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Lines in the Sand: An American Soldier's Personal Journey in Iraq by Scott Service

My appreciation for what I have, my family, my life and less focus on monetary success. I am asking everyone to take time to read this book. I promise you won't put it down and it will have a lasting impact on you. I wish Scott all the best. Hope his next chapter in his life is full of happiness and hope. Thank you my friend for sharing your story with us.

It's a real blessing. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Fifty-years separated our two wars; yet our experiences were virtually the same. I could totally relate to this "true" story. Its taken me a lifetime to come to terms with Vietnam and its aftermath, and even now after reading Lines in the Sand some things are just beginning to snap into focus. This would be a good book for civilians especially politicians to read, but it is the veteran who will relate on a gut level. PTSD was a mystery back in my day in some ways it still is , but the fact that our elected officials and citizenry won't take care of our damaged veterans is no mystery at all.

I'm still mad as hell. I am now a full-time expatriate, photographer, writer and world traveller.

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I have also failed at every personal relationship I've entered into since Vietnam. Thanks to my brother Joel for recommending this book. One person found this helpful. Lines in the Sand: An American Soldier's Personal Journey in Iraq It's hard to walk in another person's shoes especially those of a veteran.

Each page would draw me into the author's world and with him I could feel the sounds of fear, the scorching heat and the overwhelming complexity of humans thrust together not knowing what will come next. This soldier faced daily upheaval while enduring the uncertainty relayed from home. I I did not want to finish this book because I wanted the author's search for meaning to continue and I hope it does. I had the opportunity, great fortune and honor to recently meet the author, Scott Service I truly believe things happen in this life for a reason and even though we only met briefly, I had such an admiration of him.

I immediately purchased the book and read it. His journals which were kept amid a war zone were incredible.


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It's a journal of honesty, love, loyalty, hurt, betrayal, confusion, and self identity Scott Service is an incredibly talented writer. I hope to see more of his work in the future! Thank you for serving for this precious life that we alll so should give respect too every day!

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Thank you for sharing you exsperiene,. Well written, once he leaves the States. Really holds my attention once the action starts. The most memorable book that I read in This book takes the reader on a physical and spiritual journey to the Iraq war and back. As his personal life unravels back home, the author is forced to deal directly with the madness of life in a war zone.

I could really feel the tension and the hopelessness of being trapped in a situation over which you have no control. It is a passionate, thought provoking human tale.

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It is based on the true events and the experience of the film's writer Roessner during the Iraq War. It was released on April 21, on Netflix. At the beginning of the Iraq War , Pvt. Matt Ocre Nicholas Hoult , a young infantryman with the Army Reserves slams his hand in the door of a Humvee in an attempt to get sent home. Narration reveals that he enlisted in July , in order to get money for college.

Some time later, he is seen with a cast on his arm, his attempt having been unsuccessful. His cast gets cut off just in time to be sent to Baghdad. During the battle, Ocre spots a sniper and Sergeant Dylan Chutsky Glen Powell calls in a helicopter strike that destroys the building the sniper is in. The film then skips forward to some time after the battle, when Ocre's squad is tasked with repairing a broken water system in the dangerous village of Baqubah.

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They arrive in the village and meet up with a Special Forces unit led by Cpt. Syverson introduces them to their interpreter and explains that they are to travel to the pump station and fill a tanker with water to bring back to the village every day.

At the station, the Army engineers working on the pump explain that it will take many weeks to finish repairs, but that the repairs would go much faster if Harper could recruit some of the villagers to help. Back at the village, they inform the locals that they will pay anyone who shows up to work the next morning. However, when the morning comes, there is no one there by the time they are ready to leave. With no labor forthcoming from the village, they are forced to help the engineers themselves.


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During one return trip, a vehicle is spotted coming up behind them at high speed. They stopped the vehicle and interrogated the driver, but learn he was taking his young daughter to another village for medicine. During another trip, they are attacked by several insurgents with small arms, who shoot holes in the tank. I can't report bugs very well with words. Btw, I tested this on all maps with each skin and it can be repro'd any map any skin. Remember, Smart Cast off. This can be reproduced at level 2. Level up W and Q 3.

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Summon 2 or more Sand Soldiers it won't work with only one 4. Stay in range of all Sand Soldiers very important to repro bug 5. Notice the arrows remain seconds after soldiers are gone 8. If it doesn't reproduce bug, try actually using Q ability, then hover over Q action bar icon until they disappear. Must be level 1 or higher to post a comment.