MCAS BEAUFORT, S.C. -- The First Lady of the Marine Corps, Bonnie Amos, wife of Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James Amos, has launched a reading list titled “The First Lady of the Marine Corps Recommended Reading List.” The reading list is intended to provide military spouses and children recommended reading material that have all been considered credible sources for helpful advice. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Air Station Library on Nov. 8, to dedicate an area of the library to the recommended reading list. The ceremony is slated to begin at 9 a.m. For more information contact the Marine Corps Family Team Building Office at 228-6141.
For Spouses:
Separated by Duty, United in Love by Shellie Vandevoorde
1001 Things to Love about Military Life by Tara Crooks, Starlett Henderson, Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer
Help! I’m a Military Spouse–I Get a Life Too! by Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer
Confessions of a Military Wife by Mollie Gross
The Military Spouse’s Employment Guide:
Smart Job Choices for Mobile Lifestyles by Janet I. Farley
- The Road Home Again: Smoothing the Transition Back from Deployment by Elaine Gray Dumler
- Transformation: The Mindset You Need. The Body You Want. The Life You Deserve by Bill Phillips
- Faith Deployed…Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives by Jocelyn Green
- Courage After Fire:
- Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families by Keith Armstrong, Dr. Suzanne Best, Dr. Paula Domenici and Bob Dole
- Wounded Warrior, Wounded Home: Hope and Healing for Families Living with PTSD and TBI by Marshele Carter Waddell and Kelly K. Orr
- The 17 Day Diet by Mike Moreno
- Service Etiquette, 5th Edition by Cherlynn Conetsco and Anna Hart
- A Families Guide to the Military for Dummies by Sheryl Garrett and Sue Hoppin
- The Day After He Left for Iraq: A Story of Love, Family, and Reunion by Melissa Seligman
- Eating for Life by Bill Phillips
- The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson
- Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for America’s Military Families by Ellie Kay
For Children:
- Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops by Jill Biden
- A Salute to Our Heroes: The U.S. Marines (A Marine Corps children’s book) by Brandon W. Barnett
- Our Daddy Is Invincible! by Shannon Maxwell
- Big Boss Brain: Learning About Traumatic Brain Injuries by Shannon Maxwell
- Uncle Sam’s Kids: Moving Again Mom by Angela Sportelli-Rehak