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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Review: ‘Thank You For My Service’

Mat Best is an American man's man, someone who loves "man s—t like beards and whiskey and guns and hot chicks in American flag bikinis." Beneath layers of playful, irreverent humor, Best’s memoir Thank You For My Service is a serious book about a former Army Ranger navigating his way back into civilian life, overcoming an addiction to war, and trying to support his fellow veterans.

Best's book covers everything—his decision to join the military out of high school, his deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more than a modest portion of his sex life. After serving multiple deployments in Iraq, he wrestled with the question of whether to stay in the military.

"Was I going to age too rapidly and burn myself out over here and miss all of my twenties if I stayed? Probably. Would it be more rewarding to stay? Maybe. Would I regret not giving the carefree twenties a shot? I didn’t know," Best writes.

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3 comments:

Chris said...

Mat best is a funny dude... also has some damn good coffee.. Black Rifle Coffee Company veteran owned and operated. They actually give back to the vet community. Mat best and evan hafer. Evan was the one who put the challenge to star sucks when they said they were hiring 10,000 refugees he came back with he was going to hire 10,000 vets amd thats exactly what he is doing.

Anonymous said...

☕️🇺🇸☕️

Anonymous said...

He talks the talk and walks the walk. Thank you, Brother.