Deploying to Ramadi: Challenges and Strategies

The chapter follows the speaker's deployment to Talafar and Sinjar in Iraq, detailing the implementation of the Clear Holding Build strategy by a unit led by H.R. McMaster. It highlights the challenges faced in a low-threat city, including resistance pockets and reconstruction efforts. The narrative shifts to the sudden change in deployment plans to Ramadi for SEAL Team 3, portraying the extreme violence, lawlessness, and strategic adaptations needed in the city during the mid-2000s.