Retired US Army Colonel Angela M. Odom shares the story of her time in Iraq and the brave men and women she led as a battalion commander.

Angela M. Odom was given a huge challenge and opportunity in late 2006: to lead a battalion of well-trained soldiers in a vast, complicated mission in Iraq.

She had less than sixty days before she and her battle-tested soldiers would have to deploy, leaving everything behind, including children, for the theater of war. Odom herself left a sixteen-month-old son.

This emotional firsthand account of the day-to-day life of a soldier in Iraq is told not only from the view of a commanding officer, but also from that of the brave men and women who served under her command.

She captures every aspect of military service in vivid and heartrending detail: the fear, the lingering sadness, and the bittersweet joy of homecoming.

 Discover life through the eyes of servicemen and women in active war zones as they defend our freedoms from tyranny and terror.