Embedded : a Marine Corps adviser inside the Iraqi army /

In 2006, 1st Lt. Wesley Gray was deployed as a U.S. Marine Corps military adviser to an Iraqi Army battalion in the Haditha Triad. For 210 days, he lived and fought beside Iraqi soldiers in the most dangerous and austere province of western Iraq. Al-Anbar was filled with an insurgent population trau...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gray, Wesley R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2009.
Temas:
Gray, Wesley R.
United States. > Marine Corps > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Marine Corps.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Officiers > Biographies.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps.
United States. > Marine Corps
2003-2011
Internal security > Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Military assistance, American > Iraq.
Sûreté de l'État > Irak.
Assistance militaire américaine > Irak.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Armed Forces > Officers
Internal security
Military assistance, American
Iraq > Armed Forces > Training of.
Iraq
Personal narratives
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1: BECOMING AN EMBEDDED MILITARY ADVISER; 1. Guess What? You Are Going to Iraq; 2. Culture Shock; 3. Preparing for Combat Adviser Duty; 4. Meeting the Iraqi Army; Part 2: LEARNING IRAQI ARMY SYSTEMS AND CULTURE; 5. The First Fight with the Iraqi Army; 6. Vacationing with the Iraqi Army; 7. Jamal in the Swahuts; 8. Simple Things Made Difficult; 9. Iraqi Payday Operations; 10. Insights on Iraqi Culture; 11. Death Operations; 12. The Iraqi Officer and Enlisted Relationship; 13. Iraqis Speak on the Nation, Region, and Military.
  • Part 3: COMBAT OPERATIONS WITH THE IRAQI ARMY14. Operation Nimer; 15. Mo' Leave, Mo' Problems; 16. Transitioning to Independent Operations; 17. The Combat Operations Center Is Launched and the Mission Changes; 18. Chasing Egyptian Insurgents; Part 4: BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE; 19. Contending with Iraq Culture; 20. Violence Spikes; 21. Wayn Jund? (Where Are the Soldiers?); 22. Disaster Strikes; 23. Light at the End of the Tunnel?; Part 5: ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END; 24. Civil War and Democracy in Iraq; 25. America Never Looked So Good; 26. An Assessment.
  • APPENDIX: U.S. Marine Corps Rank StructureGlossary; Index; About the Author.

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