Theme: The meaning of Honor, and an appreciation for the history of the naval services.

• The Armed Forces Officer
• Fix Bayonets!
  John W. Thomason
• All Quiet on the Western Front
  Erich M. Remarque
• Sea Power: A Naval History
  E.B. Potter
• Admiral Arleigh Burke: A Biography
  E.B. Potter
• The Right Stuff
  Tom Wolfe
• Miracle at Midway
  Gordon W. Prange
• Thunder Below
  ADM E. B. Fluckey, USN Ret.
• Tin Can Man
  E. J. Jernigan
• Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy *
  Ian W. Toll

* Items marked with an asterisk are additions to General Allen's original list