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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American writer and former U.S. Marine</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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California">Fairfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="5940" data-file-height="4680" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1988–1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC-E4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/USMC-E4.svg/25px-USMC-E4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/USMC-E4.svg/38px-USMC-E4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/USMC-E4.svg/50px-USMC-E4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="396" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/STA_platoon" title="STA platoon">STA platoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion_7th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion 7th Marines">2nd Battalion, 7th Marines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Other work</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(book)" title="Jarhead (book)">Jarhead</a></i> (2003), professor, writer</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anthony Swofford</b> (born August 12, 1970) is an American writer and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine</a> veteran, best known for his <a href="/wiki/2003_in_literature" title="2003 in literature">2003 book</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(book)" title="Jarhead (book)">Jarhead</a></i>, based heavily on his accounts of various situations encountered in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a>. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(film)" title="Jarhead (film)">film of the same name</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mendes" title="Sam Mendes">Sam Mendes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-celluloid_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Swofford was born on August 12, 1970, in <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield, California</a>, into a military family. He grew up living on a military base.<sup id="cite_ref-barnes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father had served in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and before that his grandfather had fought in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kreye_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kreye-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, he was conceived in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a> while his father was on a five-day break from fighting in the Vietnam War.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his own words, Swofford describes his younger self, before and during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps, as "a reader and a loner".<sup id="cite_ref-celluloid_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Terrified of being a failure in a "normal" life,<sup id="cite_ref-barnes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swofford wanted to join the Marines from an early age, as he saw it as "an entry into manhood".<sup id="cite_ref-kreye_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kreye-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Swofford's father was against his joining, and the first of two recruiters to visit were escorted from the house.<sup id="cite_ref-powells_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powells-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swofford's father had said, "I know some things about the military that they don't show you in the brochures."<sup id="cite_ref-salon_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Swofford joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 18, and shortly after he turned 20 he was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, awaiting the start of the Persian Gulf War.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a <a href="/wiki/Lance_Corporal#United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Lance Corporal">lance corporal</a><sup id="cite_ref-salon_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while serving as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Scout_Sniper" title="United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper">Scout Sniper Trainee</a> with the <a href="/wiki/STA_platoon" title="STA platoon">Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Platoon</a> of <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion_7th_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battalion 7th Marines">2nd Battalion, 7th Marines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-celluloid_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the war, Swofford was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a>. He was uncomfortable with the notion that he was a hero, and deliberately missed the homecoming parade near his base.<sup id="cite_ref-kreye_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kreye-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As far as he was concerned, he had simply done his job and wanted to forget it.<sup id="cite_ref-kreye_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kreye-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_civilian_life">Return to civilian life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return to civilian life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the U.S. Marine Corps following the end of the war in the Gulf, Swofford at first found it difficult to adapt to civilian life, due to extreme combat-related <a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder" title="Post-traumatic stress disorder">PTSD</a>. In his own words, it felt "strange to be in a place without having someone telling me to throw my gear in a truck and go somewhere".<sup id="cite_ref-powells_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powells-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Swofford returned to the United States, doing a variety of jobs to pay his way.<sup id="cite_ref-powells_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powells-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first job upon his return to civilian life was as a bank teller; however, after only a few months he was robbed at gunpoint, which led him to quit.<sup id="cite_ref-barnes_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swofford also found work in warehouses.<sup id="cite_ref-powells_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powells-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While attending <a href="/wiki/American_River_College" title="American River College">American River College</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Community_college" title="Community college">community college</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-powells_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powells-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swofford was published in and was the-editor-in-chief of the <i><a href="/wiki/American_River_Review" title="American River Review">American River Review</a></i>, an award-winning literary magazine. Later, he received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">Bachelor's degree</a> in English from <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Davis" title="University of California, Davis">University of California, Davis</a>, and earned a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">Master of Fine Arts</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Writers%27_Workshop" title="Iowa Writers' Workshop">Iowa Writers' Workshop</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Iowa" title="University of Iowa">University of Iowa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-celluloid_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-imdb_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Swofford committed himself to writing in 1995, at the age of 24,<sup id="cite_ref-barnes_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-powells_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powells-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and built on the encouragement he received at college to write <i>Jarhead</i>, which documents his time spent in the Gulf.<sup id="cite_ref-celluloid_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the book he portrays a grim view of life as a Marine, and indeed shows himself in a rather unflattering light. He said himself, "I could have written a flattering portrait of myself as a young Marine, but it would have been a much lesser book."<sup id="cite_ref-celluloid_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing <i>Jarhead</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Michiko_Kakutani" title="Michiko Kakutani">Michiko Kakutani</a> said the book combined "the black humor of <i><a href="/wiki/Catch-22" title="Catch-22">Catch-22</a></i> with the savagery of <i><a href="/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket" title="Full Metal Jacket">Full Metal Jacket</a></i> and the visceral detail of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Things_They_Carried" title="The Things They Carried">The Things They Carried</a>.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, he received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir for <i>Jarhead</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following his time at the University of Iowa, Swofford served as an English professor at <a href="/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis and Clark College">Lewis and Clark College</a>, where he taught a class in the school's "Inventing America" program,<sup id="cite_ref-barnes_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barnes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_College_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary's College of California">St. Mary's College of California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-simon_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-simon-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until he sold the <a href="/wiki/Film_rights" title="Film rights">film rights</a> to <i><a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(film)" title="Jarhead (film)">Jarhead</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdb_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swofford has had articles, both fiction and non-fiction, published in <i>The New York Times</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Harper%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Harper's">Harper's</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Journal" title="Men's Journal">Men's Journal</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Iowa_Review" title="The Iowa Review">The Iowa Review</a></i>, and other publications.<sup id="cite_ref-simon_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-simon-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a <a href="/wiki/Michener-Copernicus_Fellowship" title="Michener-Copernicus Fellowship">Michener-Copernicus Fellowship</a> recipient<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and currently teaches creative writing at <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a>. His first novel, <i>Exit A</i>, was published in January 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Exit A</i> chronicles the life of a boy who grows up on an American Air Force Base in Japan and falls in love with the base general's daughter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_and_film">Television and film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Television and film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Swofford co-produced and narrated the 2006 documentary <i>Semper Fi</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-imdb2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is featured in <a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Robbins" title="Richard E. Robbins">Richard E. Robbins</a>’s documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Homecoming:_Writing_the_Wartime_Experience" title="Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience">Operation Homecoming</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has made appearances on several talk shows and in documentaries.<sup id="cite_ref-imdb3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is married to <a href="/wiki/Christa_Parravani" title="Christa Parravani">Christa Parravani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Swofford is portrayed by American actor <a href="/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal" title="Jake Gyllenhaal">Jake Gyllenhaal</a> in the 2005 film <i><a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(film)" title="Jarhead (film)">Jarhead</a></i>, based on his <a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(book)" title="Jarhead (book)">2003 book</a> of the same name.</li> <li><i>Jarhead</i> helped popularize the phrase "the suck", (usually preceded by <i>welcome</i> <i>to</i> or <i>embrace</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSwofford2003" class="citation book cs1">Swofford, Anthony (2003). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jarheadmarinesch00swof"><i>Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War</i></a></span>. Scribner. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-3535-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-3535-5"><bdi>0-7432-3535-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jarhead%3A+A+Marine%27s+Chronicle+of+the+Gulf+War&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7432-3535-5&rft.aulast=Swofford&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjarheadmarinesch00swof&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnthony+Swofford" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwofford2007" class="citation book cs1">Swofford, Anthony (2007). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/exitnovel00swof"><i>Exit A: A Novel</i></a></span>. Scribner. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-7038-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-7038-0"><bdi>978-0-7432-7038-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Exit+A%3A+A+Novel&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-7432-7038-0&rft.aulast=Swofford&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fexitnovel00swof&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnthony+Swofford" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwofford2012" class="citation book cs1">Swofford, Anthony (2012). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hotelshospitalsj00swof"><i>Hotels Hospitals and Jails: A Memoir</i></a></span>. Twelve. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4555-0673-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4555-0673-6"><bdi>978-1-4555-0673-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hotels+Hospitals+and+Jails%3A+A+Memoir&rft.pub=Twelve&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-4555-0673-6&rft.aulast=Swofford&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhotelshospitalsj00swof&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnthony+Swofford" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwofford2013" class="citation book cs1">Swofford, Anthony (2013). <i>Death of an American Sniper: The Extraordinary Life and Tragic End of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the Country's Most Lethal Soldier</i>. Byliner Inc.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Death+of+an+American+Sniper%3A+The+Extraordinary+Life+and+Tragic+End+of+Navy+SEAL+Chris+Kyle%2C+the+Country%27s+Most+Lethal+Soldier&rft.pub=Byliner+Inc.&rft.date=2013&rft.aulast=Swofford&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnthony+Swofford" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marines" title="List of United States Marines">List of United States Marines</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Generation_Kill" title="Generation Kill">Generation Kill</a></i>, a 2004 memoir by Evan Wright, deals with similar experiences. It was made into an HBO miniseries.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Swofford&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-celluloid-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-celluloid_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-celluloid_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-celluloid_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-celluloid_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-celluloid_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-celluloid_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/interviews/swofford.shtml">"Unscrewing 'Jarhead': Interview with Anthony Swofford"</a>. <i>Combustible Celluloid</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-01-13</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Combustible+Celluloid&rft.atitle=Unscrewing+%27Jarhead%27%3A+Interview+with+Anthony+Swofford&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combustiblecelluloid.com%2Finterviews%2Fswofford.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnthony+Swofford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-barnes-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-barnes_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barnes_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barnes_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barnes_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barnes_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110605072724/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=1289246">"Anthony Swofford"</a>. <i>Barnes & Noble</i>. 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