A personal and compelling account of the author's service with the U. S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, much of it spent on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Includes index.

Part One : Private first class and specialist. Chapter One. A long time ago in a world far, far away, 2001 -- Chapter Two. Operation Endure This : Afghanistan, 2002 -- Chapter Three. First blood: Iraq, 2003 -- Part Two : Sergeant - Team Leader -- Chapter Four. Now is the winter of our discontent : The winter surge in Afghanistan, 2003 -- Chapter Five. Springtime for Hussein and Iraq : The spring surge, 2004 -- Chapter Six. Fast and furious : Mosul part one, Iraq, 2004 -- Part Three : Staff Sergeant - Squad Leader. Chapter Seven. Through the looking glass : Afghanistan, 2005 -- Chapter Eight. Fast and less furious : Mosul part two, Iraq, 2006 -- Chapter Nine. Not quite the Titanic boat operations : Ramadi, Iraq, 2006-2007 -- Chapter Ten. Tiptoe throught the deadly tulips : Mosul part three, Iraq, 2008 -- Part Four : Sergeant First Class - Platoon Sergeant. Chapter Eleven. Don't lead from the front, platoon sergeant! Afghanistan, 2009-2010 -- Chapter Twelve. Bad Santa : Afghanistan, 2010 -- Chapter Thirteen. Ragnarok, the Day of Reckoning : Afghanistan, 2011 -- Chapter Fourteen. From trigger puller to pencil pusher: Afghanistan, 2012-2013 -- A short history of rangers -- Glossary -- Fallen Comrades.