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Michael J. MacLeod
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The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service
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2015
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8 editions
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“If a soldier wants to drive from Fort Bragg to Myrtle Beach over the weekend (135 miles), before doing so, he must complete some ten pages of paperwork that includes getting his car inspected by his NCO, declaring a travel route and safe-driving plan, and taking a driving safety quiz (the same one he took last weekend and the weekend before that). If he wants to drive farther than 150 miles, he also needs a mileage pass, signed by his company commander. Sometimes the Friday-afternoon paperwork takes longer than the drive. Every junior enlisted soldier in the Devil Brigade must also submit a plan of what he intends to do each weekend and every holiday, and his sergeant must perform a risk assessment against that plan. I am not making this up.”
― The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service
― The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service
“As the ancient Greek poet, Pindar, said over twenty-four centuries ago, 'Unsung, the noblest deed will die”
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“The whole point of their spectacular, yet limited, attacks was to manipulate the media into fanning fear and sectarian violence through one-sided reporting,”
― The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service
― The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service
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