Download or read book One Weekend a Month My Ass written by Sgt. Joseph Berlin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written from a collection of journal entries I kept during my training in California before I went overseas to serve in Iraq, copies of letter I sent home to my two daughters and school that I taught at when activated, as well as some stories that I wrote about my experiences. There are some facts that are incorrect in this book but I kept them in because they were the truth to me at the time. The letters are mostly word for word as they were written and sent. I have included pictures that go along with my writings that help to show, as well as explain, what I experienced. I have changed or omitted the names of people to protect their privacy. I was not a hero, nor was I involved in any large fighting that took place in Iraq. I was just a fifty-three year old man, close to my twenty-year letter for retirement in the National Guard who happened to be sent to war in Iraq. I dont pretend to be brave or have any deep meaning to my experiences. I just want to share an average story of an average soldier in Iraq. Sgt. Joseph Berlin (ret.)
Download or read book One Weekend a Month My Ass written by Sgt. Joseph Berlin (ret.) and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written from a collection of journal entries I kept during my training in California before I went overseas to serve in Iraq, copies of letter I sent home to my two daughters and school that I taught at when activated, as well as some stories that I wrote about my experiences. There are some facts that are incorrect in this book but I kept them in because they were the truth to me at the time. The letters are mostly word for word as they were written and sent. I have included pictures that go along with my writings that help to show, as well as explain, what I experienced. I have changed or omitted the names of people to protect their privacy. I was not a hero, nor was I involved in any large fighting that took place in Iraq. I was just a fifty-three year old man, close to my twenty-year letter for retirement in the National Guard who happened to be sent to war in Iraq. I don´t pretend to be brave or have any deep meaning to my experiences. I just want to share an average story of an average soldier in Iraq. Sgt. Joseph Berlin (ret.)
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Download or read book One Weekend a Month My Ass written by Robert Pepin and published by White Poppy Press. This book was released on 2019-07-21 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Weekend a Month... My Ass! is a wonderful way to see into the mind of an ordinary soldier serving in the U.S. Army National Guard. This multitude of vignettes and descriptive life events are told in his own words, peppered with jokes, photographs, other soldiers' comments, and stream-of-consciousness observations. Robert Pepin both witnessed and took part in these incidents throughout his twenty-year career; all events are true or believed to be so. During both deployments to Iraq (over two and a half years), he compiled nearly 1,000 pages of handwritten entries in journals that he carried with him everywhere he went. He brought the journals home and kept them safely tucked away until he was moved to transcribe them. The non-deployment accounts are taken completely from his memory.As a young man, Robert Pepin always wondered what type of experiences and missions his grandfather Paul Pepin had endured while serving in WWII with the Army Air Corps, but never really knew any details except that he worked with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). This lack of information propelled Robert to write this book so that his sons and future generations of the Pepin family would know more about his own life. Without any formal writing classes or professional help, he started typing up his stories, from the journals and from memory, to convey his experiences the best way he could.Throughout the narrative, Pepin can be interpreted as sarcastic, cynical, silly, brave, stupid, honest, bitchy, and even sad, but he has always been proud to have served. You will read that he did not receive the medal of honor, purple heart, or anything equally prestigious, nor did he retire at a high rank such as general. This book generates no hype and never embellishes events. Simply put, Pepin is just an ordinary soldier who does ordinary things. His personality is easily understood through the narrative; you feel as if he is speaking directly to you.Enjoy this book! And thank you.
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Download or read book On Point written by Gregory Fontenot and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Point I is a study of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) as soon after the fact as feasible. The Army leadership chartered this effort in a message to the major commands on 30 April 2003. In his guidance, Army Chief of Staff General Eric K. Shinseki directed "a quick, thorough review that looks at the US Army's performance, assesses the role it played in the joint and coalition team, and captures the strategic, operational, and tactical lessons that should be disseminated and applied in future fights." OIF was America's first truly joint combat operation, with the services successfully integrated in the battlespace to a degree of mutual support and cooperation that would have been impossible five years ago. The book details the major elements in that evolution in joint warfare as they played out in the deserts, mountains, cities, and skies of Iraq. The human dimension of war, especially the quality of the men and women in uniform who fought the campaign and won the historic victory, is a major element of the book. The human dimension of war, especially the quality of the men and women in uniform who fought the campaign and won the historic victory, is a major element of the book. Using hundreds of interviews of the troops and scores of detailed maps and illustrations, On Point I provides a "user-friendly" guide to shape future force structure and training and help refine America's warfighting doctrine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHANGE MODE
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