Dog Company

A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command

By: Lynn Vincent, Roger Hill

Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant

Now with a forward by Sean Hannity, this powerful story of brotherhood, bravery, and patriotism exposes the true stories behind some of the Army's darkest secrets.
The Army does not want you to read this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes U.S. soldiers and Marines while setting free spies who kill Americans.
This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men.
Hill, a West Point grad and decorated combat veteran, was a rising young officer who had always followed the letter of the military law. In 2007, Hill got his dream job: infantry commander in the storied 101st Airborne. His new unit, Dog Company, 1-506th, had just returned stateside from the hell of Ramadi. The men were brilliant in combat but unpolished at home, where paperwork and inspections filled their days.
With tough love, Hill and his First Sergeant, an old-school former drill instructor named Tommy Scott, turned the company into the top performers in the battalion.
Hill and Scott then led Dog Company into combat in Afghanistan, where a third of their men became battlefield casualties after just six months. Meanwhile, Hill found himself at war with his own battalion commander, a charismatic but difficult man who threatened to relieve Hill at every turn. After two of his men died on a routine patrol, Hill and a counterintelligence team busted a dozen enemy infiltrators on their base in the violent province of Wardak. Abandoned by his high command, Hill suddenly faced an excruciating choice: follow Army rules the way he always had, or damn the rules to his own destruction and protect the men he'd grown to love.

Too much info

The first quarter of the book was a bunch of fluff. Otherwise it was a good listen.

Release the Rest!

Must Read before sending your son or daughter to fight for this country. 10 years later there is no reason to not release redacted portions of this book.

Review

From the very moment I started this book, I couldn't walk away from it. Story should put the higher ups on notice that their actions or lack of action is noticed at every level.

Every Army Officer Needs to Read This Book

I echo those who have responded to this book with bursting pride in officers like Hill, and outrage at the self-serving political sensibilities of field grades who toss their juniors under the bus. This is a good step toward really pulling back the rug and demonstrating how upper level officers close ranks to protect their own incompetence. Toxic leadership has long been a problem in the Army and it's good to see a light being shone on it. Well done, Captain Hill.

The narrator was also excellent.

Heroes

American heroes impeded by rules of engagement made by the uniformed, who were ruled by egos.