Status Updates From Generation Kill: Devil Dogs...

How in the world are there 2 hours left in this audiobook????
Considering that the intensity has crescendoed to what feels like the climax, and there’s still just shy of a fifth of the book left, I’m so intrigued to see what comes next. Gotta finish before it’s due in 4 days tho.

These dudes are f*cking going through it. It’s getting ridiculously brutal, and they just have to keep going. These officers are idiots, and it would be funny if their carelessness didn’t posture Marines as pawns, and civilians as cannon fodder.
So interesting to see how quickly immense brutality can change even those who are trained to kill.

Watch me speed-run this book cause I practically know it by heart

We are officially back on this bullshit (although I love this book for being anti-war) (and who would I be not to track uni readings) 💃🏼

In a barren landscape, surrounded by what might be the most overstimulating situation possibly ever, Evan Wright paints a colorful and remarkably detailed picture.

"He looks like a guy so out of shape he’d get winded driving a taxicab in rush hour."😄

I love that the Humvee is almost written as a character. In this story, it really is one too. It’s so central to the beginnings of this story, that even the pacing reflects the movements of the Humvee. Slowly, continually forward, rarely back. Excellent, so far.

"Pappy, give us some old-man wisdom.” Pappy turned, waved his finger and said, “Don’t pet a burning dog.”🤔

"The invasion all comes down to a bunch of extremely tense young men in their late teens and twenties, with their fingers on the triggers of rifles and machine guns."