A few days ago I finished listening to the audio version of The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education by: Craig M. Mullaney. I highly recommend picking up a copy of the book or audio version. It was not a light fluffy kind of read but I really enjoyed it. It is the true story of Mullaney's own life and expiriences as a platoon leader in Afganistan. He chronicals his education as a soldier from his college exprience at West Point through his deployment to Afganistan but he doesn't just foucs on the military aspect. He is very real and personal in his writing and openly discusses personal relationships, family crisis, and his feelings about how his job as a soldier and his religion as a christian seem at times at odds with each other. Parts of the story were not easy to listen to but I have to admit that I laughed out loud, smiled, and ultimately teared up with Mullaney as he told his story. This is not a book promoting or not promoting the military but rather a personal account from someone who could be you or I. This is a man who I can see changing lives for the better. I hope that wherever he is today he is well and happy. Pick up his book. It definitely made me see things in a different light.
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