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Photograph I shot of my good friend Justin Bradley double checking his M16A4 before crossing a potential kill zone. The Taliban were squawking over their radios about how they were about to ambush us. We had an A-10 overhead, and then an armed predator UAS (drone), but the A-10 had to go back to Bagram and the Predator was pushed to another area of operation. So we had to cross a really wide open field with no cover! I was “armed” with only my cameras and Justin (corporal, a squad leader) kept telling me to “stay disbursed” as the enemy aims at “clumped up” people to maximize their kill effectiveness of their ambushes. I felt alone out there, even though I was just 20 feet in front of and behind a Marine! This was my first in-country field research on combat operations, and this operation started with a CH-47D Chinook! (And AH-64 Apache gunships, which I really, really wished were there for this). The CH-47D supported all types of combat operations all throughout Afghanistan, throughout Operation Enduring Freedom! It is an incredible machine! Read all about it, the Extortion 17 story, and how the Chinook and pilots and crew supported operations like this one with Corporal Bradley in THE FINAL MISSION OF EXTORTION 17! The book comes out on Tuesday, September 19, and demand has been so intense that the publisher has had to increase the initial print run. It is an Amazon.com “Best Book of the Month” for September, and it will be carried nationally by Barnes and Noble, all independent bookstores, Target, Walmart, and even Costco! But order copies today through the link in this account’s profile and give some to friends! The Extortion 17 story is an amazing one that has never been told in its entirety! Every person interested in modern war should read the book, as in telling the full, untold story of Extortion 17, the narrative reveals the full-spectrum, in-depth experience of war, from all perspectives from family members to war fighters, to how operations in Afghanistan were developed! #Extortion17 #Extortion17Book #EveryAmerican #EdDarack #Marines #MarineCorps #Afghanistan #OEF #OperationEnduringFreedom #Military #WarBook (at Kunar, Konar, Afghanistan)