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A review: “First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our Country” by Thomas Ricks

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Ryan Pallas 0 Comments

First Principles is an indispensable work that must permeate classrooms and personal libraries. Thomas Ricks bestows several years of study to include: Aristotle, Plutarch, Cato, Cicero, Presidential personal letters, journals, Greek, Roman, and Scottish history (sixty-four pages of notes with endless resources) neatly packaged into Parts I, II, and III with the epilogue being the crowning jewel.

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Why We Lead Military Reading List Quote Request

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Mary 0 Comments

Christopher Little from “Why We Lead” and DODReads are partnering together to help fund the mission of supporting life-long learners

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Become The Next DODReads Affiliate

December 10, 2020December 15, 2020 Mary 0 Comments

DODReads is looking for a few military professionals to promote the Military reading list that are sold on DODReads. The affiliate

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Miltary Spouse Resources

December 8, 2020February 19, 2021 John 0 Comments

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Mil Spouse

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 personal john 0 Comments

This is the first Milspouse blog post Some current websites that cater to MilSpouses: Military Spouse Jobs The MILSPO Project

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DODReads Quote

November 13, 2020 Mary 0 Comments

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Like Care Packages for your Brain… 11 Ways to Request Books for your Command

August 1, 2020October 1, 2020 John 0 Comments Free Books, free books for military, free magazines for military, Free Reading List

Like my buddy Storm Williams likes to say, “getting a box of books is like a care package for the

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V-E Day Inspires Hope To A Weary Europe

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Mary 0 Comments

On May 8, millions in Europe celebrated V-E Day or Victory in Europe Day.

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Presidents And The Military: Theodore Roosevelt

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Mary 0 Comments Presidents and the Military, STEPHEN UNDERWOOD, Theodore Roosevelt

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood…”

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A Few Good Reasons to Follow The Crowd

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 John 1 Comment

Behind all advice is an unspoken expectation that the one who follows ends up unhappy and unsatisfied with life. We like to think of crowed followers as lemmings simply going along with the flow and failing to living life to their the full potential.

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How Do your Sailors Consume the News?

November 7, 2019September 8, 2020 John 0 Comments #newsfast, News

Every day just after morning colors nearly every sailor goes through a predictable routine; they login to their NMCI machines to read the news. Those sailors then use the information they gathered to formulate their opinions, basises, and worldview.