War Is A Lot Of Things And

War Is A Lot Of Things And It's Useless To Pretend That Exciting Isn't One Of Them. (pg. 144)

Each Javelin Round Costs $80,000, And The Idea That It's Fired By A Guy Who Doesn't Make That In A Year At A Guy Who Doesn't Make That In A Lifetime Is Somehow So Outrageous It Almost Makes The War Seem Winnable.

Traditional Albanian Society Was Based On A Clan System And Was Further Divided Into Brotherhoods And Bajraks. The Bajrak System Identified A Local Leader, Called A Bajrakar, Who Could Be Counted On To Provide A Certain Number Of Men For Military Duty.

The Army Consists Of The First Infantry Division And Eight Million Replacements.

The Army Might Screw You And Your Girlfriend Might Dump You And The Enemy Might Kill You, But The Shared Commitment To Safeguard One Another’s Lives Is Unnegotiable And Only Deepens With Time. The Willingness To Die For Another Person Is A Form Of Love That Even Religions Fail To Inspire, And The Experience Of It Changes A Person Profoundly.