Swofford admits to a sense of disappointment, frustration and emptiness that comes in the wake of ultimately being cheated of any real combat experience by a war that, for many American Marines at least, has ended all too quickly after enduring many months of grinding, anticlimactic suspense. One of the through lines of his first-person account involves the challenge of balancing the art and science and mind-set of the warrior with one's own basic sense of humanity. Swofford's narrative focuses on the physical, mental and emotional struggles of the young Marines. Like most of the troops stationed in the Middle East during the Gulf War, Swofford saw very little actual combat. ![]() ![]() Jarhead recounts Swofford's enlistment and service in the United States Marine Corps during the Persian Gulf War, in which he served as a Scout Sniper Trainee with the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Platoon of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines. ![]() After leaving military service, the author went on to college and earned a double master's degree in Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. Jarhead is a 2003 Gulf War memoir by author and former U.S.
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