In the gray area : a Marine advisor team in Iraq / Seth W. B. Folsom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folsom, Seth W. B., 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Military assistance, American--Iraq.

Military assistance, American.

Iraq--Armed Forces--Training of.

Iraq.

United States. Marine Corps--Officers--Biography.

United States.

Folsom, Seth W. B., 1972-.

Folsom, Seth W. B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the Gray Area builds on Seth Folsom's earlier award-winning memoir, The Highway War, which described his 2003 command of one of the first Marine light armored reconnaissance battalion companies to march on Baghdad. In February 2008, he was deployed to Iraq again as the leader of a U.S. Marine advisor team embedded with an Iraqi army infantry battalion. In this new work, Folsom frankly addresses the realities of the Marines' mission as he reflects on challenges they and their Iraqi counterparts faced in their struggle to gain control of al-Anbar province. He explores the bonds he

Contents:

Prologue : nightmare

Advisor duty

Contractors

Training

Gear

Transit

Cop south

Arrival

Humvees

Introductions

IAs

Growing pains

Storms

Outside the wire

Matters of importance

Backing the wrong horse

Al Gabaa

Mistakes and mistrust

Eye-opening reality

Jibab Peninsula

Personalities and paradigms

Terps and tensions

Uglat il Bushab

Fear and paranoia

Gifts and free lunches

Abandonment issues

Running out of patience

Holding down the spring

Critters

A change of plans

Leaving

Dogs

A way forward.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-04962-7

9786613049629

1-61251-011-6

OCLC:

707067899