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A YEAR BEHIND THE LEASH: is a 99,667-word memoir chronicling my transformation from a PTSD-stricken police officer to one of the longest-serving contract K9 handlers in Afghanistan, and ultimately to my current role as a prosecutor. Unlike traditional military memoirs, this book offers the rarely-seen contractor perspective-the men and women who stayed in-country for years while military units rotated through every six to twelve months.
The narrative follows my partnership with three remarkable dogs: Uzo, a veteran German Shepherd who'd served with Canadian Special Forces; Jack, a narcotics detection dog who became my anchor during the darkest periods; and Mad, an explosive detection dog in Iraq whose own PTSD mirrored my own struggles. Over four years at Forward Operating Base Sharana, I conducted thousands of searches, found countless IEDs and drug caches, and eventually became site lead, training new handlers while watching the war's futility unfold through sixteen military unit rotations.
The memoir doesn't shy from the contradictions: the mission that felt increasingly pointless, the moral injuries that accumulated, the marriage strained to breaking, and the dogs who kept me functional when everything else fell apart. It culminates with my evacuation from Iraq as ISIS advanced, three failed shoulder surgeries from a dog bite, and the difficult transition home-where I discovered that the skills that made me effective in a war zone could serve justice in a courtroom.
A YEAR BEHIND THE LEASH: is a 99,667-word memoir chronicling my transformation from a PTSD-stricken police officer to one of the longest-serving contract K9 handlers in Afghanistan, and ultimately to my current role as a prosecutor. Unlike traditional military memoirs, this book offers the rarely-seen contractor perspective-the men and women who stayed in-country for years while military units rotated through every six to twelve months.
The narrative follows my partnership with three remarkable dogs: Uzo, a veteran German Shepherd who'd served with Canadian Special Forces; Jack, a narcotics detection dog who became my anchor during the darkest periods; and Mad, an explosive detection dog in Iraq whose own PTSD mirrored my own struggles. Over four years at Forward Operating Base Sharana, I conducted thousands of searches, found countless IEDs and drug caches, and eventually became site lead, training new handlers while watching the war's futility unfold through sixteen military unit rotations.
The memoir doesn't shy from the contradictions: the mission that felt increasingly pointless, the moral injuries that accumulated, the marriage strained to breaking, and the dogs who kept me functional when everything else fell apart. It culminates with my evacuation from Iraq as ISIS advanced, three failed shoulder surgeries from a dog bite, and the difficult transition home-where I discovered that the skills that made me effective in a war zone could serve justice in a courtroom.
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