Steve B. (fog) - reviewed on 3/26/2024 + 139 more book reviews

If one is too believe the author the USMC is full of undisciplined men whose only interest is sex and drunkenness. Midway in to the book the author talks about a fellow Marine who embellishes and exaggerates his exploits and says that is the way a Marine will be to garner attention and to try and prove his importance tot he rest of the Marines. Well the author is just as guilty with his his embellishments. In the first part of the book he recalls going to a funeral for a fellow Marine and spends the time drinking and bar fighting. I highly doubt that any Marine called to honor a fallen comrade would resort to this type of behavior. His quote â â¦the great disrespect we'd done her dead son, that our drunken and violet behavior had permanently tarnished his deathâ¦.â He also embellishes what the Marine recruiters tell him while trying to enlist himâ¦they, the recruiters, plying his head with hookers to be bought, sex unimaginable to be had and raunchy parties to attend. While this book, for those not familiar with the military , may seem daring and up front hardline all I can say is there is a tagline that all veterans use to start a storyâ¦.âThere I wasâ¦â. It's called either ra war story or a sea story for the Navy and that is what this first words of this book should have been- âThere I wasâ¦..â
Taken as a true account of the USMC during Desert Storm this book leaves a lot to be trusted but taken as a novel, pure fiction, it could be considered a good book.

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