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To Benning and Back: The Making of a Citizen Soldier
- My Journals of Daily Life in U.S. Army Basic Training and Officer Candidate School, from Private to Second Lieutenant, from First Call to Lights Out, and Yes, Everything in Between.
You have in your hands the true, daily, blow-by-blow, journal entries of the author as he went through Army Basic Training and Officer Candidate School,
concluding with his being called to active duty for the first time on September
11th, 2001. If you have ever wondered what basic military combat training is
really like, and what it really does to you physically, mentally, and
otherwise-or simply just want to relive it-read this book. It is probably as
close to feeling the real thing as you can get (short of doing it). Most books
about such events are either written after the fact in the past tense by someone
who went through it years earlier, or written in the third person by someone
tagging along who has no idea what is really going on. This book is different.
It's all in the present; it's all in the first person; little has been cut;
everything is true; the adventure is real. Enjoy.
You have in your hands the true, daily, blow-by-blow, journal entries of the author as he went through Army Basic Training and Officer Candidate School,
concluding with his being called to active duty for the first time on September
11th, 2001. If you have ever wondered what basic military combat training is
really like, and what it really does to you physically, mentally, and
otherwise-or simply just want to relive it-read this book. It is probably as
close to feeling the real thing as you can get (short of doing it). Most books
about such events are either written after the fact in the past tense by someone
who went through it years earlier, or written in the third person by someone
tagging along who has no idea what is really going on. This book is different.
It's all in the present; it's all in the first person; little has been cut;
everything is true; the adventure is real. Enjoy.
About the Author
Monroe Mann is a citizen-soldier. In the civilian world, he
is a professional actor; the founder and president of the Unstoppable Actors
Business School in New York City; the CEO of Loco Dawn Films, LLC; and the
author of the best-selling inspirational guidebook for artists, The Theatrical
Juggernaut: The Psyche of the Star. One weekend a month, and two weeks a year,
however, and whenever duty calls, he is Second Lieutenant Mann, Military
Intelligence, United States Army. Hooah.
- GenresMilitary Fiction
424 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2002
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Monroe Mann
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November 11, 2024
Definitely a day by day, minute by minute account of Basic Training and OCS. Unfortunately, all the times he mentions how much something hurts or how much he hates something gets redundant quick. That said, reliving Basic Training through his perspective was fun.
July 3, 2007
An honest account of a soldier's time in Army Basic and the New York National Guard Officer Candidate School. A must-read for anyone considering such an endeavor.
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