Leading Marines is the greatest resource that I have come across so far for guidance and motivation in becoming a leader of Marines. In one neat sentence located in the forward, we are given everything that sums up what is expected of future leaders of Marines: "Our actions as Marines every day must embody the legacy of those who went before us." Marines have a great expectation to live up to, and as commissioned officers …showed first 75 words of 1985 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1985 total…are inheriting, what challenges will face them, and gives them the tools to overcome these challenges. It is less of a manual and more of a doctrine because the nuts-and-bolts quality of the piece is minimal. Rather, it serves to foster a leader's own thoughts; to apply the principles contained within to ones own life. It is a book to be read not once, but to be come back to repeatedly for guidance and motivation.