Acknowledgments A Note from the Department of Defense Preface The Protagonists: Boys to Men Introduction: A Bad Vibe Prologue: Ambushed 1. The Day That Changed the World 2. The Other Theater 3. When Bill Met Bob 4. Who Let the Dogs Out? 5. Summer of 2003 6. Call to Action 7. Embrace the Suck 8. Reconnaissance 9. Groundwork 10. Beyond the Pale 11. Resident Nightingale 12. Managing Death 13. Locally Sourced 14. Beef Jerky 15. Feeding Time at Abu Ghraib 16. Christmas Day 17. It's Good to Talk 18. Under Fire 19. So Long Abu Ghraib 20. "That" Disk 21. Home Time 22. Child's Perspective 23. Adjustment 24. Clocking Out Index