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1) Stripes
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When John Winger loses his job, his car, his apartment, and his girlfriend, all in one day, he decides he only has one option: volunteer for Uncle Sam. He talks his friend Russell into enlisting with him. Where else, they figure, can they help save the world for democracy and meet girls!
2) Divergent
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Divergent trilogy volume 1
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Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions. Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she's determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different...
4) Biloxi blues
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Eugene Jerome, a naive recruit from Brooklyn, is sent to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi where he encounters a tough drill sergeant and an eclectic group of fellow recruits.
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There is absolutely nothing in the American experience comparable to basic training or boot camp. If you haven't been through it, you can't understand it. But, if you've been through it, you never forget it.
No matter where they live, all American fighting men and women have one thing in common: They have survived basic military training. They've crawled through the swamps on Parris Island, stood in the frigid cold guarding a Dumpster at Great Lakes,...
8) Stateside
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Mark lands in the Marine Corps and meets Dori before he ships out. Mark and Dori are a perfect match of misfits introduced by a friend, Sue, whose mother, is suing Mark. Dori has left the bright lights of Hollywood to fix her life and find help for her schizophrenia. At boot camp, Drill Instructor Skeeter, is on a mission not only to train, but to make a man out of the rebellious teenager. Mark and Dori cling to their romance in spite of the obstacles...
9) American son
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The powerful story of a young Marine who is fresh from Camp Pendleton. He is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during his four-day Thanksgiving leave back home before being deployed for active duty in Iraq.
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Week-by-week information on what to expect in basic training for each branch of the service: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or the Coast Guard. Topics covered include physical training, discipline, classroom instruction, drill and ceremony, obstacle courses, simulated war games, self-defense, and marksmanship.
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A military discipline drama, "Take the High Ground" focuses on the mixed fortunes of a young, naive recruit, Merton Tolliver, whose inability to adapt to army life puts him in direct conflict with tough army sergeant, Thorne Ryan. Set during the Korean War, this film has a standard boot camp training narrative, in the same vein of "From Here to Eternity" (also 1953); there is even a love triangle with Ryan and fellow sergeant Laverne Holt. For an...
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America's sweetheart, Megan Valentine, has been humiliated in the public eye after her latest movie is declared a bomb. A crooked accountant has left her broke. After she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident, she enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life. Now, there's no star treatment, no stunt doubles and no second takes. But with the help of the other recruits, she'll find the motivation she needs to be all she...
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One night in the tropics: Bud and Lou get mixed up in a "Love insurance" scheme. Buck Privates: Bud and Lou accidentally enlists in the U.S. Army and stumble through basic training. In the navy: Bud and Lou are sailors who must help a famous crooner keep his identity. Hold that ghost: Bud and Lou accidentally inherit a "haunted" house where a gangster stashed his loot.
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Divergent volume 1
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Arabic
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Translated to Arabic, 'Divergent', the first in the Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth, a series of young-adult dystopian novels set in the Divergent Universe.
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This book will prepare a recruit, mentally and physically, for basic training in the U.S. Army. It offers practical and unique solutions to challenges encountered by new recruits. Inside you'll find an 8-week fitness program specifically designed to improve your fitness test scores, study guides, an instructional "How to ..." chapter, a list of what to bring (and not to bring) to basic training, tips for success, and much more.
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An eye-opening look at the controversial world of a youth boot camp. Go through the intensive six-month drill at the Eagle Academy in rural Belle Glade, Florida, where another class of "at-risk" youths has voluntarily enlisted in the hopes of getting back on track. But as these cocky recruits approach on the inbound bus, they have no idea what's in store for them. Can they endure such tough discipline? What exactly will it take to change their self-destructive...
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