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Men Like Us

by L.J. Hippler

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Men Like Us…and Why the Journey Will Inevitably Change Them

When L.J. Hippler, a military contractor, reluctantly accepts the ninety-day cost tracking assignment in Qatar, he is dismayed by the realization that the gargantuan job of building Expeditionary Village will stretch from three to thirteen months. Team members will begin to sabotage each other to avoid being the next person voted off the island. After an R&R trip home, however, he can’t wait to get back to his tribe. A year later, he is surprised, again, by his own actions in Afghanistan. The oldest of the team, Hippler feels a paternal need to mentor the younger people with him. Statistically, a third of them won’t make it through their entire twelve-month tour. With his help, some learn how emotional exhaustion and loneliness can be outweighed by the sweet validation of completing the year. Home at last, and a member of a quiet but indispensable new confraternity of overseas civilian contractors, he feels both lucky and proud to be one of them.

A must read. The little-known story of men who leave their families and countries, travel to dangerous places in the world to aid the military and are not allowed to carry a gun. A riveting memoir of commitment and sacrifice. —Sue Stewart Ade, award-winning author of Friends Forever, Friends Together, and Displaced: Follow her on her Facebook page and her website http://www.sueade.org

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Hardback
Format: 6 x 9 Color Dust-Jacketed Hardback, 287 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Aug 06, 2024)
ISBN10: 1977275796
ISBN13: 9781977275790
Genre: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General

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L.J. HipplerL.J. Hippler spent three years in the Middle East, working for Fluor and then KBR. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he was a Cost and Budget analyst until retiring in 2005 to write full time. He has also authored three novels. Currently, he lives and writes in South Carolina.
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