VALHALLA BOYS: Marine Recon Sniper in Iraq

Memoir of a Marine recon sniper that was in Iraq. Enlisted in the Marines after 9/11, the author details selection, training, his first patrol sweeping for caches, and endless night watches and deadly IED attacks. In 2006, the Marine operators of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion were trained for unconventional warfare but they were tasked with holding and securing swathes of the country, facing insurgents who were adapting and refining their IED tactics. It was a terrifying new phase of the war where every disturbed patch of dirt, every piece of rubbish, and every civilian acting oddly could mean instant death. Contains 20-30 photographs.