Damn Fine Soldiers

Damn Fine Soldiers

To Be Published July 2026

Damn Fine Soldiers

Provides a firsthand, dual-perspective account of Task Force 2-7 Infantry’s 21-day campaign from the Kuwait border to Baghdad during the opening phase of the Iraq War. What distinguishes this story is its ground-level view, equal parts visceral and reflective. It explores what it meant to lead and fight in the U.S. Army’s last Large-Scale Combat Operation. From the commander’s turret and the platoon leader’s track, we recount not only the tactics and engagements, but also the raw decisions, human cost, and lessons learned that still matter in today’s complex operating environments.

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“I knew from the beginning that the march into Iraq would be more than a mission. It was a gamble with lives, reputations, and history. For my soldiers, the stakes were brutally simple: survival. For me, it was the crushing weight of leadership. Every order I gave could decide whether a soldier lived or died. And for the Army, the outcome of our fight would either validate a decade of preparation or it would expose our flaws. We weren’t just driving north into the desert—we were driving into the unknown, with the eyes of the nation fixed on us. Regardless of the outcome, things would never be the same again.” (Quote, Damn Fine Soldiers)