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  • "We told you the task and purpose every time. You just forgot"

    - Author's former platoon leader, after reading the book.

  • "This is a great read. It shows how a regular group of soldiers did the best they could dealing with a difficult mission in unforgiving conditions."

    - Mona M.

  • "My only complaint in the first sixty pages is I'm having true flashbacks."

    - Prereader

It Was What It Was

"...the timeless tale of a young leader and his soldiers on the ground seeking to find meaning and purpose in the gritty, visceral reality of war at the small unit level." 

- General David Petraeus, Commander of the Surge in Iraq

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It'll Buff Out

This story started as a couple of anecdotes about life as a private, and it grew into a full story about life in the Army as a lower-enlisted guy. Stepping into the Army as a 21-year-old college graduate was a slap in the face, and it took me a long time to make the transition from dirty drug using student to professional soldier.

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