This is Jaco podcast number three with Echo Charles and me, Jaco Willink.

So last show we dug into the book about face by Colonel David Hackworth and today we're

going to dive into another book that was very influential to me and it's called The Last Hundred Yards.

Now this book is very different from about face in many ways.

Number one, it was not a New York Times bestseller.

It was probably never on any kind of list of any kind.

It's a legit tactical guidebook for people in the military.

That's what it is.

And I'm going to tell you a little bit about the author right now.

Guy named H.J. Poole who retired from the Marine Corps in 1993.

When he was on active duty, he studied small unit tactics for nine years, six months at

the basic school in Quantico, seven months as a platoon commander in Vietnam, three months

as a rifle company commander at Camp Pendleton in 1967.

Five months as a regimental headquarters company commander in Vietnam in 1968.

Eight months as a rifle company commander in Vietnam, 1968, 1969.

Five and a half years as an instructor with advanced infantry training down at Camp Pendleton

as soon.

While he was at that advanced infantry training company, he developed taught refined

courses of instruction on maneuver warfare, land navigation, fire support, coordination,

alpha fire, adjust fire, close air support, 203 grenade launcher, movement to contact,

daylight attack, night attack, infiltration, defense, offensive, military operations in

urban terrain, defensive military operations in urban terrain, NBC defense and leadership.

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