1. On May 28 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read At All Costs by Matt Proietti
  2. On May 28 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Stalin's Secret War: Soviet Counterintelligence against the Nazis, 1941-1945 by Robert W. Stephan and commented:

    Interesting anecdotes - apparently after a heavy snow the Soviets would drop in agents without parachutes so they would not be spotted. If any members of the team were injured on landing, the remaining members were instructed to shoot him. Another good quote - "The USSR's counterintelligence system was inefficient, but it was not ineffective."

  3. On May 26 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America by David Wise and commented:

    What a disaster! Sounds like he competed with Ames to see who could be our Kim Philby.

  4. On May 26 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read My Share of the Task: A Memoir by General Stanley McChrystal and commented:

    Just a totally dedicated and hard charging guy with a nearly impossible task in Afghanistan.

  5. On May 22 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist and commented:

    The stories of the special ops involvement in the tanker war are fascinating. Not an upbeat or hopeful book, but an honest and informative one.

  6. On May 21 2016 colleen (USA) read Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel
  7. On May 19 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben R. Rich
  8. On May 18 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell
  9. On May 18 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood by Donovan Campbell and commented:

    Really heavy stuff; you can see Campbell getting burned out over time. By the end of the book the tone was way different than at the beginning. Is it just the pace and stresses of modern urban warfare, or is that generally near the upper end for combat effectiveness?

  10. On May 16 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Defense Of Duffer's Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton and commented:

    I can see why this is on so many lists now! I read the first chapter to my oldest son and he quickly devoured the rest. Thinking of giving it as a gift to a friend who served in that part of the world.

  11. On May 14 2016 kcholbert (USAF) read Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer
  12. On May 14 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton - Cia's Master Spy Hunter by Tom Mangold and commented:

    Makes a strong case for Angleton having set US counterintelligence efforts back due to his paranoia.

  13. On May 13 2016 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage by Norman Palmer and commented:

    Really interesting. The litany of service members who approached the Soviets to sell secrets is pretty depressing!

  14. On May 12 2016 colleen (USA) read Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer
  15. On May 12 2016 colleen (USA) read Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood by Donovan Campbell