Liam’s Reviews > Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood > Status Update
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Marine Officer Campbell was put in command of a 42 man platoon named Joker One. The platoon was assigned to Ramadi, Iraq, Campbells platoon serves seven months fighting in the city and experiences a casualty rate that had not been seen since Vietnam. On page 5 Campbell surveys the damage to an Observation post in Ramadi that had been struck with high explosive device, then assaulted by insurgent attack. Campbell desc
— Feb 15, 2013 03:34PM
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Joker preforms many routine tasks and missions throughout the rest of a quiet april for them. Many worry about their remaining 5 months of deployment but none of the marines are willing to show it.
— Apr 14, 2013 05:13PM
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Joker Company its its nearby sister army unit feel their first big engagement on April 6. The marines are patrolling the city when they come under fire from the local insurgents and spend the entire day fighting through the city trying to regroup with their men.
— Apr 07, 2013 05:10PM
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Joker One Two and Three are contacted and told that an international terror cell has been located in the city of Ramadi. The Jokers create and execute a plan and manage to capture the terrorist and neutralize the cell. The Marines of Joker One also begin to question their thoughts about the population after having children throw stones at them on patrol.
— Mar 24, 2013 06:00PM
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Joker One settles into its new home and realizes that the 150 of them must account for around 350000 people within the city. They complete their first mission, a night ambush, with no success but few problems as well.
— Mar 17, 2013 08:11PM
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Joker One leaves the staging area and starts a 3 day journey convoy towards Ramadi. The have to deal with mechanical failure and communication issues and staying together as a cohesive unit. They arrive in Ramadi to their new home. Campbell talks how it is a completely alien world and how its one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
— Mar 10, 2013 07:20PM
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Joker One is shipped to a staging area in Iraq. As the group full of still raw and green marines continues to train they are briefed to the area they are to serve in, Ramadi the capital of the Anbar province. The Marines have to sit through a lecture about when they are allowed to shoot and when not. As Joker One grows closer to combat their bravado begins to tapper off into grim determination.
— Mar 05, 2013 07:35PM
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Campbell backtracks and describes the events leading to their deployment to an unknown destination but they were told that it was the middle east and that combat was expected. He describes the stress, chaos, and of prepping his men and new recruits for combat. Often going into many nuances which is the magic that makes and fighting force effective.
— Feb 23, 2013 04:56PM
