Summary of Evan Wright's Generation Kill

By IRB Media

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#1 Recon Marines are the best and toughest in the Marine Corps. They are trained to stealthily move behind enemy lines in teams of four to six men, observe positions, and avoid contact with hostile forces.

#2 The plan for the Marines in Iraq was to disregard sacred American military doctrine tenets. The Americans would assault through the planned route and continue moving without pausing to establish rear security.

#3 The men in First Recon were to be Mattis’s shock troops, leading the way through much of the invasion. They were never trained for an ambush-hunting role, but that’s what they ended up doing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822531086

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 30

Insights from Chapter 31

Insights from Chapter 32

Insights from Chapter 33

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Recon Marines are the best and toughest in the Marine Corps. They are trained to stealthily move behind enemy lines in teams of four to six men, observe positions, and avoid contact with hostile forces.

#2

The plan for the Marines in Iraq was to disregard sacred American military doctrine tenets. The Americans would assault through the planned route and continue moving without pausing to establish rear security.

#3

The men in First Recon were to be Mattis’s shock troops, leading the way through much of the invasion. They were never trained for an ambush-hunting role, but that’s what they ended up doing.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The first Marines I meet have other things on their minds. I meet them in a dingy mess tent, a few guys in their late teens or early twenties killing time in the shade before dinner. One of them asks me if it’s true that J. Lo is dead.

#2

The Marines were ready to be at the center of a world-changing event, but they seemed far away from it. The desert sandstorms known as shamals began to blow. The only animals thriving in the camp were the rats that lived under the plywood floorboards of the tents.

#3

I was placed in a tent with officers. I couldn’t tell them apart, except for the commander of my platoon, Lt. Fick, who was easily recognizable due to his loping, adolescent stride. He was six feet two with light-brown hair and the pleasant, clear-eyed looks of a former altar boy.

#4

The Recon Marines in Fick’s platoon are the most trusted within the company. They have more training and experience than the officers commanding them, and they naturally look up to someone like Colbert.

#5

The entrance to Fick’s platoon’s tent is lit with fluorescent light tubes suspended from the tent poles. The floor of loose plywood sheeting is piled with crates of rations, gear, and weapons.

#6

Among the Marine Corps, the term donkey dick is used to describe at least three