Off We Go

Off We Go, the first work of fiction by retired Colonel Pete Donnelly (There I Was...), is based on actual events following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Donnelly uses his personal experience of that period to shape the story of one service member's saga from peacetime garrison operations to combat operations in the first conventional battle in the Global War on Terror on the worn and scarred ancient battlefields of Afghanistan.

Author: Peter a. Donnelly
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: A15 Publishing
Published: 11/11/2016
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780998328461

About the Author
Donnelly, Peter a.: - Colonel Pete Donnelly USAF (ret) is a thirty year veteran with multiple combat tours to Southwest Asia, including four tours to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and three to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Entering the Air Force in the early '80s Donnelly started his career as an aviator assigned to B-52s during the culminating days of the Cold War. Sitting Nuclear Alert put things into perspective and when the nation stood down from it's Global Thermonuclear War footing Donnelly moved on to something more tactical. He became an Air Liaison Officer/Tactical Air Control Party member (Forward Air Controller) aligned with storied Army units such as the 10th Mountain Division, The 82d Airborne Division and the XVIIIth Airborne Corps. It was in this role that he deployed numerous times to Afghanistan and Iraq, giving him not only the opportunity to serve his country in combat, but to add to his life experiences episodes that have contributed and still contribute to his writing. He is a highly decorated veteran entrepreneur, a private pilot, sportsman and military contractor.