Fobbit is about the Iraq War but focuses on the group that stays "on base" The FOB or forward operating base is where the desk jockeys write press releases and everyone has a bed. There isn't any front line action but there are still plenty of issues. Not surprisingly, the troops out in the community kicking in doors and being hit with IEDs don't think all that highly of the troops stationed at the FOB and thus they are called fobbits. This book is told from the perspective of several of those stationed in the FOB. Parts of it are hilarious and entertaining and parts are disturbing. No tour in Iraq seems like the the best way to sit out the war but for so many, they have had several tours. Although a work of fiction, you can get a real sense of deployment in the FOB and the struggles of those who aren't the type of soldiers that get featured int he press.
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