I recently finished reading Generation Kill and it was really terrific. It was a terrific book and a terrific experience. Evan Wright described the Marines he was embedded with so completely and with enough background that I believed that I actually knew them and traveled in that Hummer with them. All of the situations they faced on those roads through Iraq were described with enough background to make the situation completely understandable. I recently watched the PBS Series "Carrier" and I found some similarities between servicemen on the Nimitz and those in First Recon. I definitely did not predict that I would see both of these experience in such a satisfying light.
"Carrier" definitely gave me the information that I needed to empathasize with the crew of the Nimitz and their deployment to the participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I developed a great deal of respect for all of the crew of the Nimitz and wish them all a fulfilling and successful life.
