Oh-Three-Eleven

Oh-Three-Series, Book 1

0311 is the United States Marine Corps designation for a rifleman, Marines who are the backbone of the fighting organization. Team Leader Nathan Carter and SAW Gunner Travis McGrath are two riflemen and brothers-in-arms in Afghanistan who try to find a balance between their personal lives and the battlefield. But no matter the hurdles they face, the loyalty they have for each other and their fellow Marines comes first.

Christopher Bast is a combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served as an 0311 Rifleman and Scout for the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion out of Camp Pendleton, California. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, then again in 2011-12. He would leave the Marine Corps in 2013 with an honorable discharge at the rank of Corporal.

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Bast has perfect brevity.

Excellent short story and worth a read. Simple and straightforward, no overbearing description or fluff. Straightforward infantry narrative.

...great one hour military audiobook.

Audiobook Review - "0311" by US Marine combat veteran Christopher Bast, is probably one of the best military 'one hour short story' audiobooks that first time listeners to audiobooks could ever listen to! I was extremely impressed and have listened to all five in the series. 0311 is the United States Marine Corps designation for a rifleman, Marines who are the backbone of the Corp. In audiobook one, Team Leader Nathan Carter and SAW Gunner Travis McGrath are two riflemen and brothers-in-arms in Afghanistan who try to find a balance between their personal lives and the battlefield. But no matter the hurdles they each face, the loyalty they have for each other and their fellow Marines comes first. Highly recommend listening to this military action thriller audiobook, one of five in the Oh-Three Series.