Recommended reading for aspiring 18Ds
 

As I have been researching SF in general and the 18D MOS specifically, I have come across a book that I found incredibly helpful in understanding what the SF medic really does.

Yes, there are small stories here and there, and the job descriptions that can be found on-line, but this book went into a high level of vivid detail; very well written.

Warrior Healers - The untold story of the Special Forces medic - Book 1: The Beginning.
Leonard D Blessing Jr.

Warrior Healers mainly focuses on the Foreign Internal Defense (FID) & Unconventional Warfare (UW) part of the SF mission.

To gain a similar understanding of the 18Ds role in the Direct Action (DA) part of the SF mission; I would recommend "Rough-Neck Nine-One" which has been extensively discussed on this site.

I found, as Frank Antenori's original MOS was as an 18D, the book to provide excellent examples of the mass crisis events that an 18D is required to handle.

Both can by found on Amazon.com

Thanks for the G2. I'll be adding them to the list.

Please contribute
 

Would like to hear about other books that members would recommend to aspiring 18Ds or 18Ds in Q.

If you could be so helpful as to...
- State full title of book, author etc
- How you feel the book would specifically assist the aspiring / training 18D

Any and all input would be greatly valued and appreciated

Give the ISBN too - much easier to search that way.

And Frank Antenori can be found on Professional Soldiers.com .....;)

(As well as SGM Billy Waugh who wrote "Hunting the Jackal")

Team Sergeant

Thanks for the gouge. I'll be reading both of these books in the near future.

books for 18Ds
 

Are you guys looking for books that are inspirational? Or books that you will need for the course? Or books that will assist you as an 18D on your ODA?

books. . .
 

On my first rotation (Richmond), every time I worked in a new department, I explained why I was there, what I expected I would do on a team (to the best of my understanding, having not BTDT) and asked if they would recommend books to help build a working reference library. I have a pretty good list going so far, but would really dig having some titles that you've found to be particularly useful. On another thread x-sf-med offered up a couple as well. . .

Books

Just like it says....put any book you like here....just explain how it will specifically assist the aspiring 18D. Either in the SFAS pipeline; or in the 18D ‘Q’. Preferable not books that assist new or existing 18Ds. Too much to chew on all at once! And this question has been covered somewhat, elsewhere on this site.

Scimitar,
'Quit asking for all that shit. People that come in here and tell you about a good book aren't going to do your research for you. Freakin' ISBN number -we're fookin' soldiers not librarians (well all but one of us anyway).

First three letters of the title and author's first name is enough for any aspiring SF medic to find any book.

As for where they can be found - every book ever written can be found on Amazon.com

Now wind your neck in and get on with it.

Concur.

Next thing we know, he will be asking for others to buy them for him and send them to him at their expense, along with a 500 word book report.

Learn to use google and Amazon.

TR

Len Blessing's book it the best one out. Another author (Barr) will have one out in about another year. Yes, Frank A., who tired to run for congress in the last election, was an 18D & a JSOMTC instructor for me.

Hola COL Farr - Harassed any students with the Licorice Dx lately? Glad to see you back, Sir.

Corrected as ordered, thanks NDD and TR

Hackworth & Rowan Scarborough always printed Frank A's stuff; Frank had an opinion (or three)..

"The Ugly American" was required reading when I was there; Rocky's bio is a page turner too!