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Old 07-20-2011, 11:20 AM
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I have a college education, and consider myself pretty sharp. Yet I have always had a lot of trouble reading military manuals. I had trouble with them when I was in the military and still have trouble with them now. The writing style almost always makes for a difficult read. Which is ironic since the goal is to be as straight forward as possible. Don't get me wrong, my test scores were always top in my class. I just never enjoyed the writing style embraced by the military. I found it to be counter productive. I actually learned a lot more from commercially available books on the same subject matter written by former military personnel and cleanup by professional editors than the official manuals. If only because they don't put you to sleep.

Still, this is a great resource. Especially since it is free! I'll do my best to put it to good use.
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