Following two tours in Viet Nam in 1967 and 68, and a lengthy break in military service, Godfrey Garner rejoined and eventually retired from 20th Special Forces group in 2006. During his second period of military service with 2/20 SFG, he completed two military tours in Afghanistan. He has published more than fifty professional articles in Homeland Security Today, Journal of American Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Journal on issues relating to counterterrorism, mostly centering on Afghanistan. He is a permanent faculty professor at Mississippi College, as well as adjunct at Tulane University and Belhaven University.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: A Few Short Notes from YesterdayPrologue1. First Breath2. Bonding: Rite of Passage3. Virginity Patrol: Move Out and Draw Fire4. The Wide End of the Funnel5. Kindergarten6. He Was Just Like Me7. Ghost Patrol8. A New Normal9. Learning to Be Violent10. “We have to know we’re right”11. Just Cops on the Beat12. All’s Well If You Can See Past the Trees13. Simple Little Spaces for Reflection14. Things We Should Have Said15. A Slightly Skewed Sort of Balance16. An Everlasting Thanksgiving Memory17. Tet: End of the Simple Push-Pull18. Drums and Bugles19. Post Tet: A New Ballgame20. Anatomy of a Firefight21. SEAL PBR Operations: Just Do It22. Occasionally Out of the Bush23. The Medicine Was Definitely Worse24. A Most Well-known Monkey25. The “Right” and the “Good”26. A Strange Maturity27. Clarity of Vision Reserved for One28. Always Begin with “You Ain’t Gonna Believe This Shit”29. Counterinsurgency: Two Beaux Wooing the Same Girl30. So, What Do We Do Now?Index

“As much as it is a war memoir, Brothers in the Mekong Delta also resembles a textbook on finding direction for the future. The book should be mandatory reading for high school students.”—The VVA Veteran