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In the most candid description of Army life ever produced, Castro & Hassan vividly capture what soldiers think, say, and do in their ground-breaking book Boys in the Barracks<\/em>. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Presented from the perspective of the soldier, Boys in the Barracks<\/em> will thrill, shock, anger and challenge many perceptions of Army life.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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IN THEIR WORDS<\/h2>\n

Here is a sample of soldiers\u2019 views contained in this innovative work describing Army life from a military cultural perspective:<\/p>\n

On Why Soldiers Serve: <\/b>\u201cProud to wear the uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

On The Barracks<\/b>: \u201cThey harp on having clean barracks but you can only polish a turd so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Discipline<\/b>: \u201cI guarantee you after a couple of sessions behind the tree line…he\u2019d straighten his shit out.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Boredom<\/b>: \u201c\u2026it\u2019s a whole lot of hurry up and wait and standby to standby\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

On Being on Profile<\/b>: \u201cI can say, \u2018I got a broken neck.\u2019 They\u2019ll say, \u2018You just weak.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

On Mental Health Stigma<\/b>: \u201cPeople will judge you\u2026\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cNow I feel people think I\u2019m weak.\u201d<\/p>\n

On NCO Leadership<\/b>: \u201cA good NCO leads and not bosses. Someone that\u2019s going to be right there next to me doing the same shit I\u2019m doing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \t\n\t\tOrder Now\t\t\t\t IN THEIR WORDS<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anthony M. Hassan <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hassan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up like most inner-city kids in a neighborhood with diversity, parks and recreation sports programs, and unsupervised summers. He held several jobs from a very early age as a paperboy, busboy, and K-Mart cashier before joining the Army in 1980 as a radio operator. In 1995, he transitioned to the Air Force as a military social worker where he participated in peacekeeping operations in Saudi Arabia and East Africa and as combat stress control officer during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as a clinical professor at the University of Southern California in his first post-military role and is now the inaugural CEO of the Cohen Veterans Network. For more on Anthony\u2019s background click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Carl A. Castro<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Castro was born at a charity hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in the government projects before moving to a small town in the Midwest. He has held a variety of unskilled jobs, including working as a gas station attendant, a wildcat oil rigger, and a janitor before joining the Army as an infantryman at the height of the Cold War. Since leaving the Army as a colonel, where he participated in a number of peacekeeping and combat campaigns, he has been serving as a tenured professor for the past ten years at the University of Southern California where he is educating the next generation of social workers. For more on Carl’s background click here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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