Guardian Joe: How Less Force Helps the Warrior - Softcover

H. John Poole

9780981865973: Guardian Joe: How Less Force Helps the Warrior

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981865976 ISBN 13: 9780981865973

Publisher: Posterity Pr, 2018

Most infantry and special-operations professionals hate war. They constantly seek ways to more morally conduct one, because such skills better protect their humanity. They also make a quicker victory possible. Logically required will be bypassing the enemy's first line of defense to go after after his command and logistics centers. Among other things, Guardian Joe reveals how small U.S. contingents can: (1) move around more discretely in the city; (2) conduct non-confrontational rural land navigation; and (3) give the "slip" to a sizable pursuer. For company grade officers, it thus offers a "one-stop" reference for Irregular Warfare (IW). For their troops, it provides specific instructions on how more easily to survive in combat. In other words, this book is not more armchair philosophy. It is the "how-to" manual for the next advance in U.S. warfighting.

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About the Author:

After 28 years of commissioned and then noncommissioned infantry service, Poole retired from the USMC in April 1993. While on active duty, he studied small-unit tactics for nine years: (1) six months at the Basic School in Quantico (1966); (2) seven months as a rifle platoon commander in Vietnam (1966-67); (3) three months as a rifle company commander at Camp Pendleton (1967); (4) five months as a regimental headquarters company (and camp) commander in Vietnam (1968); (5) eight months as a rifle company commander in Vietnam (1968-69); (6) five and a half years as an instructor with the Advanced Infantry Training Company (AITC) at Camp Lejeune (1986-92); and (7) one year as the Staff Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of the 3rd Marine Division Combat Squad Leaders Course (CSLC) on Okinawa (1992-93). While at AITC, he developed, taught, and refined courses on maneuver warfare, land navigation, fire support coordination, call for fire, adjust fire, close air support, M203 grenade launcher, movement to contact, daylight attack, night attack, infiltration, defense, offensive Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), defensive MOUT, Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) defense, and leadership. While at CSLC, he further refined the same periods of instruction and developed others on patrolling. He has completed all of the correspondence school requirements for the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Naval War College (1,000-hour curriculum), and Marine Corps Warfighting Skills Program. He is a graduate of the Camp Lejeune Instructional Management Course, the 2nd Marine Division Skill Leaders in Advanced Marksmanship (SLAM) Course, and the East-Coast School of Infantry Platoon Sergeants Course. In the 25 years since retirement, Poole has studied the small-unit tactics of other nations and written many other books. Poole has done research throughout much of the Communist and Islamist Worlds. As of September 2015, he had conducted multiday training sessions (on advanced squad tactics) at 41 (mostly Marine) battalions, nine Marine schools, and seven special-operations units from all four U.S. service branches. Between early tours in the Marine Corps (from 1969 to 1971), he served as a criminal investigator with the Illinois Bureau of Investigation (IBI).

Review:

"[T]he average American rifleman might do quite well with a more productive combat role. . . . [H]is is the most complicated of all military fields. So, only required would be for his unit to . . . acknowledge the extra warrior potential." -- Google Books

"This is a critically important book that provides deep insights into . . . the way we conduct military operations in the 21st Century. It is a must read for our political and military leaders as well as for every member [including the lowest ranks] of our Armed Forces (former Head of CENTCOM)."-- Gen. Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Ret.), 5 February 2018

"Guardian Joe emphasizes that when nations and peoples must fight, they must fight right, and they must fight with both courage and compassion (former Head of 1st Marine Division )." --Maj.Gen. John H. Admire USMC (Ret.), 5 February 2018

"[T]he soldier, no matter what rank, must now become multi-dimensional in noncombat and open-combat-avoidance roles. . . . Poole explains . . . how . . . in Guardian Joe. If firepower and technology were the twin doors to victory, then what are we still doing in Iraq & Afghanistan after 17 years (retired U.S. Army historian of 35 years)?" --Kim Holien, 5 February 2018

"Poole confronts the 'technocentric' American way of war. His research and insights . . . [appeal] for 'what smallness makes possible.' Read Guardian Joe for . . . thoughts on . . . 'no killing'; treasure it for . . . morality and compassion still matter. In a more sensible time, this would be a national best-seller (founder and editor of 'Red Team Journal')." --Dr. Mark Mateski, 12 February 2018

"It will be invaluable reading for military leaders." --Daniel Library, The Citadel, 19 April 2018

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