Once a Warrior : How One Veteran Found A New Mission Closer to Home By: Jake Wood [Audiobook]

Author: Jake Wood
Narrated by: Jake Wood

“The book that America needs right now.” (Tom Brokaw, journalist and author of The Greatest Generation)

“Jake Wood offers one of the most soaring definitions of service I’ve ever seen.” (Maria Shriver, award-winning journalist and author of I’ve Been Thinking)

From Marine sniper Jake Wood, a riveting memoir of leading over 100,000 veterans to a life of renewed service, volunteering to battle, hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, pandemics, and civil wars, and inspiring onlookers as their unique military training saved lives and rebuilt our country. 

When Jake Wood arrived in the States after two grueling tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he watched his unit lose more men to suicide than to enemy hands overseas. Reeling, Jake looked for a way to direct their restlessness towards a new mission – and put their formidable skills to good use. When an earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Jake had his answer. He convinced several fellow veterans to join him on a ragtag mission to provide desperately needed aid. Despite the high stakes, they were able to untangle complex problems quickly and keep calm under pressure.

In this raw, adrenaline-filled narrative, Jake recounts, how, over the past 10 years, he’s built the disaster response organization Team Rubicon, and seen the work provide a lifeline back to purpose for the heroes among us. Not only do these intrepid volunteers race against the clock to aid communities after Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Harvey, COVID-19, and hundreds of other disasters they also fight for something just as important – each other. 

Once a Warrior provides a soaring look at what our veterans are capable of – and what might become of America’s next greatest generation.

General Information
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 Title:                  Once a Warrior: How One Veteran Found a New Mission Closer to Home
 Author:                 Jake Wood
 Read By:               Jake Wood  
 Copyright:              November 10, 2020 
 Audiobook Copyright:   2020
 Publisher:              Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
 Duration:               8 hours, 12 minutes, 49 seconds
 Number of MP3s:  26
 Total MP3 Size:     226.48 mb
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Book Description
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"The book that America needs right now."
Tom Brokaw, journalist and author of The Greatest Generation
When Marine sniper Jake Wood arrived in the States after two bloody tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he wasn't leaving war behind himfar from it. Ten years after returning home, Jake's unit lost more men to suicide than to enemy hands overseas. He watched in horror as his best friend and fellow Marine, Clay Hunt, plunged into depression upon returning, stripped of his purpose, community, and sense of identity. Despite Jake's attempts to intervene, Clay died by suicide, alone.
Reeling, Jake remembered how only one thing had given Clay a measure of hope: joining him in Haiti on a ragtag mission to save lives immediately following the 2010 earthquake. His military training had rendered him unusually effective in high-stakes situations. What if there was a way to help stricken communities while providing a new mission to veterans?
In this inspiring memoir, Jake recounts how, over the past 10 years, he and his team have recruited over 130,000 volunteers to his disaster response organization Team Rubicon. Racing against the clock, these veterans battle hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, pandemics, and civil wars, while rediscovering their life's purpose along the way.
Once a Warrior provides a gut-wrenching account of the true cost of our Forever Warsand more importantly, a glimpse of what might become of America's next greatest generation. 

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