Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq
Written by Nicholas Moore and Mir Bahmanyar
Narrated by John Pruden
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As part of an elite special operations unit at the fighting edge of the Global War on Terrorism, Nicholas Moore spent over a decade with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. In this compelling biography, a detailed narrative of grueling life on the ground combines with accounts of some of the most dramatic search and rescue operations of the period to tell the true story of life on the line in the War on Terror.
Charting his rise from private to senior non-commissioned officer, this title follows Moore as he embarks on a series of dangerous deployments, engaging in brutal street combat and traversing inhospitable terrain in pursuit of Taliban fighters and Iraq's Most Wanted. Including first-hand accounts of high-profile special operations missions such as the tense rescue of Private First Class Jessica Lynch and the search and rescue mission for U.S. Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell, Moore recounts, in vivid detail, the realities of life on the front line.
Nicholas Moore
Nicholas Moore retired in 2013 after fourteen years of service with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He was born in 1981 in Newton, Kansas. Nicholas and his twin brother Neil enlisted during the summer of 1998. They attended airborne school and the Ranger Indoctrination Program before being assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Nicholas deployed thirteen times to Afghanistan and Iraq. His awards include the Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device. He with his wife Cheryl and their children live in Washington State. Nicholas was featured in Peter Berg's Live to Tell documentary series for the History Channel regarding the Marcus Luttrell rescue.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This reminds me of a video I saw on social of (I assume) a regiment officer repeatedly saying RLTW for what had to be 2 minutes straight. In my opinion, this book is the literary version of that video. There were parts that made made me cringe, parts that made me shake my head, parts that made me chuckle, and parts I can only explain as something I would expect to come from a young batt boy during the early parts of of "GWOT". Not terrible, mildly amusing, not bringing up issues or insights other service members have shared in their books. On the positive side, I would say it was a little better than okay, and can be read in a day. This would actually be a solid 2.5 if the rating system supported it.
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