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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gray Wesley R.
Published: Naval Institute Press,
Publisher Address: Annapolis, Md.
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Gray > Wesley R.
United States. > Marine Corps
USA
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Military assistance, American > Iraq.
Internal security > Iraq.
Soldat
Unterstu tzung.
Milita r
Iraq > Armed Forces > Training of.
Irak.
Carrier Form: viii, 257 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781591143406 (alk. paper)
1591143403 (alk. paper)
Index Number: K837
CLC: K837.125.2
Call Number: K837.125.2/G783
Contents: Includes index.
PART 1. BECOMING AN EMBEDDED MILITARY ADVISER: 1. Guess what? You are going to Iraq ; 2. Culture shock ; 3. Preparing for Combat Adviser duty ; 4. Meeting the Iraqi Army -- PART 2. LEARNING IRAQI ARMY SYSTEMS AND CULTURE: 5. The first fight with the Iraqi Army ; 6. Vacationing with the Iraqi Army ; 7. Jamal in the Swahuts ; 8. Simple things made difficult ; 9. Iraqi payday operations ; 10. Insights on Iraqi culture ; 11. Death operations ; 12. The Iraqi Officer and Enlisted relationship ; 13. Iraqis speak on the nation, region, and military -- PART 3. COMBAT OPERATIONS WITH THE IRAQI ARMY: 14. Operation Nimer ; 15. Mo' leave, mo' problem ; 16. Transitioning to independent operations ; 17. The Combat Operations Center is launched and the mission changes ; 18. Chasing Egyptian insurgents -- PART 4. BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE: 19. Contending with Iraqi culture ; 20. Violence spikes ; 21. Wayn Jundi? (Where are the soldiers") ; 22. Disaster strikes ; 23. Light at the end of the tunnel? -- PART 5. ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END: 24. Civil War and democracy in Iraq ; 25. America never looked so good ; 26. An assessment -- Appendix: U.S. Marine Corps rank structure -- Glossary -- Index.

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