The Other Side of the Looking Glass (ePub)
The Memoir of a Military Contractor
(Sprache: Englisch)
This is a memoir. Four years out of the life of an average American who did his time in service, only to find that he has to start over again in a country still at war and with a shattered economy. He finds that there is a way to make a living, and that is...
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This is a memoir. Four years out of the life of an average American who did his time in service, only to find that he has to start over again in a country still at war and with a shattered economy. He finds that there is a way to make a living, and that is in the military-industrial complex, the new job market that had arisen when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11.
In this world, he makes ends meet. He is able to support his family but is in the crosshairs of the enemy 24/7. All it takes is one mortar shell, one rocket strike, and one bullet to meet his fate. Although he is out of active military service, he is in a combat zone. His life is in danger, just like theirs, but for him, there are no welcome home parties and no yellow ribbons. Before, he was looked at as a hero; now, hes just an opportunist, a mercenary. But on this side, you see the way things are in this new world of outsourced war.
In this world, he makes ends meet. He is able to support his family but is in the crosshairs of the enemy 24/7. All it takes is one mortar shell, one rocket strike, and one bullet to meet his fate. Although he is out of active military service, he is in a combat zone. His life is in danger, just like theirs, but for him, there are no welcome home parties and no yellow ribbons. Before, he was looked at as a hero; now, hes just an opportunist, a mercenary. But on this side, you see the way things are in this new world of outsourced war.
Autoren-Porträt von W. Hairston
About the AuthorBorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Camden, New Jersey, he graduated from Camden Catholic High school in 1988 and went on to serve twenty years in the U.S. Navy as a part of the U.S. Naval Construction Force. While in the military, he earned his bachelor of science in social science from the University of Maryland University College and associates degree in management studies from Excelsior College. After retiring from active military service in 2008, he went on to work as a contractor for various global construction companies under the LOGCAP III and IV contracts during OEF and Operation New Dawn in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today he is residing with family in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: W. Hairston
- 2013, 81 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Xlibris US
- ISBN-10: 1483661350
- ISBN-13: 9781483661353
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.07.2013
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