LIFE OF A WAR ZONE: A post-9/11 Iraq War Veteran appreciates Jarhead by Anthony Swofford

As we approach the anniversary of the Persian Gulf War’s Operation Desert Storm (January 15, 1991), I cannot help but remember men and women of my generation who deployed to the Middle East to stop Saddam Hussein.

A Persian Gulf War veteran and prophetic writer, Anthony Swofford, has inspired me to process the meanings of my war experience via his writing and his expansive narratological life.