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Damn the Valley
- 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan
- De: William Yeske, LTG Ben Hodges - Foreword USA (Ret.)
- Narrado por: Basil Sands, William Yeske
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
"DAMN THE VALLEY" was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valley during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009-2010. The valley has claimed bodies from the troops of Alexander the Great, the British Empire, and more recently, the Russian Army. Operating in the valley was like nothing the men could have envisaged, they called it the "meat grinder." It was a deployment that the media didn't talk about, and the government doesn't acknowledge.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrible in every way
- De Amazon Customer en 06-23-24
- Damn the Valley
- 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan
- De: William Yeske, LTG Ben Hodges - Foreword USA (Ret.)
- Narrado por: Basil Sands, William Yeske
Right back in their footprints
Revisado: 10-29-24
I wasn't part of Bravo 2/508, but my team and I arrived in the spring, shortly after Ware was established.
Due to a combination of age, TBIs, and repression, I'd forgotten so many of the important details of this tour, but the author's narrative put me right back into the orchards, and the corn fields, making sure my boots fall right into the footprints of the men ahead of me.
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Bravo Company
- An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath
- De: Ben Kesling
- Narrado por: Ben Kesling
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 99
A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar’s notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more had lost limbs, and an astonishing half of the company had Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two of the soldiers have died by suicide, more than a dozen have tried, and others admit they’ve considered it. Written with an insider’s eye and ear and drawing on extensive interviews and original reporting, Bravo Company follows the men from their initial enlistment on.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring and well written
- De Britanny en 03-07-23
- Bravo Company
- An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath
- De: Ben Kesling
- Narrado por: Ben Kesling
evocative, nostalgic, heart breaking
Revisado: 10-22-24
My three man team joined B-2/508 for their summer in the Arghandab, and then remained in place as they rotated out, to work with their replacements, B 1/66.
1SG Mac's first words to me were to begrudgingly accept my beard in his AO, but to insist I at least tuck in my shirt. CPT Armstrong took us under his wing and insulated from the out-of-touch brass we reported to. SFC Fox, a man built to kill, waxed philisophical about the inevitability and futility of war.
I wasn't part of B 2/508, but they kept my team secure on patrols, and we worked to reduce their casualty rates, disrupting enemy operations, chasing ghosts while hopscotching through Taliban mine fields.
Memories I thought I had forgotten were unlocked and came flooding back.
Several other books about the Arghandab have since been written. Damn the Valley is next on my list.
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Murphy's Law
- My Journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist
- De: Jack Murphy
- Narrado por: Jack Murphy
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,510
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,336
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,327
For fans of the New York Times best sellers The Last Punisher and Lone Survivor, a heart-pounding military memoir from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon sergeant turned journalist about the incredible highs and devastating lows of his career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De NL_Guy en 04-26-19
- Murphy's Law
- My Journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist
- De: Jack Murphy
- Narrado por: Jack Murphy
an honest, critical, and insightful discussion
Revisado: 05-30-19
having had conversations with the author, listening to this on Audible was like having him in my den drinking beer and talking shop. unlike most biographies, Jack doesn't sugar coat or lionize his life, and it is the explorations of the bad and the ugly, not just in his life but of the institutions he has been a part of, Army Special Operations, the Ivy League, and Journalism, that make this book the must listen that it is.
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