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Into The Crucible: Making Marines for the 21st Century | 
 enlarge | Author: James B. Woulfe
Creator: Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak Usmc (ret.)
Publisher: I Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1425053
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 183
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0743458923
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780743458924
ASIN: 0743458923
Publication Date: April 1, 2003
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Product Description
Marine boot camp training is famous for being tough, where only the best succeed. But as tough as boot camp is, there is one moment in boot camp that is the make-or-break challenge. The ultimate test called the "Crucible." Once the Crucible begins, the recruits are faced with fifty-four grueling hours with little sleep, little food, and a series of events that will tax them physically and mentally to the extreme. The recruit platoon will be tested as individuals -- and can only survive as a team. It is the ultimate test that molds a recruit into a Marine and one that also reinforces the core values of the United States Marines: honor, courage, and commitment.
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 In to the Crucible January 7, 2008
I really enjoyed this book. While my son was in bootcamp reading this book helped me understand what my son was going through while he was in the crucible. It also gives an look into a few past heros lives who gave their all for our country.
Recomended reading for all Marine Corp Parents August 26, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a former Marine myself and now father of a Marine, I was interested in seeing what the crucible was all about. When I went through boot camp in 1982 there was no crucible. I purchased this book and read it as my son was going through the crucible. I found it to be a very informative book and a great insight as to what the crucible is all about. It chronicles the transformation of our young men and women into United States Marines.
 Outstanding July 5, 2006
James Woulfe nails this look at the culmination of Marine boot camp -The Crucible. The book follows a group through the training program. The book is an easy read but very insightful.
AMAZING! May 25, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this book today, I am about to head on down to boot camp myself this summer and wanted to just get a little taste of what its going to be like in the crucible, this is a non-stop action packed book, it was so hard to put down, and usually I can't keep intrest in books. This told you the story of young men making their way to becoming a United States Marine. I recommend this for anyone who is joing or has joined or just anyone wanting to read an amazing book, it will give you a whole respect for what the USMC is all about.
Semper Fi
Into the Crucible March 20, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you have an interest in Marine training, especially this very challenging drill that young men in boot camp must master to graduate, then this is a very informative read for you. I have a son who is a Marine and I wanted to understand the 13 week process that they go through in their training. By studying the training schedule and reading this book, I had more of an understanding of what he had gotten himself into. This is an incredibly grueling 52 hour "march" and training regimen--this Crucible. The author takes us through the very beginning of the march, what the recruits are thinking, feeling, their fatique, all the way to the long march back to bootcamp. We actually finally see a human side to the drill sargents, because they are participating in this as well. I really liked the way that the author took the reader from station to station and explained how each challenge was named for a particular Marine who had given his life and the valor behind the story. That is something you will not forget after reading this book. Another point is that there is so little contemporary material available concerning Marine training for readers such as myself, and this is so fresh and fairly easy to understand.
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