Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440730
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
All My Deployment Shit, Deployment Journal
Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440730
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440730
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
All My Deployment Shit, Deployment Journal
Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440716
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440716
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
All My Deployment Shit, Deployment Journal
Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440747
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440747
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
All My Deployment Shit, Deployment Journal
Author: Amy Newton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440723
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781649440723
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This Deployment Journal is a great way to keep track of all the things that happen, your thoughts and feelings on your deployment away from your loved ones. The interior is a two page layout including prompts and space to write: Name, Date, Time & Weather - Enter your name, date, time and what the weather was like. Today I Feel - Write how you are feeling that day. I Am Excited About - Record the things you are looking forward to. I Am Concerned About - For writing anything that has you worried. Something Or Someone That Brightened My Day - What was that special something that happened today that put a smile on your face. What Happened Today - Write what your activities were for the day. What I Miss Most - Enter the things that you are thinking about that you miss the most. Things I Can't Wait To Share - Record the things you want your loved ones to know. News From Friends & Family - Write if you received a phone call, text, email, letter, care package, etc. World News & Events - Record news and events that are going on in the world today. There's plenty of blank lined space to record any other notes such as your thoughts, ideas, memories, describing your adventures, special times, travels, any prayer you want to remember. Journals are a good way to relieve stress after a bad day. Makes a perfect book for taking on a deployment, basic training or any time you're away from your loved ones. Will make a perfect keepsake diary for you and your family to look back on. Designed for men and women soldiers alike. Simple and easy to use daily. Small enough you can take with you when you travel. Small, convenient design size of 6x9 inches,100 pages, soft matte finish cover, white paper, paperback. Get one today! Thank you for your service!
Deployed
Author: Michael Craig Musheno
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047205029X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
"Deployed is an important and deeply moving book. Here, in this story, the heroic tradition of the American citizen-soldier lives on." ---Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor, Boston University, and author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War "Whatever your feelings about Iraq, Deployed is an important and compelling work that illuminates the real human cost of the war, and gives voice to those compelled to fight it." ---Ken Wells, Senior Editor, Condé Nast Portfolio "Currently, there are few to no books dealing with the sociology of Iraq, and even fewer have empirical data on the experiences of American soldiers. More important, this work provides a strong and needed voice for soldiers---their words are compelling, rich, and moving." ---Morten Ender, Professor of Sociology, United States Military Academy at West Point "This is a unique book that weaves historical, ethnographic, and organizational approaches for a study of Iraq-War military reservists. . . . the authors' findings challenge the pervading wisdom on reservists' motivations for service; the chemistry between family, reserve duty, and relations with regular military; and the effect that service in Iraq had on them." ---Jerry Lembcke, Associate Professor of Sociology, Holy Cross College What is it like to be one of the citizen-soldiers summoned to duty in Iraq and Afghanistan? The events of 9/11 were a call to arms for many reservists, as shock, anger, and fear propelled large numbers to volunteer for the opportunity to serve their country in the Middle East. Even the most patriotic, however, had not expected that the wars would last so long or that the Army Reserve would supply so much of the manpower. Using the soldiers' own voices, Deployed draws upon the life stories of members of an Army Reserve MP Company, who were called to extraordinary service after September 11. The book explores how and why they joined the Army Reserve, how they dealt with the seismic changes in their lives during and after deployment, the evolution of their relationships inside and outside their military unit, and their perspectives on the U.S. Army. Musheno and Ross uncover five pathways that led these citizens to join the reserves, showing how basic needs and cultural idioms combined to stimulate enlistments. Whatever path led to enlistment, the authors find that citizen-soldiers fall into three distinct categories: adaptive reservists who adjust quickly to the huge changes in their lives abroad and at home, struggling reservists whose troubles are more a product of homegrown circumstances than experiences specific to serving in a war zone, and reservists who are dismissive of military life while they live it and oppose the war even as they fight it. Perhaps most important, Deployed challenges the prevailing stereotype of returning soldiers as war-damaged citizens. Jacket photograph: AP Photo/Hutchinson News, Travis Morisse.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047205029X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
"Deployed is an important and deeply moving book. Here, in this story, the heroic tradition of the American citizen-soldier lives on." ---Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor, Boston University, and author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War "Whatever your feelings about Iraq, Deployed is an important and compelling work that illuminates the real human cost of the war, and gives voice to those compelled to fight it." ---Ken Wells, Senior Editor, Condé Nast Portfolio "Currently, there are few to no books dealing with the sociology of Iraq, and even fewer have empirical data on the experiences of American soldiers. More important, this work provides a strong and needed voice for soldiers---their words are compelling, rich, and moving." ---Morten Ender, Professor of Sociology, United States Military Academy at West Point "This is a unique book that weaves historical, ethnographic, and organizational approaches for a study of Iraq-War military reservists. . . . the authors' findings challenge the pervading wisdom on reservists' motivations for service; the chemistry between family, reserve duty, and relations with regular military; and the effect that service in Iraq had on them." ---Jerry Lembcke, Associate Professor of Sociology, Holy Cross College What is it like to be one of the citizen-soldiers summoned to duty in Iraq and Afghanistan? The events of 9/11 were a call to arms for many reservists, as shock, anger, and fear propelled large numbers to volunteer for the opportunity to serve their country in the Middle East. Even the most patriotic, however, had not expected that the wars would last so long or that the Army Reserve would supply so much of the manpower. Using the soldiers' own voices, Deployed draws upon the life stories of members of an Army Reserve MP Company, who were called to extraordinary service after September 11. The book explores how and why they joined the Army Reserve, how they dealt with the seismic changes in their lives during and after deployment, the evolution of their relationships inside and outside their military unit, and their perspectives on the U.S. Army. Musheno and Ross uncover five pathways that led these citizens to join the reserves, showing how basic needs and cultural idioms combined to stimulate enlistments. Whatever path led to enlistment, the authors find that citizen-soldiers fall into three distinct categories: adaptive reservists who adjust quickly to the huge changes in their lives abroad and at home, struggling reservists whose troubles are more a product of homegrown circumstances than experiences specific to serving in a war zone, and reservists who are dismissive of military life while they live it and oppose the war even as they fight it. Perhaps most important, Deployed challenges the prevailing stereotype of returning soldiers as war-damaged citizens. Jacket photograph: AP Photo/Hutchinson News, Travis Morisse.
The Good Soldiers
Author: David Finkel
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 1429952717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Prequel to the Bestselling Thank You for Your Service, Now a Major Motion Picture With The Good Soldiers, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story — not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time. It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home — forever changed. The chronicle of their tour is gripping, devastating, and deeply illuminating for anyone with an interest in human conflict.
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 1429952717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Prequel to the Bestselling Thank You for Your Service, Now a Major Motion Picture With The Good Soldiers, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story — not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time. It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home — forever changed. The chronicle of their tour is gripping, devastating, and deeply illuminating for anyone with an interest in human conflict.
The Boulders in My Life That Shaped My Journey
Author: Honey Badger
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496961889
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
This book is my personal story of being raped, dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and my journey in healing. It includes my personal journal through the years and how I have been recovering. I wrote this book because I wanted to tell my story and to help others to now that he or she is not alone. "Well written! Powerful!! "This problem has finally hit the headlines. It is brave women like Honey Badger who help us understand the lifetime of pain that is left when these crimes are committed. We need to hear these hard stories. The conversation must continue. From sex abuse in the churches, to the college campus, to the military sexual abuse and rape must be understood. Not just from a legal angle but what happens to these women and men who work a lifetime to learn to love themselves again, to trust again, to stand in the light and feel no shame." "No words can express or give proper condolences of a failed system. Six times...I look at you as a strong woman and survivor. God bless and keep the faith. "
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496961889
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
This book is my personal story of being raped, dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and my journey in healing. It includes my personal journal through the years and how I have been recovering. I wrote this book because I wanted to tell my story and to help others to now that he or she is not alone. "Well written! Powerful!! "This problem has finally hit the headlines. It is brave women like Honey Badger who help us understand the lifetime of pain that is left when these crimes are committed. We need to hear these hard stories. The conversation must continue. From sex abuse in the churches, to the college campus, to the military sexual abuse and rape must be understood. Not just from a legal angle but what happens to these women and men who work a lifetime to learn to love themselves again, to trust again, to stand in the light and feel no shame." "No words can express or give proper condolences of a failed system. Six times...I look at you as a strong woman and survivor. God bless and keep the faith. "
Bravo Company
Author: Ben Kesling
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647001404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A timely, powerful, and sweeping portrait of a company of men who went to war in Afghanistan, their troubled deployment, and their lives since returning home “An honest account of bravery, sacrifice, and what it means to seek redemption. As a veteran of combat himself, Ben Kesling is able to intimately and honestly document war and its aftermath in ways others haven’t.” —Jake Tapper, CNN anchor In Bravo Company, journalist and veteran Ben Kesling tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the men of one unit, part of a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division. A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar’s notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more had lost limbs, and nearly half of the company had Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two of the soldiers have died by suicide, more than a dozen have tried, and others admit they’ve considered it. Declared an “extraordinary risk” by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the members of Bravo Company were chosen as test subjects for a new approach to the veteran crisis, focusing less on individuals and more on the group. Bravo Company has an insider’s eye and ear, and draws on extensive interviews and original reporting. It follows the men from their initial enlistment and training, through their deployment and a major shift in their mission, and then on to what has happened in the decade since as they returned to combat in other units or moved on with their lives as civilians, or struggled to do so. This is a powerful, insightful, and memorable account of a war that didn’t end for these soldiers just because they came home.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647001404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A timely, powerful, and sweeping portrait of a company of men who went to war in Afghanistan, their troubled deployment, and their lives since returning home “An honest account of bravery, sacrifice, and what it means to seek redemption. As a veteran of combat himself, Ben Kesling is able to intimately and honestly document war and its aftermath in ways others haven’t.” —Jake Tapper, CNN anchor In Bravo Company, journalist and veteran Ben Kesling tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the men of one unit, part of a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division. A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar’s notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more had lost limbs, and nearly half of the company had Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two of the soldiers have died by suicide, more than a dozen have tried, and others admit they’ve considered it. Declared an “extraordinary risk” by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the members of Bravo Company were chosen as test subjects for a new approach to the veteran crisis, focusing less on individuals and more on the group. Bravo Company has an insider’s eye and ear, and draws on extensive interviews and original reporting. It follows the men from their initial enlistment and training, through their deployment and a major shift in their mission, and then on to what has happened in the decade since as they returned to combat in other units or moved on with their lives as civilians, or struggled to do so. This is a powerful, insightful, and memorable account of a war that didn’t end for these soldiers just because they came home.
My War
Author: Colby Buzzell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101099046
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
An underemployed, skateboarding party animal, Colby Buzzell traded a dead-end future for the army—and ended up as a machine gunner in Iraq. To make sense of the absurd and frightening events surrounding him, he started writing a blog about the war—and how it differed from the government’s official version. But as his blog’s popularity grew, Buzzell became the embedded reporter the Army couldn’t control—despite its often hilarious efforts to do so. The result is an extraordinary narrative, rich with unforgettable scenes: the Iraqi woman crying uncontrollably during a raid on her home; the soldier too afraid to fight; the troops chain-smoking in a guard tower and counting tracer rounds; the first, fierce firefight against the “men in black.” Drawing comparisons to everything from Charles Bukowski to Catch-22, My War depicts a generation caught in a complicated and dangerous world—and marks the debut of a raw, remarkable new voice.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101099046
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
An underemployed, skateboarding party animal, Colby Buzzell traded a dead-end future for the army—and ended up as a machine gunner in Iraq. To make sense of the absurd and frightening events surrounding him, he started writing a blog about the war—and how it differed from the government’s official version. But as his blog’s popularity grew, Buzzell became the embedded reporter the Army couldn’t control—despite its often hilarious efforts to do so. The result is an extraordinary narrative, rich with unforgettable scenes: the Iraqi woman crying uncontrollably during a raid on her home; the soldier too afraid to fight; the troops chain-smoking in a guard tower and counting tracer rounds; the first, fierce firefight against the “men in black.” Drawing comparisons to everything from Charles Bukowski to Catch-22, My War depicts a generation caught in a complicated and dangerous world—and marks the debut of a raw, remarkable new voice.
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Disabled veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Disabled veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description