Black Hearts heroism confront pain

confront pain

finally forming the Marine Special Operations Command in 2006

and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human

the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat

shockingly scant intelligence

Black Hearts heroism confront pain"Riveting. . . a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters." New York Times Book Review This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment a unit known as "the Black Heart Brigade." Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts