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=Jackson T's 9th Grade Book Review=

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Swift. Silent. Deadly. The motto’s and adjectives that describe the Recon Marines. Exciting, thrilling, and flat out awesome. The adjectives that describe Nathaniel Fick’s One Bullet Away: The making of a Marine Officer. This autobiography, of Captain Fick’s journey threw the Marine Corp, takes the reader threw OCS at Quantico and Pendleton (Marine Bases), and on to the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan. Fick’s descriptive details, make you feel like your one of the soldiers on the front like fighting right next to Ct. Fick. The story is great. You will never want to put the book down. In the beginning you see the Marines learn the skills they will need in combat. And little by little you see the skill learned come into play in the field. This novel also teaches you the leadership that you would need both on the front line and in everyday life. Being involved in leadership myself, I really learned a lot. From the brother hood of the Marines to the courage it takes to fight for what you no is right, Fick nails every key point and that makes for a great story. In One Bullet Away, we learn that the challenge of a Marine Officer is summed up in one sentence. “Don’t get your Marines killed in combat”. In the marines they separate the good leaders form the bad ones. Fick is a good one. To become a good leader, Fick had to do the unthinkable. Driving threw Enemy areas in a Hummer with no doors. Calling airstrikes on his own men, and many more unpleasant jobs that must be done. His journey dose not just make him a honorable solider, but an honorable man as well. I would recommend this book to anyone. Putting the war aside it still has great messages and is an amazing story. But it is one of the top war stories I have heard. One Bullet Away is descriptive, fast passed, thrilling, exciting, and AWESOME. And always support the troop. Lets bring them back safe. The Few. The Proud. The Marines. OO-HA Semper Fi