Includes index.

Introduction: The sandbox -- Part I. Bonds: 1. Train for the mission. 2. Synergy. 3. Manpower plus bruns. 4. The first goodbyes. 5. Texas. 6. Light infantry on wheels. 7. Strains of command. 8. Finishing school. 9. One more last goodbye -- Part II. Road warriors: 10. The cardboard coffins. 11. Muslim Brownshirts. 12. The elephant. 13. The Jed Clampetts go to war. 14. Serial five. 15. Waiting: the other agony. 16. First days of work. 17. The 91st Psalm. 18. The rockets of Taji. 19. The fine art of command -- Part III. Contact: 20. Right seat into RPG's. 21. Dumped in Baghdad. 22. A glimpse of what could be. 23. Operation Oscar. 24. The edge of Sadr City. 25. The first heroes. 26. Sixty years of shattered peace. 27. Toby Keith interlude. 28. Justice: swift and righteous. 29. The images at home. 30. The one who had to die. 31. Aftermath. 32. Shaykh Majeid. 33. Trolling for terrorists. 34. The knee-high sniper. 35. Command decision. 36. The gray haired mystery man. 37. The hell hound's last ride -- Part IV. The Al Sadr smackdown: 38. Moqtada reprise. 39. The charge of the Modoc warrior. 40. The battle for Jamelia power station. 41. The fight on the perimeter. 42. Kilometer long kill zone. 43. The face of the enemy. 44. The private war of Sergeant Hellman. 45. Zone 22 rodeos. 46. Budweiser Bridge -- Part V. the battle of Najaf: 47. The cover of stars and stripes. 48. Captain Glass' finest hour. 49. Kris Haney's chunk of history. 50. Zero to crusty in no time flat. 51. Five thousands new martyrs. 52. The day of donkey death. 53. The Apache Hilton. 54. Eldred's fist of God. 55. The Tuttle chapter. 56. 18th and Christies. 57. Of bras and wedding gowns. 58. The piranha kittens. 59. The deal -- Part VI. The last heroes: 60. Where do the wounded go? 61. Through hardships . . . to things of honor. 62. Mushada Market. 63. Fallujah. 64. The woman on the roof. 65. The ink stained finger -- Epilogue -- Postscript: The reflection in the mirror.