Ed Darack

Ed Darack is the author of “Victory Point”—about two historic Marine Corps operations in Afghanistan in 2005 (undertaken by 2/3), Operation Red Wings and Operation Whalers—reviewed in the August 2009 Leatherneck. See more at www.darack.com.

* Mr. Darack was embedded with Marines most recently in February 2011 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Articles by this Author

Leatherneck July 2011

The Everyday Warfighters: Indefatigable Mission Fidelity in the Modern Toil of War

"Corporal Adams and his squad are the Marines youwant to bewith,"? a sergeant declared to me not long after I draggedmy gear off a CH-53D Sea Stallion at Forward Operating Base (FOB)Marjah. "They've found more Tal-iban weapons and explosives caches than anyone around here.They find something, from...

Doctrine

Gazette August 2011

Notes from the Field: Beyond Ambiguous Theory and Wordy Doctrine Stand the Marines Themselves

Afghanistans Helmand Province, or Regional Command (Southwest) (RC(SW)), has been the scene of some of the most brutal, hard- fought battles in the global war on terrorism to date. Today Helmand is arguably the most important ground in Afghanistan for the resurgent Taliban to hold due in large part...

Gazette January 2011