02840nam 2200577 a 450 991045877690332120200520144314.01-283-04962-797866130496291-61251-011-6(CKB)2560000000061174(EBL)665791(OCoLC)707067899(SSID)ssj0000485154(PQKBManifestationID)12230448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485154(PQKBWorkID)10603441(PQKB)10029169(MiAaPQ)EBC665791(Au-PeEL)EBL665791(CaPaEBR)ebr10454932(CaONFJC)MIL304962(EXLCZ)99256000000006117420100521d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the gray area[electronic resource] a Marine advisor team in Iraq /Seth W. B. FolsomAnnapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press20101 online resource (224 p.)Includes index.1-59114-281-4 Prologue : nightmare -- Advisor duty -- Contractors -- Training -- Gear -- Transit -- Cop south -- Arrival -- Humvees -- Introductions -- IAs -- Growing pains -- Storms -- Outside the wire -- Matters of importance -- Backing the wrong horse -- Al Gabaa -- Mistakes and mistrust -- Eye-opening reality -- Jibab Peninsula -- Personalities and paradigms -- Terps and tensions -- Uglat il Bushab -- Fear and paranoia -- Gifts and free lunches -- Abandonment issues -- Running out of patience -- Holding down the spring -- Critters -- A change of plans -- Leaving -- Dogs -- A way forward.In the Gray Area builds on Seth Folsom's earlier award-winning memoir, The Highway War, which described his 2003 command of one of the first Marine light armored reconnaissance battalion companies to march on Baghdad. In February 2008, he was deployed to Iraq again as the leader of a U.S. Marine advisor team embedded with an Iraqi army infantry battalion. In this new work, Folsom frankly addresses the realities of the Marines' mission as he reflects on challenges they and their Iraqi counterparts faced in their struggle to gain control of al-Anbar province. He explores the bonds heIraq War, 2003-2011Personal narratives, AmericanMilitary assistance, AmericanIraqIraqArmed ForcesTraining ofElectronic books.Iraq War, 2003-2011Military assistance, American956.7044/34Folsom Seth W. B.1972-944603MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458776903321In the gray area2132423UNINA