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Embedded - A Marine Corps Advisor Inside the Iraqi Army (Hardcover)
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Embedded - A Marine Corps Advisor Inside the Iraqi Army (Hardcover)
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In his November 19, 2005 presidential address, President George W.
Bush summarized U.S. military policy as, "Our situation can be
summed up this way: as the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down."
EMBEDDED offers a firsthand account by a young Marine military
advisor serving on the frontlines with the Iraqi Army of the
effectiveness of America's efforts to help the Iraqis stand on
their own. As a Division I track athlete and a magna cum laude
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Wes
Gray was given a full scholarship to the Ph.D. program in finance
at the University of Chicago, the top ranked program in the world.
However, after passing his comprehensive exams and while weighing
offers from Wall Street, he had an epiphany: the right thing to do
before taking on the challenges of the business world was to serve
his nation and fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a United States
Marine. In 2006, 1st. Lt. Gray was deployed as a Marine Corps
military advisor to live and fight with an Iraqi Army battalion for
two hundred and ten days in the Haditha Triad, a small population
center in the dangerous and austere al-Anbar Province of western
Iraq.What he encountered was an insurgent fire pit recently
traumatized by the infamous "Haditha Massacre," in which 24 Iraqi
civilians - men, women and children - were shot at close range by
U.S. Marines at close range in retaliation for the death of a
Marine lance corporal in a roadside bombing. Despite the tensions
triggered by the shootings, Gray was able to form a bond with the
Iraqi soldiers because he had an edge that very few U.S. service
members possess 3/4 the ability to communicate because of his
proficiency in Iraqi Arabic. His language skills and deep
understanding of Iraqi culture were quickly recognized by the Iraqi
soldiers who considered him an Arab brother and fondly named him
"Jamal." By the end of his advisor tour, he was a legend within the
Iraqi Army. During his time in Iraq, Wes kept a detailed record of
his observations, experiences, and interviews with Iraqi citizens
and soldiers in vivid and brutally honest detail. Ranging from
tension filled skirmishes against the insurgents to insights into
the dichotomy between American and Iraqi cultures, he offers a
comprehensive portrait of Iraq and the struggles of its people and
soldiers to stand up and make their country a nation once again.
His book is a Marine intelligence officer's compelling report about
the status and prospects of America's strategy for success in Iraq.
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