Table of Contents
Preface vii
Prologue ix
Part I Enlistment and Early Years (1985-1990) 1
Chapter 1 Suburban Punk or Lethal Weapon? 3
Chapter 2 Boot Camp 14
Chapter 3 Comm School 38
Chapter 4 The Reserves 52
Chapter 5 Corporal 61
Chapter 6 Transfer 69
Chapter 7 Getting the Call 78
Part II The Guff War (1991) 81
Chapter 8 Camp Lejeune 83
Chapter 9 Arrival in Saudi 90
Chapter 10 Moving North 97
Chapter 11 Up to the Berm 105
Chapter 12 Lost in the Desert 111
Chapter 13 Point Man 115
Chapter 14 Khafji 120
Chapter 15 Little Red Corvette 129
Chapter 16 Crossing the Berm 136
Chapter 17 The Tank 141
Chapter 18 The Water Tower 148
Chapter 19 Attacking North 153
Chapter 20 Kuwait City 161
Part III Commissioning and Flight School (1993-2002) 173
Chapter 21 Married 175
Chapter 22 Flight School 181
Chapter 23 Divorced 186
Chapter 24 Kosovo 195
Chapter 25 9/11 202
Chapter 26 Married… With Children 204
Part IV Iraq and Afghanistan (2002-2013) 209
Chapter 27 Iraq 211
Chapter 28 Embracing the Suck 220
Chapter 29 IEDs and VIPs 226
Chapter 30 Michael 233
Chapter 31 Hit 238
Chapter 32 Fallujah 247
Chapter 33 Redeployment 269
Chapter 34 Dwell Time 273
Chapter 35 Iraq Part II: Groundhog Day 280
Chapter 36 Auburn 287
Chapter 37 Terminal Major 291
Chapter 38 Afghanistan 295
Chapter 39 Retirement 308
GOAT (Glossary Of Acronyms and Terms) 314
Acknowledgments 318
