A small team of CIA operatives and Marines commanded by Captain Diego Cruz are protecting a tiny base in Helmand—the most violent province in Afghanistan. In a series of escalating fights, Cruz must prove he is a combat leader, despite the growing disapproval of the colonel in overall charge. At the same time, the president has ordered the CIA to capture a drug lord. But with a fortune in heroin at stake, the Taliban joins with the drug lord to wipe out the base. As the president negotiates a secret deal, Cruz must rally the Marines to make a last stand. Bringing you into America’s longest war with vivid immediacy, The Last Platoon portrays how leaders rise or wilt under intense pressure. A searing, timeless story of moral conflict, savage combat, and feckless politics.

HOST:  Rob Mellon

FEATURED BREW:  Semper Fi PA, Stars and Stripes Brewing Company, Freeport, Maine

BOOK:  The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Platoon-Novel-Afghanistan-War/dp/1642936731/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+last+platoon&qid=1626543443&s=books&sr=1-1

MUSIC:  Bones Fork
https://bonesfork.com/