Not all everyday folks put there lives on the line for protection of our freedoms, but it is great when we can get a first-hand account from someone that has been on the front-lines.
Major L. Wayne Smalls is one of thousands of people who have served combat tours in Afghanistan, but he is one of the few to have put the entire experience on paper. In ‘Called To Be A Solider’, his eye-opening new memoir, Smalls shares his inner-most thoughts from before, during and after his tour.
The book starts right at the very beginning, as Smalls spent time preparing for what would ultimately become the last tour of his twenty-two-year military career.
He describes the many challenges he faced during his combat deployment, and fully recounts his tumultuous return home where he endured separation, divorce, and retirement from the military.’Called To Be A Solider’ also tackles the under-acknowledged transition from the life of a combat Soldier to a veteran’s new civilian life after the military.