Book description
By every principle of war, every shred of military logic, logistics
support to Canada's Task Force Orion in Afghanistan should have
collapsed in July 2006. There are few countries that offer a greater
challenge to logistics than Afghanistan, and yet Canadian soldiers
lived through an enormous test on this deadly international stage - a
monumental accomplishment. Canadian combat operations were widespread
across southern Afghanistan in 2006, and logistics soldiers worked in
quiet desperation to keep the battle group moving. Only now is it
appreciated how precarious the logistics operations of Task Force
Orion in Kandahar really were.
What the Thunder Said is an honest, raw recollection of
incidents and impressions of Canadian warfighting from a logistics
perspective. It offers solid insight into the history of military
logistics in Canada and explores in some detail the dramatic erosion
of a once-proud corner of the army from the perspective of a battalion commander.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Conrad is a combat logistics officer with
25 years of experience. He has commanded Canada's logistics battalion
in Cambodia, Bosnia, and Kandahar, where in 2006 he was decorated with
the Meritorious Service Medal for his leadership. He lives in Orono, Ontario.
