Combat Bureaucrat: Pushing Pencils Under Fire

Combat Bureaucrat is the thought-provoking, tragic and sometimes darkly funny journey of Bulldog Troop throughout its toughest moments in Afghanistan as told through the eyes of its second in command. This is the true story of my experience as an Army officer assigned to a remote combat outpost in Afghanistan. We were forced to fight two enemies: the Taliban that surrounded us and the command that needed to keep our struggle a secret. Combat Bureaucrat is the story of one American outpost besieged in one of Afghanistan's most hostile areas, Charkh Valley. As the outpost's chief logistics officer and seccond in command, it was my job to hold it all together and keep it running. Charged with the impossible task of putting order to the chaos around me, I fought with highlighters and clipboards as often as I did with bullets and bombs.