Joshua Havill

War & Coffee (eBook, ePUB)

Confessions of an American Blackhawk Pilot in Afghanistan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this thrillingly candid military memoir, a helicopter pilot chronicles his time to Afghanistan both in combat and on base.

In 2009, Joshua Havill was deployed to Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot with the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division. In War & Coffee, he shares a comically irreverent, brutally honest perspective on what it means to join a decades-long war half way through. In between the occasional mortar round and rocket-propelled grenades, Havill takes a direct look at the tactical and ideological substance of a conflict laced with as much debauchery as tragedy. After nine years of US Navy Submarine Service and a civilian interlude, Havill reentered the military in 2002 to pursue aviation. His career culminated with a year of flying UH-60 Blackhawks out of Bagram Air Base. Time away from the cockpit was spent living in a plywood B-hut and making frequent visits to "the Lighthouse," the base's sparse yet beloved self-serve coffee shop. Set during the most pivotal year of Operation Enduring Freedom, this is a captivating illustration of life in a warzone.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781507303337
• Artikelnr.: 72472330

Autorenporträt

Joshua Havill is a retired Army officer who lives in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with his wife and children. He runs a small machine shop and enjoys flying as a private pilot. He has several articles published in aviation magazines.