Morgan Lerette – Welcome to Blackwater

Morgan Lerette – Welcome to Blackwater - Morgan Lerette worked for Blackwater for 18 months, from 2004 to 2005. Upon his return to the United States, he completed his undergraduate degree at Northern Arizona University and commissioned as a U.S. Army intelligence officer. From 2009 to 2010, Lerette deployed back to Iraq. He left the Army as a captain, moved to Boston, and attended The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Get Morgan's book on Amazon at amzn.to/3uek1W7 Lerette wrote the book Welcome to Blackwater. The book is published by a veterans nonprofit, Onward Press, and all sales contribute to its mission to help veterans get their stories published. Morgan talks about the book with Pete and cohost Scott Huesing, and as always when the quorum of veterans in the episode is high, about 567 other aspects of the military life. Please support the Break It Down Show by doing a monthly subscription to the show bit.ly/3pPkrjr All of the money you invest goes directly to supporting the show! For the live version of this episode head to youtu.be/4AccTaGLHTs Haiku Veterans write books So non-army folks can read Thanks, Morgan Lerette! ​Similar episodes: Xander Bullock youtu.be/GYC79EEboFs John Green youtu.be/inY3g3NAUe8 Pete A Turner youtu.be/MbC0SgQMoFk Join us in supporting Save the Brave as we battle PTSD. www.savethebrave.org Executive Producer/Host: Pete A Turner youtu.be/mYoUxRJzXcA Producer: Damjan Gjorgjiev youtu.be/3Ciw2tLo_hg Writer: Dragan Petrovski youtu.be/JVum9nRpyUs The Break It Down Show is your favorite best, new podcast, featuring 5 episodes a week with great interviews highlighting world-class guests from a wide array of shows.