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Title: Excellent first hand account
Review: Although some would say this book is a bad "coming of age" story, I chose to be open and soak it in. The author describes his life in the Marines, the close freindships that develop, and the many disappointments. What it does best is express the "dark side" of being an American marine. When the author is finally deployed to Iraq, it may not be what you expect. Readers looking for combat stories will find there are few. The one engagement has the author in position to snipe Iraqi targets, but he is not given permission. Instead the marines want "action", they want to move in and attack rather than snipe from afar (lives are lost because of this) A must read for anyone thinking of joining up. In my opinion Jarhead should have been titled, "Jarhead: Inside the mind of a Marine in the Gulf War"
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