FROM DESERT STORM TO IRAQI FREEDOM:
ONE SOLDIER’S STORY
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In the distance you could see smoke from some civilian buildings rising from across the street. Off in the distance was the sound of AKs popping and being answered by our weapons. What a feeling! Your senses are overloaded with the smell of smoke, the sound of gunfire, the feel of the wooden grips of the machine gun. Every sense is highly tuned to your surroundings as you scan for enemy activity. We stopped at the main gate and could see we were not needed. There was a small army there, between the Iraqi National Guardsmen, soldiers from the 82nd, our SEALs, and more 5th Group folks. 1SG Brad Conner ran over to talk with the on-site commander as we took up watch positions. I turned my turret and machine gun towards the gate. A car was speeding toward the gate with at least forty weapons tracking it, including mine as I shouted out the vehicle's approach to my teammates.
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About the Book
This is a story about a Special Forces soldier who would serve four tours in the country of Iraq, filling in the gaps where the news media left out. Follow the exploits of Sergeant Erick Nason as a member of a combat search and rescue team during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Returning later after the war ended, he helped to provide humanitarian relief to the Kurdish refugees during Operation Provide Comfort. Following the attacks of September 11th, he would be part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, once more returning to northern Iraq to help in its liberation. His final tour would be served in Baghdad and Balad during Operation Iraqi Freedom II, participating in numerous convoy operations.
About the Author
He was born in Glens Falls, New York where he enlisted in the Army, serving for twenty years in Army special operations units. First serving with the 2/75th Ranger Battalion, then with the 10th Special Forces group over in Germany and in the United States. Additionally, he was an instructor at the Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. While on active duty, not only did he serve in Iraq, but participated in numerous other deployments and contingency operations to include Bosnia, Kosovo, Honduras, Jordan, Gabon and Sierra Leon, Africa. Upon retiring from active duty, he is currently an instructor for the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency in Fredericksburg, Virginia.