Echo in Ramadi

The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City

By: Scott A. Huesing

Narrated by: David Marantz

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

"In war, destruction is everywhere. It eats everything around you. Sometimes it eats at you." (Major Scott Huesing, Echo Company Commander)

From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, 250 marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq, during the Multi-National Forces Surge ordered by President George W. Bush. The marines' mission: to kill or capture anti-Iraqi forces. Their experience: like being in hell.

Now Major Scott A. Huesing, the commander who led Echo Company through Ramadi, takes listeners back to the streets of Ramadi in a visceral, gripping portrayal of modern urban combat. Bound together by brotherhood, honor, and the horror they faced, Echo's marines battled day to day on the frontline of a totally different kind of war, without rules, built on chaos. In Echo in Ramadi, Huesing brings these resilient, resolute young men to life and shows how the savagery of urban combat left indelible scars on their bodies, psyches, and souls. Like war classics We Were Soldiers, The Yellow Birds, and Generation Kill, Echo in Ramadi is an unforgettable capsule of one company's experience of war that will leave listeners stunned.

©2018 Scott A. Huesing (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Echo in Ramadi

This book was one that I could not put down. It gave a detail look inside of what happened over there and what followed after. Emotional at times, tough to listen to at others, but I feel that Major Huesing did an outstanding job telling his and our story. Well done sir!

Great book, narrator needs to learn pronunciation

The book is well written and the narrator reads well, generally speaking. Pronunciation of certain words was off-putting as he obviously wasn't familiar with how they are said (admin was the most egregious).

this hit home

this hit home for me, I got choked up more the once while listening to this.

Ramadi

Ramadi was an absolute turning point in my life and career, as it was for so many. Ramadi was an interesting place.

Should be required reading

Though my dad served in WWII, he died when I was young so I never knew much about his service years. I have always appreciated the military services but reading this book really helped me “see” and “feel” a deeper understanding of active duty in a war zone. I feel like I know the marines and their families described in this book.

Really captured the moments

I loved the book and to know I was part of these missions was amazing to share with family and friends. I will say the narrator was terrible and gave off so many cringe moments. I think the most cringe worthy was this dude trying to use curse words. I was not suited for him. Overall highly recommended book!!!

Understanding the real life of Marines

The struggles for Marines in todays conflicts. Gives an officer's account of serving his Country and Marines.

Gripping

I constantly work with ex military personnel (some still active reserves-desert storm etc) and find myself always asking questions of the highly trained, multifaceted, wildly diverse branches of the military. I could listen to their stories for hours. The places in the world they’ve been, the climates they’ve endured, the wonderful people they’ve met, the weird things that have happened. This book tells of the gripping stories the soldiers don’t talk about. I couldn’t stop until it was over. Thank you for sharing.

Positively Unique

This book captures all human sides of conflict in a way that very few books have been able to do. Read this book in order to understand the human element related to combat and the aftermath. If I could give it more stars, I would. Well done, Marine!

Combat is Combat

Well paced and quality storytelling of US Marines in day to day combat operations in the Middle East. As a Marine Combat Veteran of the Vietnam War this was pretty familiar territory for me listening to tales of combat operations in the 21st Century. Situations and reactions of these modern Marines in Iraq could be interchanged with our combat operations in 1966 I Corps and on through to the Tet Offensive. The Marine Corps seems to not have changed much and that is heartening. The Esprit de Corps prides itself on the ability to meet combat objectives with the same basic skills that have not changed much "From the Halls of Montezuma to...." This book does an admirable job of conveying these events and especially the basic humanity of the men of so-called "Generation Kill".