Sons of Hope: Rhode Island Army National Guard, 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 3-172 Mountain Infantry, Iraq 2005-2006 - Softcover

Ahern, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475939124 ISBN 13: 9781475939125

Publisher: iUniverse, 2013

Synopsis

Author Jeffrey Ahern had longed to serve in the Army since he was thirteen years old. He attained that goal, and in Sons of Hope he narrates the story of his service as an infantry platoon leader during Operation Iraqi Freedom III and IV. Sons of Hope is based on the daily diary entries kept while he was assigned to Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 172 Infantry (Mountain) from January 2005 to May 2006. Ahern's story begins with the mobilization training the platoon and company endured at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and then Fort Irwin, California, leaving the United States in May 2005. He provides details on the platoon's counterinsurgency operations, daily patrols, nightly raids, the constant fear of IEDs and suicide bombers, and the never ending search for an unseen enemy. A vivid and detailed account, Sons of Hope provides insight into what life was like for a frontline soldier in Iraq conducting offensive operations. It communicates the importance of the sacrifices soldiers and their families have made in the last decade of war.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey Ahern graduated from LaSalle Academy in Providence, RI in 1999. He joined the Rhode Island National Guard and attended Basic Training and Infantry school at Fort Benning, GA. Upon completion of his training he returned home to Rhode Island and earned a bachelor's degree in American history from Rhode Island College in 2003. He received his commission as a US Army Infantry officer from the Providence College Army ROTC. Jeffrey and his wife Jennifer live in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1475939124
• ISBN 13: 9781475939125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316