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.
