Publisher's Synopsis
Sheds light into the methodology behind the sequential order of - Mission. Men. Marriage. Me.
MISSION describes drill sergeants who were all Vietnam era Veterans. Conducting combat patrols in the Sadr City section of Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and what "12 o'clock, 50 meters" means. Also describing his physically hardest day in the military! MEN details the role of the Army Sergeant (E-5) Team Leader, Staff Sergeant (E-6) Squad Leader, and Sergeant First Class (E-7) as the Platoon Sergeant. MARRIAGE segment explains how Army family life has progressed since WWII, when the unofficial Army motto was, "If the military wanted you to have a wife, they would've issued you one" - to the current reality of today's Soldiers. ME provides historical information about institutional racism, racial tensions, and "black on black crime" within the Army ranks. Insight into his core values, beliefs, personal battles with PTSD and divine intervention that prevented him from joining the estimated 22 Veterans who lose their battle with suicide, each day. Detailing many of the Tactics, Techniques & Procedures (TTPs) used during his 20+ year military career. If you're not careful, you just may learn something about effective small unit leadership as you read the TTP's. Inducted into the National Infantry Associations 'Order of Saint Maurice' Centurion Award for outstanding contributions to the Infantry. Combat veteran of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM & Operation NEW DAWN, 'Leadership Award' winner of his Advanced Infantry NCO course (ANCOC), he is a member in both the U.S. Army's Sergeant Audie Murphy & Sergeant Morales clubs. Army Pathfinder and Master-Jumpmaster with service in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Master-level military instructor, and former Infantry-11B doctrine writer at the U.S. Army's Infantry Center & School; this Green Beret graduate of the U.S. Army's "Q-course" as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant-18B has been described as a combat force multiplier.
