One Weekend A Month (Novel, 2006 - Booklocker Press)

Recipient of a 2008 Gold Medal by the Military Writers Society of America

One Weekend A Month is an irreverent look at the first modern American war to rely extensively upon Reservists as combatants.  Through the eyes of an eight man Army Reserve squad, Team Jaguar, the Iraq War is stripped of its righteous political veneer and revealed to be a daily struggle for survival by US troops and the Iraqi civilians they seek to help.

Major Trevanathan, the Jaguar team leader, becomes frustrated with the ill-planned  US mission to rebuild Iraq, where duty and sacrifice yield no apparent progress.  Searching for meaning in his chaotic environment, Trevanathan resolves to save a critically ill Iraqi orphan.  As his well-intended efforts are repeatedly frustrated, the increasingly disillusioned officer learns that in war the enemy is not only the opposing military force; sometimes it is your own superiors and the indifference of the society you are trying to help.  This is a tale of sacrifice, loss of faith, and ultimate redemption set in the land of diminishing returns – Iraq.

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No Time for Ribbons  (Novel, 2008 - IUniverse)

Recipient of a 1st Prize award for historical fiction by the Branson Stars and Flags 2009 writing competition.

War-weary Army Sergeant Gus Warden mistakenly kills an Iraqi civilian on his final mission. Returning home to Texas, guilt-ridden and unable to turn off the war, Warden struggles to rejoin a society where he no longer fits. When his manipulative brigade commander uses the shooting to nominate Warden for the Silver Star, Warden is trapped between becoming a fraudulent war hero and betraying the wartime buddies who covered for his mistake. 

This thought-provoking novel is built upon the post-war experiences of US Army troops who served in the Iraq War. This is the second installment in the One Weekend A Month Trilogy.

The Seven Modern Pillars of Iraq (Article, FEB 2007 - ARMY Magazine)

This no-holds-barred article by Craig Trebilcock was published in the February 2007 issue of Army Magazine, setting forth the realistic limitations that military forces from a Western culture can accomplish in re-casting Iraqi society and values. The article serves as a warning to policy makers on the dangers of using military force to accomplish social change in foreign lands.
 

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