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Chapter One
The World’s Biggest Ashtray ...
It was like going to war with a gang of thieves and scoundrels. Unless a piece of equipment was screwed down, chained, and guarded, it was obvious to us that no one really wanted it. Even then, bolt cutters became our favorite piece of equipment. We ignored most Army regulations in the lawless state of Iraq, in the summer of 2003. If it could be smoked, we smoked it. If it contained alcohol, we drank it. Within a vague, horny concept of fraternization, the motor pool was the place to go at night if two Army Reserve soldiers wanted to “knock boots.” .....
STORIES IN MY HEAD
I Couldn't Stop Them, So I Wrote Them Down
Soldiers edition, Scoundrels In Iraq, the book.
Real stories .... you decide ... would you steal a bulldozer?
Scoundrels In Iraq: An Engineers Adventures
About The Book
Most Soldiers aren't the Infantry Boys runnin' and gunnin', performing harrowing missions. People have seen a one-sided, violent representation of the war in Iraq. Some Americans leave for war straight from their neighborhoods and families. Many of these citizen patriots have wicked skills and low impulse control.
Men shooting their guns in dramatic fashion is a tiny fraction of wartime activity. The sizeable contributions of female Soldiers in Iraq have been largely excluded in media. Engineers, military intelligence, police, psych ops, aviation, transporters. commo, finance, postal, medical, staff pukes, the ash and the trash, itty bitty units that plan, man guard posts and make water safe to drink haven't been given their due.
Scoundrels in Iraq relates the gritty adventures. I inadvertently explained the result of the war, how and why ISIS appeared; still finding the ridiculous and funny in order to continue the march: providing a glimpse of the anguish of being separated from family, the worry of getting hurt and the fear of coming home when your loved ones have moved on without you.
Why I Wrote The Book
Writers are allowed to mention the voices in their heads without getting locked up, and mine kept insisting that I write done my Engineer Adventures. I was in interesting places at interesting times. So these vignettes, tales spun though a funny lens, became chapters. My experience allowed me to portray the breadth of the war from the perspective of a goofball. It’s much more relatable to non-military folks. I also write to keep my brain from turning into mush.
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