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Fobbit \’fä-bit\, noun. Definition: A U.S. infantryman stationed during a Forward Operating Base who avoids fight by remaining during a base, esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2011). Pejorative.
In a satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, Fobbit takes us into a pell-mell universe of Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Triumph. The Forward Operating base, or FOB, is like a back-office of a terrain – where people eat and sleep, and where a lot of soldiers have what looks suspiciously like an bureau job. Male and womanlike soldiers are perplexing to find an dull Porta Potty in that to get acquainted, grunts are personification Xbox and examination NASCAR between missions, and a lot of a comparison staff are some-more endangered about removing to a food gymnasium in time for a Friday night all-you-can-eat seafood special than worrying about small things like troops strategy.
Darkly humorous and formed on a author's possess practice in Iraq, Fobbit is a illusory entrance that shows us a behind-the-scenes mural of a genuine Iraq war.
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In a satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, Fobbit takes us into a pell-mell universe of Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Triumph. The Forward Operating base, or FOB, is like a back-office of a terrain – where people eat and sleep, and where a lot of soldiers have what looks suspiciously like an bureau job. Male and womanlike soldiers are perplexing to find an dull Porta Potty in that to get acquainted, grunts are personification Xbox and examination NASCAR between missions, and a lot of a comparison staff are some-more endangered about removing to a food gymnasium in time for a Friday night all-you-can-eat seafood special than worrying about small things like troops strategy.
Darkly humorous and formed on a author's possess practice in Iraq, Fobbit is a illusory entrance that shows us a behind-the-scenes mural of a genuine Iraq war.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #254143 in Books
- Published on: 2012-09-04
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 384 pages
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