It: Station Library (shelved in nonfiction under LAW), Archives.gov, National Constitution Center

The founding document of America. The Constitution of the United States contains describes the structure an operation of the government, the relationship between the federal government and the states, and the amendment and ratification processes.

 
SEPTEMBER 27 – Innovation

The White Donkey: Terminal Lance by Maximilian Uriarte

Find It: Station Library (shelved in Military Reading), DoD MWR Ebook in OverDrive

This New York Times bestseller is a graphic novel of war and its aftermath. The White Donkey tells the story of Abe, a young Marine recruit who experiences the ugly, pedestrian, and often meaningless side of military service in rural Iraq. He enlists in hopes of finding that "missing something" in his life, but comes to find out that it's not quite what he expected. Abe gets more than he bargained for when his journey takes him to the Middle East in war-torn Iraq. This is a story about a Marine, written and illustrated by a Marine, and is the first graphic novel about the war in Iraq from a veteran. The White Donkey explores the experience of being a Marine, as well as the challenges that veterans face upon their return home.

 
OCTOBER 25 – Profession of Arms

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

Find It: Station Library (shelved in Military Reading), DoD MWR Ebook in OverDrive

This book examines the foundation on which the Marine Corps is built. The author, LtGen Victor "Brute" Krulak (USMC), offers an insider’s chronicle of Marines, on the battlefield and off. He takes a close look at the Marine experience during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam -- wars in which he was a participant, and in doing so, helps answer the question of what it means to be a Marine, and how the Corps has maintained such an outstanding reputation. MarineNet course MCCEPGE002 requires CAC and enrollment.

 
The discussion group will be on hiatus for November & December and will resume January 2024.