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| |  | Cooking, Food & Wine | Home » » » Hogs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq | | | | | | | Description: | | "In the heat of battle, they have one mission-and they accomplish it one bullet at a time."
In Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a special breed of marine for whom the prey is the enemy-and every day is hunting season. This marine is a HOG-a Hunter of Gunman.
These are the gripping, gut-wrenching true stories of those marines in Iraq whose sole purpose on the battlefield is to take out the enemy-one combatant at a time. Every time a HOG puts his eye to the glass, it means death for whoever is unlucky enough to end up in his crosshairs. No warning shots. No disabling wounds. No regrets. That's what a HOG does.
Here, former Scout/Sniper Team Leader Milo S. Afong reveals what it takes to be a Hunter of Gunmen. He describes the intensive training that turns expert infantrymen into one-shot life-takers, building Marine Scout/Sniper teams and how they operate in the field-and under fire-and how HOGs get the job done under any conditions.
From sniping from a rooftop in Baghdad, to unknowingly being surrounded in a palm grove in the city of Hit, these stories will transport you right into the heat of the desert war, where one squeeze of the trigger can make all the difference." | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Milo S. Afong | | Hardcover:
| 272 pages | | Publisher:
| Berkley Hardcover | | Publication Date:
| December 04, 2007 | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 24 reviews |
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 Could be a lot betterOct 02, 2009
As an OIF vet and someone interested in military tactics and techniques, I was excited to read this book. That said, I was pretty disappointed with it. The writing quality is not at a level I expect from a book of this nature. It consists of different accounts, which could offer interesting perspectives, but ends up just being disjointed stories of individuals and not a great deal of overview or big picture. I'm not sure who the intended audience is, but it seems like it might be a little too intense for a casual reader, but its lack of detail and barney style writing won't satisfy those with more than a basic knowledge of military operations or equipment.
Decent effortApr 02, 2009
Afong's book is a collection of stories involving Marine snipers during OIF. I gave it four stars out of my loyalty to the Marines. There might not be enough jargon for the techno-philes out there, but it does portray the warrior ethos very well. Afong could have used a ghost writer to flesh out the stories, his style is easy to read. You don't get bogged down in the technical aspects of sniping but you also don't get into the head of snipers. I would recommend this book for young people considering joining the military specifically for combat experience.
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Good Stories, but little truthDec 16, 2008
The book is a good read, but there are stories in there about missions I was on, and stories from my platoon that are not accurate. The stories were taken from one HOG, who noone had any respect for.
hogsNov 23, 2008
Very interesting inside view on the life of a military sniper/It shows the effect of a sniper on the battlefield/true life story's of combat snipers in Iraq.
 Good Insight, Hard To ReadNov 22, 2008
I am an OIF/OEF vet.
GOOD- I like the book because it doesn't dwell too long on training, but does give you an outline of what Marines have to do to become snipers. You get a feeling for the culture, rights of passage and respect for warrior tradition the Marine Corps has. I served in the Army and I wish it had more of that, instead of just putting the word "warrior" in everything and handing out berets to everyone. The book then goes right into the stories, which are pretty good.
BAD- The book's writing reminds me of a grade school level "How To Make A Peanut Butter Sandwich" paper. That's the only bad thing about it, but it is hard to read.
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