One Bullet Away-the Making Of A Marine

I finished this book last night, an easy to read autobiography of Nathaniel Fick. Nathaniel comes from a military family. He graduates from college and wants to really make a mark on this world. He decide to become a Marine Officer. He writes about officer candidate school and learning to command a platoon of men. He goes to Afghanistan and he goes to Iraq. Fick writes honestly about his experiences. Although he doesn't stay very long in either country, he describes combat in great detail. Reading about the smell of his feet (a combination of road kill and cheese) when he takes his boots off for the first time in three days makes me realize how tough it is to be a Marine in combat. He went a month without a shower. What our country asks our young boys to do is many, many times worse than I thought. Cripes, prisoners are on easy street compared to Marines at war because at least they get to sleep at night and eat three meals a day. So, is this book written by another war profiteer puffing himself up? Maybe it is but it was worth my time to read it.