Echo in Ramadi

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

De: Scott A. Huesing

Narrado por: David Marantz

"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.

Consider what our soldiers pay for freedom

This book reminded me of the sacrifice and honor our soldiers and veterans are in our lives as Americans. I think reading this made me a better person. And I’m grateful to the author for sharing his truths.

Phenomenal book!

This book is an amazing testament of Marine Corps values and servant leadership. Highly recommended

awesome listen

I loved the book. gave me chills the whole way though. even the forward. haha

This is a must read if you want a outline on how to be a real man.

I absolutely cannot come up with enough words in the English dictionary to describe how beautiful and respectively in which this book was written. This author is absolutely A wonderful selfless man in which he describes the heroes that he served with.

High Price by The Good Guys

Now realizing all the efforts our boys and men of the USMC went through attempting to bring sanity to this insane war brought on by misdirected politicians, military industrial complex

GRIPPING FIRST HAND ACCOUNT

I've always been a big Iraq war history buff. This book gives you first account info .

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.