This Is Like A Real Live, Scary Version of Stripes.

From NPR. Apparently this suburban kid was living at home, drinkin' smokin' working minimum wage jobs and decided to join the Army. He got more than he bargained for.

Books

'My War' Wins Prize for Best Blog-Turned-Book

Talk of the Nation, May 16, 2007 · A former Army machine gunner has won the Blooker Prize, awarded for the best book that began as a blog on the Internet. Colby Buzzell's book, My War: Killing Time in Iraq, is an account of post-invasion Iraq. It began as a blog written directly from the war zone.

Colby Buzzell, author, My War: Killing Time in Iraq; winner of the second annual Blooker Prize.