Major General Dana Pittard with the commander of the Iraqi Joint Forces and Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service, General Talib al-Kenani (center), and vice chief of the Iraqi Air Force, Lieutenant General Hassan Falah (right). Fall 2014. This is a snapped picture of a framed photograph that sits on Lieutenant General Falah’s desk to this day, and was sent to Dana from LTG Falah specifically for use in this book.

“Dear Sir,

Thank you for everything you did for the future of Iraq. I remember, and I always mention every single event.

Without you and the Honor Soldiers, we could not crush ISIS—”

—Email sent from Lieutenant General Falah to Dana Pittard on April 4, 2019