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Whether you're a Marine grunt or an Air Force administrator, it's always good to have a book on the military or military history stashed away with your gear. You never know when you'll have a few hours to kill or when something you read may actually save your life on the battlefield.

In no particular order, here's ten books that will keep a service member's head in the game:

1.) The Art of War, Sun Tzu - It's on everyone else's best book list, so why not this one?

2.) The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Grant - At the end of his life, battling throat cancer, the former President and Union General wrote a tour-de-force about the military life. President Lincoln said of Grant, "I can't spare this man. He fights."

3.) First to Fight: An inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps, Lt. Gen. Krulak - It's the first book listed on the U.S. Marine Corps' official reading list, what else do you need to know?

4.) Black Hawk Down, Mark Bowden - You've seen the movie; here's the book. Read about Delta Force battling bad guys in Mogadishu.

5.) We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore - The commander who lead troopers in the legendary Battle of the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam writes of his battalion's three-day fight for survival.

6.) The Civil War: A Narrative, Shelby Foote: If you remember the PBS documentary on the Civil War, Shelby Foote was the southern historian with all the great stories! One warning: this book comes in three volumes!

7.) Moment of Truth in Iraq, Michael Yon - It's too early to tell which Iraq War books will stand the test of time, but few journalists know the war in Iraq like Mr. Yon.

8.) The Peloponnesian War, Thucydides - It's Athens vs. Sparta in one of the ancient world's great struggles.

9.) Goodbye, Darkness, William Manchester - A marine's memoir of the island campaign against the Japanese in World War II.

10.) A Soldier's Story, Gen. Omar Bradley - A humble, straight-forward account of the European campaign during World War II by one of its top commanders; Bradley's nickname was the 'G.I.'s General.'

Picking up a few good books may also inspire service members to go back and open up some school textbooks. Active-duty service members, along with Army National Guardsmen and Army Reserve Soldiers on active-drilling status, qualify for 100% US Military Tuition Assistance, which pays up to 100% of tuition and fees for schooling. That means service members get a $4500 a year military education benefit that can be used for certificate programs or toward university degree.

Service members should also keep in mind the option of Military distance learning, which these days means 100% online courses, allowing even deployed service members to take advantage of education while they serve. Military elearning can help service members earn promotion points as well as prepare for their civilian career after they separate from the military.
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