Do you have any recommended reading for Junior Enlisted personnel?

Man, that's a tall order.

If you haven't already done so, start by reading the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. That's what you have sworn to defend, so you need to know what's in there.

In general, I recommend reading any military history you can get your hands on. Especially books or articles written by people who were there. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War is a good start. Maybe Sun Tzu and Clauswitz. Be warned.....Clauswitz is a difficult read because translators are seldom good writers.

There are a lot of good books written by soldiers who are Iraq and Afghanistan vets. Read them.

Read any and every FM you can get your hands on.

If you can stand it, you might read books on psychology, both for its value as a leadership tool and as a weapon against the enemy. War is a thing of the mind. I particularly recommend Grossman's "On Killing" and any of his other works in the relatively new field of "killology."

Science fiction! A lot of the best SciFi writers seem to have a pretty good handle on conflict, and their stuff is interesting.

If you are looking for specific books to read, contact me offline. I will try to put together a list of stuff I have in my library.

The Sergeant Major of the Army (previous) developed a recommended reading list by ranks. Lower enlistede E-1 through E-4 are covered here. This is the link: http://www.tradoc.army.mil/INCOPD/readinglist.html . If the SMA recommeds it, it should give you a great start!

Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein. Also Google before you read it: Goldwater-Nichols Act, USMC 1956 Ribbon Creek Incident, Korean War POW negotiations, post World War II force reductions, tooth to tail, Lewis Millett, Heinlein USN medical discharge, National Security Act of 1947. The book was marketed as adolescent sci fi, but it really is the author's view of what our obligation is to defend our democracy. There are allusions to current events as they were in the late 1950s when he wrote this book.