'Breathtakingly, brutally and hilariously honest. This is the
finest book about youth and war I've ever read.' -Clinton McKinzie,
bestselling author of Crossing the Line 'The sergeant major, right
after he told us at Fleibel's funeral that nobody owed us anything
and took back the medals he had given us, he told us, all of us,
that it's our duty to tell our Army story. That there was a lot of
negative publicity out there circulating about the Army and that
each one of us has an Army story within them, and it was our
responsibility to have it be told. I'm not sure that this is the
story the sergeant major had in mind, but he didn't specify, he
just told us to tell our story.' When the 9/11 terrorist attacks
took place, Johnny Rico was well into his twenties, with a masters
degree and a dead-end job. Inspired by this terrible event, Rico
decided to join the Army, not so much out of patriotism as a desire
to find purpose in his life. Far from being a star soldier, the
author found himself assigned to the worst unit in the army. Rico
joined the hunt for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Unconvinced by what
he saw around him, yet fully aware that a dangerous enemy was never
far away, the author became increasingly cynical about the US
Army's role in Afghanistan. The Story I Was Ordered to Write is a
compelling tale, written with great honesty and humour. About the
Author Johnny Rico graduated from the University of Colorado in
2001. A month after September 11, 2001, he joined the Army under
the delayed entry program. He was sent to Afghanistan with C.
Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, of the 25th Infantry (Light)
Division in Hawaii, where he served as an infantryman in three
different areas of operation. He was released from active duty in
September 2005.
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