REDEMPTION ISLAND - An Iraq War Veterans Journey
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This is a true account of Jeremiah Workman's experience after coming home from Iraq. Trivia About Shadow of the Swo Share your thoughts with other customers. Available for download now. This is one of the most powerful memoirs I've read in a long time.
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Showing of 20 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. There are some funny and exciting sea stories about submarine life and in the second half of the book, stories about the author's time in Baghdad. The stories of the US diplomatic and bureaucratic efforts in the Green Zone include some that are similar to those related to me by my cousin, a conservative Oklahoma lawyer who volunteered to serve and help rebuild Iraq.
Many people complain about the author's revelation of cheating on nuclear exams. There were news accounts published about cheating on the Finback in and the Memphis in On my boat, in the early 80s, we were always shorthanded and in need of nuclear qualified watch-standers and the Navy kept us that way so everyone in the chain of command, from Rickover down, was complicit in the actions of the cheaters.
The afterward in this book is a good indication of how dumb smart people can be. The author is a really smart guy but he doesn't draw any lessons from his own book. His sub was involved in a cheating scandal, was run aground twice in one day and subsequently, a serious collision in the Straits of Hormuz.
The sub's Navigator who had a masters in nuclear physics, could not be counted on to correctly distinguish between his left and his right. Despite all this, the author advocates for increased reliance on nuclear power. A better conclusion for his afterward would be that nuclear technology is going to destroy the world if we let it.
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Posting as nuke submariner post div-o tour. I was a JO in the mid to late 80's - I went after the Soviets hurrrrah!
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The book isn't as bad as some seem to think: He sounds like I did at times - terribly frustrated about the Navy I wanted and the one I saw. Nuke School and Prototype were horrible think a medical residency , they followed the regs to the letter and beyond. The sea-retournee staff constantly told us how much easier it would be on our first boat.
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The two were shown praying in preparation for their duel against each other. Klumpp lost their duel, but left Elrod her Bible. Matt used that Bible to encourage himself and the other cast mates sent to the island. Most notably, Elrod's scripture reading inspired Zapatera tribe member Julie Wolfe to rekindle her faith. After losing her duel, Wolfe, a California firefighter, told show host Jeff Probst that she was going to find a church upon returning home.
Shadow of the Sword: A Marine's Journey of War, Heroism, and Redemption . base at Parris Island as a “Kill Hat”: a drill instructor with the least seniority and the most . "This superior addition to the literature on the Iraq War is an exceptionally vivid Jeremiah Workman, an eight-year combat veteran of the United States. 8 Results April, , Bill released his novel Redemption Island ~ An Iraq War Veteran's Journey ~ (the story takes the reader to Chebec, a former name of.
My life is changed," said the newly divorced mother of two to Probst. Mike Chiesl, the year Iraq War veteran from California, said he was also inspired by Matt's story. In an email to The Christian Post, Chiesl said, "I did not grow up in a religious family, but after turning 30 knew that I needed to dive into the Bible and work on my spiritual self. Chiesl said Redemption Island provided him and others the opportunity to mull over the Word of God. It had a great impact on Julie — she is now with [me] at our Bible-based church in San Diego. Chiesl said of his resulting experience, "It was a journey that I took with others and was able to learn more about myself and develop my relationship with Christ.
He said of Elrod, who generally led their prayers and readings, "Matt is just an all-around awesome guy. My left seater, CW3 Chris Rowley—the pilot in command PC and the air mission commander AMC for our flight—told lead to pick up an outer security pattern, to fly above us to overwatch our position while we dipped down for a closer look. Through our NVGs, we could see the something was nothing but trash. The other Kiowa resumed the lead flight position. But just as we were falling back in as trail, a blinding flash of light erupted under our aircraft.
The aircraft lurched forward with a sudden, violent kick. I immediately dropped a waypoint, a digital marker that records in the navigation system the grid coordinates where we were hit. Chris broke right, away from the road, and began jinking, darting erratically to become an unpredictable target. Someone had just tried to kill me. We suspected small-arms fire—AK rounds—but the concussion indicated it could have been something larger.
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Thanks, jackass, I thought. He might have been messing with us, but he had a point. A concussion-type blast hit our aircraft, so it was possible that an RPG—rocket-propelled grenade—warhead had entered but not detonated. It was unlikely, but we had no way of knowing until we landed.
Even though neither Chris nor I was hit with a bullet, the aircraft may have sustained damage that could affect our flight between now and the time we were able to get the aircraft on the ground. Chris and I looked at each other. The flight controls felt fine. There was no restricted movement or feedback indicating that the rotor head, engine, or transmission had received any battle damage, but you can never be too sure.
We decided to fly to the nearest U. Getting shot at is almost in the job description for a Kiowa Warrior pilot. Unfortunately, not everyone does.
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Now I was in combat, and the reality of war hit home. Someone is trying to kill me.
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Once we were safely on the ground inside the wire of a U. Chris was only gone for a minute before he came back and plugged his helmet cord back into the aircraft radio. There was only one problem—we still had to make it back to Balad. Should we fly home or should we shut down there on the refuel pad?
If we did the latter, our crew chiefs and maintenance personnel would have to come out to Warhorse and either fix the Kiowa there or put it on a low-boy flatbed semi truck and convoy it back to Balad. But driving in Iraq is a very dangerous thing to do. IEDs—improvised explosive devices—are everywhere.