Memoir:
Once a Warrior by Jake Wood
Decorated sniper Jake Wood came home after two bloody tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, unable to leave the war behind. In the decade since he stepped back on American soil, his unit lost more men to suicide than to the enemy overseas. Jake watched in horror as his best friend and fellow Marine Clay Hunt plunged into depression upon returning, stripped of his purpose, community, and sense of identity. Despite Jake’s attempts to intervene, Clay died by suicide, alone.
One thing had given Clay a measure of hope after the war and that was a trip with Jake to Haiti on a lifesaving mission after the 2010 earthquake. That experience led Jake to ask, what if there was a way to help stricken communities while providing a new mission and purpose for veterans?
In this inspiring memoir, Jake brings you directly into the war with his gripping writing. He then recounts how, over the past 10 years, starting with no money or experience, he and his team have recruited over 100,000 volunteers to his disaster response organization Team Rubicon. Racing against the clock, these veterans battle hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, pandemics, and civil wars, while rediscovering their life’s purpose along the way.
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