The schism and tension between combat soldiers and support soldiers. The importance of friendship and camaraderie among combat troops. Parnell's book is re-learning and re-telling the same lessons of most every other combat memoir. He focuses on his platoon, his company, and the area he patrolled. He acknowledges he had a ground level view in a a certain area of Afghanistan over a limited time. Parnell's Preface says he is not writing about politics and strategy. He is a new lieutenant in a combat unit and sometimes struggles. Parnell does not bluster and brag, he owns up to his fears and inadequacies during his extended time in Afghanistan. Someone who wears his heart on his sleeve. So many things to think about as I listened. Listened: Outlaw Platoon: heroes, renegades, infidels, and the brotherhood of war in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell, 2012, download.
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