Charlie 2-1 Bravo - Memoir of a Drunken Paratrooper in Afghanistan

In 2012, Specialist Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. A Special Forces dropout, Summerfield was given a second chance at leadership as the head of an infantry team in one of the most IED-ridden areas in Afghanistan. With zero training and little intel, his squad navigated IED belts, leadership conflict and enemy ambushes. This book provides a thought-provoking and often humorous account of life on the front in a frontless war, all from the perspective of a low-ranking enlisted soldier.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Terms

Battalion Structure

¿1.¿Black Outs and Black Ops

¿2.¿With No Training and Little Intel

¿3.¿Snap-Backs and Taliban?

¿4.¿Farming for Taliban

¿5.¿IEDs for Sale or Trade

¿6.¿Kotizi

¿7.¿Unexpected Company

¿8.¿Jelly Legs

¿9.¿Seek and Defecate

10.¿Gundi Ghar

11.¿Gundi Ghar, Day Two

12.¿Chapman

13.¿The Return to Gundi Ghar

14.¿Back to the Grind

15.¿Deegan Cole

16.¿The Complexities of My Emotions

17.¿To Check or Not to Check

18.¿Ice Cream and Lattes

19.¿But Nobody Died, Right?

20.¿Night on the Big Town

21.¿Superheroes with Drinking Problems

22.¿Now Let's Never Do That Again

23.¿Bargaining for Your Future

Index

About the author

E.E. Summerfield spent part of 2012, 2013 and 2014 in Afghanistan conducting both combat operations and personal security details. He has a bachelor's in military leadership and a master's in homeland security and emergency management. He lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Product details

• Authors: E. E. Summerfield, E.E. Summerfield
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2020
• EAN: 9781476682174
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8217-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Afghanistan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Memoirs, Warfare & defence, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Afghan War, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021), Specific wars and military campaigns