Next step to discusses his novel about afghanistan following the u. S. Invasion. The book is green and blue. Mr. Ackerman is in afghanistan and iraq war veteran. He spoke at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore. Or guest tonight is elliot ackerman. Hes a decorated decorated veteran of United States marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in the new yorker along with the accomplishments the atlantic the times and the new republic among others. Mr. Ackerman was introduced to the daily beast and a member of the council of foreign relations. He served as a white house fellow in the abundant prior to that he spent eight years as an infantry and special operations officer. He served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia and the Marine Corps Special Operations Team leader operated as a primary combat advisor to 710 Afghan Commando battalion responsible for capture operations and senior taliban leadership. Also let a 75 man platoon that aided in relief o
Consequence feeling connected to what youre doing is that motivated factor if you are in a nonprofit it can be pretty tiring because youre up close with the ugly it is the private on the battlefield it is difficult doesnt see big progreso as a consequence they can give very disheartened very quickly so give them the big picture was important to them if theyre doing something they are tired and cold and scared theyre not causally reinforced this is your contribution and you were making a difference it can undercut them then you want them and the matter how difficult sea or making decisions. The opportunities are remarkable having the chance to talk to the head of h. R. Eight and i said how was recruiting . He said we dont have a problem with that but we have these technology for wizards a you can work here on the coolest stuff that nobody else has but with the advances of medicine it has been driven off the battlefield. Those of the big advances. Looking at the organizational models i w
Videos, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Facebook. Com booktv. Elliot ackerman is next on booktv. The decorated afghanistan and iraq war veterans book is a novel about an afghan boy who joins a u. S. Funded militia following the u. S. Invasion. So our guest tonight is elliot ackerman. Hes a decorated veteran of the United States marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in the new yorker which alone would be an accomplishment for me for the rest of my life [laughter] the atlantic, time and the new republic among others. Mr. Ackerman is also a contributor to the daily beast and a member of the council on foreign relations. He served as white house fellow in the obama administration, and prior to that he spent eight years as both an infantry and special operations officer. He served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia. As a Marine Corps Special Operations Team leader mr. Ackerman operated as the primary
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