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After almost 28 years of commissioned and noncommissioned infantry service, John Poole retired from the United States Marine Corps in April 1993. While on active duty, he spent two years in combat (1966-69), six years as an instructor with the Advanced Infantry Training Company at Camp Lejeune (1986-92) and one year as the SNCOIC of the 3rd Marine Division Combat Squad Leaders Course on Okinawa (1992-93).Since retirement, John Poole has heavily researched the small-unit tactics of other nations and written five other books: (1) The Last Hundred Yards: The NCOs Contribution to Warfare; (2) One More Bridge to Cross: Lowering the Cost of War; (3) Phantom Soldier: The Enemys Answer to U.S. Firepower; (4) The Tigers Way: A U.S. Privates Best Chance of Survival; and (5) Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods.As of September 2005, John Poole had conducted multiday training sessions for 37 Marine battalions, nine Marine schools, and five Army or Navy special-operations units. He has been stationed twice each in South Vietnam and Okinawa. He has visited Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, North Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Tibet, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Russia, East Germany, West Germany, Morocco, Israel (and the West Bank), Turkey, Iran, and Lebanon.