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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. I was thereBy Ron BaldwinUnlike guerillas or members of highly decentralized Asian armies, who have no direct communication with higher command, our troops are burdened with decisions made from higher ups in air conditioned shelters miles away from the noise and horror of combat.From personal experience of being in combat with 1st 4th Marines, I can see what John Poole is trying to convey. I was in 81 mortars during Operation Oregon. We were pinned down by 51 cal. machineguns and the requests for 81 mortar fire missions was denied, 'friendlies in the area'. The decision was made by an officer not even on site. We were the friendlies. Azimuths, coordinates, aiming stakes were not needed, for we could see the enemy.I was also attached to a CAC (Combined Action , later called CAP) unit, where we lived with the locals. Our unit consisted of one squad of Marines and a of local militia. Sgt Price (mentioned in Gung Ho) had what he called 'Immediate action drills'. Every Marine knew exactly what to do for any likely situation, whither it be getting ambushed on patrol or just encountering an unknown civilian. Safe areas were assigned for reassembly if needed. We knew the complete area around us--houses, yards, pig sties, alley ways--and could tell from the reactions of the the locals if something was amiss. We became a family, not only among ourselves, but within the village. When the squad was on patrol, fire missions were always denied because of 'friendlies in the area'. On one occasion, I heard small arms fire and knew the patrol was being hit. When they called for support, mortars were quickly raining down for them, because I did not request permission to fire. The patrol was given orders to hold position (a decision made by someone not there), but luckily the radio transmission was garbled, for they only had 7 bullets among them. A Sgt Price tactical technique was used instead--after contact, never stay in area, enemy knows where you are. Go to designated safe area and set up 360 ambush.There's a different--more productive--way for the squad leaders to create their own control. It's by pre-rehearsing their men in the solutions to likely situations. Sometimes called "immediate-action drills," or "tactical techniques," these football-like plays then ensure enough cooperation to outmaneuver the foe. The result will be more timely decisions made on the spot using common sense.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. We overlook those who can teach us the mostBy Educated on The Street Without JoyThe problem of "Gung Ho" for some readers will be, the well-developed messages this book contains are too much on target. For those of us who served in combat beside comrades fallen and silenced - truths in this book ring true.Sometimes what has been said is best; "what happens in the battlefield stays in the battlefield". Sometimes the opposite is true. It may take decades, divorces, surgeries, rehab programs, and more for some of us to realize; we, the E-1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s - the ones too junior to be debriefed - learned in combat some of the most important lessons our military leaders and other war planners need to know and make use of for America to stay up with - ahead of - our enemy to win wars. Our enemy knows that. "Gunny" Poole knows that. If we don't act effectively to help implement our lessons learned, we've let down people and principles good soldiers have fought and died for. God help us."Gung Ho" is not just another excellent informative book to be read; at the heart it is an appeal to us who have been taught in blood of our continuing responsibilities to follow through for those who cannot. We must create a forum with our leaders, to work together, to implement lessons learned - lessons from the Punji stick level, not from distanced safety.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Working Together in Harmony (Gung Ho!)By Raymond J. McGrathThe scholarly work of an experienced soldier (Marine). It does draw important conclusions from the facts presented.It's an excellent work!

Don't confuse change with progress. Former Leathernecks now need to take much more interest in the welfare of their modernday counterparts. Here's why. The machinegun's terrible toll from WWI should have made every nation's small- unit tactics more surprise-oriented, yet most U.S. squads are still stuck with pre-machinegun maneuvers that only enhance parent-unit firepower and control. Until every American infantry and special-operations company is allowed to develop a few of its own more covert approach movements for squads and below, their junior enlisted will have to acquire healthier "tactical technique" from their ancestors. "Gung Ho!" contains highly advanced (but then quickly forgotten) tiny-element "attack stratagems" from their own military heritage. The most action-packed of all the Posterity Press titles, it first shows how the fire team concept was copied from the Chinese by Lt.Col. Carlson in 1942. Then it follows his (and their infantry successors) through some of the heaviest fighting of WWII and Vietnam. While many of their fire and buddy team "moves" are no longer in use, they should be. Without them, today's electronics-draped riflemen have little chance of unexpectedly assaulting any defender. While Carlson's Raiders were conducting Maneuver Warfare at the squad level on , most contemporary U.S. troops are no longer allowed (nor prepared) to do so. 4th Raider Bn. (also Maoist in format) discovered how line infantry units needed no tanks, air strikes, or artillery to take advanced strongpoint matrices. Its redesignation--2nd Bn., 4th Marines--did so at the Sugar Loaf Complex on Okinawa. Only necessary was a staggered row of fire teams "working together" from within parallel lanes. With 111 illustrations and many firsthand accounts, this book is as fun to read as it is vital to the Pentagon's future success in war.

"Before ',' the Marine battle cry was 'gung-ho!' ... Loosely translated, 'gung-ho' means 'working together.'... [WWII Raider commander] Carlson, a former enlisted man, had great faith in allowing his men to think through and solve perceived problems [recommend better maneuvers].... Todayrsquo;s counterinsurgency operations ... require us to become reacquainted with ... the Raidersrsquo; unconventional ... tactics. The concept of the lsquo;Strategic Corporalrsquo; has required a new appreciation ... for bottom-up training and decision making."-- Leatherneck, November 2013"This book follows the legendary Raiders and their 4th Marine descendants into the Upper Solomons, , and Okinawa during WWII; and then to Dai Do, Con Thien, Mutter's Ridge, and the CAP villages of Vietnam. At the end is a way ... to produce more autonomous squads."-- Military Officer Magazine, February 2013 "The book proposes a way for both infantry branches to develop more squad proficiency and success in future warfare."--Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Spring 2013 "The recent book ('Gung Ho!') describes how small-unit tactics and basic warfare skills often can overcome larger forces dependent on the latest technology."-- Aviation Week, 15 October 2012 "('Gung Ho!' has) captured the essence of the Marine Raider philosophy and its contribution to Mobile Warfare, Unconventional Warfare, and tactics.... To win the next War, we will have to rely on ... (the individual) Marine with an M16, with boots on the ground, making decisions on the squad level, without being hindered by commanders who have no true picture of what is going on in the trenches (president of U.S. Marine Raider Assoc.)." -- Robert L. Dix, Sept. 2012 "John Poole's 'GUNG HO!' is a superb and fascinating study. Like all his works, it demonstrates a deep level of understanding of the battlefield and its dynamics. This book goes beyond the mechanics of the weapons, tactics, and formations and brings out the thinking and attitude required to succeed in the most stressful environment of war.... It is a great addition to the prolific and creative books John has given us (former commander of CENTCOM)." --Gen. Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Ret.), July 2012"Anyone interested in the history of WWII, the Marine Raiders, Unconventional Warfare or light-infantry tactics will find 'Gung Ho!' fascinating. Company grade officers and NCOs in Western infantry and special-operations units will ... [realize it] to be a valuable manual for [the] agile, initiative-based tactics [to which] they have not been properly introduced (editor of 'The Counter Terrorist' and founding member of USMC Anti-Terrorism Battalion)." --Chris Graham, July 2012"Through exhaustive research, John Poole has again demonstrated that the nation's success in future warfare will depend primarily on small-unit leadership, particularly the use of infantry squads and bottom-up tactical lessons in combat. In particular, the use of three fire teams instead of only two is a much more effective method of squad deployment.... I recommend this fine book highly (publisher emeritus, Presidio Press)." --Col. Robert V. Kane U.S. Army (Ret.), July 2012 "War is often a struggle for superior strengths: militarily, economically, ideologically, territorially, and culturally. Yet, one military axiom is to avoid your enemy's strengths and attack his weaknesses. Author John Poole's latest thought-provoking book, 'Gung Ho!' challenges us to reevaluate traditional tactics as a source for future strategies, to consider the size and structure of tomorrow's forces, [and] to analyze the methods and means for the employment of military forces in the future (former commander of )." --Maj.Gen. John H. Admire USMC (Ret.), July 2012"The Marine Corps in Vietnam had the highly successful CAP program until General Westmoreland came along with his heavy footprint. The Army repeated this mistake again in Iraq and currently in Afghanistan. To paraphrase Sun Tzu: 'No country ever benefited from a prolonged war.' Now [Lt.]Col. John Poole has written a brilliant book on how to defeat the enemy by using his own tactics against him. This personifies Winston Churchill's insight: 'The further I wish to look into the future the further I look back into the past' (professional military historian)." --Kim Holien, July 2012About the AuthorThrough an inverted military career, John Poole has discovered a few things that more promotable people miss. After spending 2 of his first 4 years as a combat commander, he did his last 7 as an enlisted tactics instructor. That allowed him to see why U.S. troops have always had so much trouble with counterinsurgency, and short-range combat in general. Their tactical techniques are quite simply outmoded--so unlikely to surprise a woods-wise defender as to be "premachinegun" in format. This little oversight on the part of their commanders and how to correct it forms much of the framework of Poole's work. Since retirement from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993, Poole has has traveled extensively in both Communist and Islamist worlds and written 15 other tactics/intell. supplements. He has also conducted multiday training sessions for 41 U.S. , 9 schools, and 7 special operations units. As most U.S. intelligence personnel know too little about the Eastern thought process and evolution of squad tactics, these supplements provide currently deployed GIs with a rare glimpse into their enemy's intentions. Just since 2000, Poole has gone to Russia, Mainland China (twice), North Korea, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India (3 times), Pakistan (twice), Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, Tanzania, Venezuela, Zambia, and South Africa. Over the course of his lifetime, he has further traversed most of the world. He has lived (or been stationed) in , Panama, Vietnam, and Japan. Between early tours in the Marine Corps (from 1969 to 1971), Poole worked as a criminal investigator for the Illinois Bureau of Investigation (IBI). After attending the State Police Academy for several months in Springfield, he worked out of the IBI's Chicago office on general criminal and drug cases.

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