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Black Flag Journals: One Soldier's Experience in America's Longest War
by Dennis Woods
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GENRE: Memoir
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BLURB:
The story of America’s longest war is
complicated and difficult to convey, unless you were there. Dennis Woods was
there. By following his stories in Iraq and Afghanistan, we can sense the
enormity of his combat experiences. Originally written for his daughter, Black
Flag Journals is taken from the author’s nine battle book journals. It covers
his time from the fall of the Twin Towers through his last combat tour.
Black Flag Journals contains not just stories from the first war of
the new century, but a day-by-day record of events that other veterans may use
to relate their own experiences. All who enjoy real life stories, and followers
of history will connect with this first person account of America’s longest
war.
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Excerpt:
The flight we were on this morning was an ordinary,
run-of-the-mill resupply operation. Its purpose was to service Afghanistan’s
numerous small camps and bases. What it carried, though, was not ordinary or
run-of-the-mill. What we were delivering was an unusual allotment of artillery
ammunition and GELON mounts. Part of my mission on this trip was about to be
completed. However, once in the air, I was given a new defensive challenge to
solve.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
CSM Woods
combat tours include;
Operation
Urgent Fury, Grenada, 82d Airborne Division.
Operation
Desert Shield / Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia – Iraq, 82d Airborne Division.
Operation
Desert Fox 1998, Qatar, 5th Group Special Forces.
OEF 2
Afghanistan, 82d Airborne Division.
OIF 1 Iraq,
First Armored Division.
OIF 6 Iraq,
First Armored Division.
OEF X
Afghanistan, 173D Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
OEF XIII
Afghanistan, 191st Infantry Brigade
CSM Woods
civilian education includes a Master of Education, (training & leadership)
from North Central University, Prescott AZ, and a Bachelor of Science from
Excelsior, Albany, New York.
Military
education includes the United States Sergeants Majors Academy class # 58, Army
force management course, Jump Master, Drill Sergeant, US Army Recruiter,
Infantry Small Arms Master Gunner, Artillery Master Gunner, Amphibious Warfare
leaders’ course (USMC), Anti-Armor Leaders course, Machine Gun Leaders course,
Artillery Mechanics repair course, Small Arms repair course, Nuclear Biological
Chemical defense, and all levels of air load planning and hazmat certification
USAF.
CSM Woods
awards include; one Distinguished Service medal, one Legion Of Merit,( 5)
Bronze Star Medals, 5 Meritorious Service Medals, 4 ARCOM, 4 AAM, 1
Humanitarian service medal, 2 Armed Forces Expeditionary medals, Afghanistan and Iraq service medals. German
Jump Master Wings, Qatar Jump wings as part of 5th Group, Netherlands
Jumpmaster wings. Other awards include;
Department of Defense “Inventor of the year” (2003) with 45 separate inventions.
CSM Woods saved the United States Government over one Billion Dollars through
cost avoidance. He is also the first
recipient of the GRUBER award for an outstanding field artillery professional.
CSM Woods is
credited by the US Army Smart Ideas program as the inventor of;
• The 105mm Howitzer night direct fire
sight system M913 GELON.
• The 155mm towed Howitzer night sight
system.
• The dual use day/ night direct fire
sight reticule.
• The Dual optic MILES Laser trainer.
• The Urban Assault kit (PALADIN)
improved crew protection, 155mm system.
On his most
recent tour to Afghanistan, CSM Woods pioneered the first use of artillery
training rounds in combat as a form of scalable fire support designed to limit
civilian death and collateral damage. He
is the author of, ‘Black Flag Journals One Soldiers Experience in America’s
Longest War’, and numerous magazine, newspaper articles, including training
pamphlets concerning Artillery, night vision, and combat operations.
Twitter:
@djwoodswrites
Amazon Author
Page: https://www.amazon.com/Dennis-John-Woods/e/B01KU91GFI%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15660793.Dennis_John_Woods
Koehler Book: https://www.koehlerbooks.com/book/black-flag-journals/
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