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03034aam a2200445 i 4500 001 6CB76A2C542A11ED8B3B8C862AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221025010045 008 221013s2022 nyu 000 0deng d 010 $a 2022933888 020 $a 9781419751158 (hardcover) 020 $a 1419751158 035 $a (OCoLC)1347386590 040 $a WIQ $b eng $e rda $c WIQ $d YDX $d BDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 958.1047092 100 1 $a Kesling, Ben, $e author. 245 10 $a Bravo company : $b an Afghanistan deployment and its aftermath / $c Ben Kesling. 260 $a New York : $b Abrams Press, $c 2022. 300 $a xiv, 351 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a A timely and searing account of the American war in Afghanistan. In Bravo Company, journalist and combat veteran Ben Kesling tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the men of one unit, part of a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division. A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar?s notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more had lost limbs, and an astonishing half of the company had Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two of the soldiers have died by suicide, more than a dozen have tried, and others admit they?ve considered it. Declared at âextraordinary riskâ by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bravo Company was chosen as test subjects for a new approach to the veteran crisis, focusing less on isolated individuals and more on the group. Written with an insider?s eye and ear, and drawing on extensive interviews and original reporting, Bravo Company follows the men from their initial enlistment and training, through their deployment and a major shift in their mission, and then on to what has happened in the decade since; as they returned to combat in other units or moved on with their lives as civilians, or struggled to. This is a powerful, insightful, and memorable account of a war that didn?t end for these soldiers just because Bravo Company came home. 610 10 $a United States. $b Airborne Division, 82nd. $b Airborne Division, 82nd. 650 0 $a Special forces (Military science) $z United States. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001-2021 $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001-2021 $v Personal narratives, American. 941 $a 13 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011611.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409043347.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231114010603.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031142.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011454.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015235.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20230302012148.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011155.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20221208011109.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20221208010341.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20221125010026.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20221123010217.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20221025012508.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6CB76A2C542A11ED8B3B8C862AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search