Long Hard Road: Nco Experiences In Afghanistan And Iraq
by US Army Sergeants Major Academy /
2014 / English / PDF
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Long Hard Road recounts the experiences of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps in Afghanistan and Iraq.The goal of the book is to preserve the history of the US Army Noncommissioned Officer and to provide future noncommissioned officers with an understanding of the actions necessary to prepare Soldiers and to lead them in war. The US Army Sergeants Major Academy undertook a program to gather and publish the stories of NCOs who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq; most of the papers received were from students of the US Army Sergeants Major Course who had already deployed to either Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Long Hard Road is a compilation of some of these accounts covering a wide range of topics on the preparation, training, and actions needed for NCOs to accomplish their missions.Part One is stories from Afghanistan, and Part Two is stories from Iraq. Part Two is divided into Fighting the Iraqi Army and Fighting the Insurgency. Each story has a brief introduction to provide a background and setting for the story.
