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Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESChivers, C. J. (Christopher John)
Summary: "Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk--the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 CHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7 CHIVelicovich, Brett
Summary: "For nearly a decade Brett Velicovich was at the center of America's new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles--drones--to take down the world's deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence--assets,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VELICOVICH, BRETT VELKing, Brooke
Summary: "A no-holds-barred account of the reality women face in the war, War Flower pushes back against the stereotypes about women in combat."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KING, BROOKE KINBardenwerper, Will
Summary: Documents the story of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2006 who were assigned to guard Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution, a responsibility that raised life-changing questions about their beliefs and Hussein's character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7 BARFair, Eric
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem FairDarack, Ed
Summary: A riveting account of how a battalion of Marines faced off against the most brutal of Al Qaeda at its most desperate and vicious moment--and how the Marines decisively crushed the terrorists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7 DARStout, Jay A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 STOAntenori, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 956.7044 ANTBusch, Benjamin.
Summary: A U.S. Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq, an actor on "The Wire," and son of novelist Frederick Busch reflects on his childhood in rural New York, his experiences as a Marine, and the nature of mortality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 BUSCH, BENJAMIN BUSRedman, Jason
Summary: "A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REDMAN, JASON REDGaren, Micah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 GRECastner, Brian.
Summary: A memoir by a bomb-disposal veteran of the Iraq War traces his three tours of duty in the Middle East and his team's daily life-threatening efforts to stop roadside bombers, and shares the challenges he faced while reacclimating to civilian life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 CASTNER, BRIAN CASCastner, Brian.
Summary: Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 956.7044 CASTNER, BRIAN CASHenderson, Artis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HENDERSON, ARTIS HENWillink, Jocko
Summary: With their first book, Extreme Ownership (2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin challenged readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people in both their professional and personal lives. Now, Jocko and Leif dive deeper into finding balance between the opposing forces that pull every leader in different directions. Mastering the Dichotomy of Leadership requires understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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Summary: "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."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MURWillink, Jocko.
Summary: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield. They started Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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Summary: "The memoir of Jason Delgado, a US Marine scout sniper and MARSOC's first lead sniper instructor. The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the United States Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DELGADO, JASON DELWillink, Jocko
Summary: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Willink, the task unit commander, planned and executed the strategy for Task Unit Bruiser, which had huge impact in the 'Battle of Ramadi'. Babin, as commander of Charlie Platoon (one of two SEAL platoons in Task Unit Bruiser) led countless combat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 303.3 WILLacz, Kevin
Summary: "A first-person account of the Iraq War, from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team 3 with American Sniper Chris Kyle, describes their legendary unit, “The Punishers,” and provides gripping details of their missions in Ramadi,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LACZ, KEVIN LACBennett, Eric
Summary: Awaiting a TV talk show appearance, John Townley is quaking with dread. He has published a best-selling memoir about the Iraq War, a page-turner climaxing in atrocity. In a green room beyond the soundstage, he braces himself to confront the charismatic soldier at the violent heart of it. But John has never actually seen the man before—nor served in Iraq, nor the military. Even so, and despite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENSummary: Straight from the front lines in Iraq, it is the first war movie filmed by the soldiers themselves. Steve is a wisecracking carpenter who aspires to be a writer. Zack is a Lebanese-American university student who loves to travel and is fluent in Arabic. Mike is a father and resolute patriot who rejoined the Army after 9/11. These soldiers captured over 800 hours of footage, providing a glimpse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARCash, Carey H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Pub. Group 2004