Maj. Scott A. Huesing USMC (Ret) is the author of the award-winning, bestseller Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City (Regnery, 2018). He is a proven combat leader – with 24 years of both, enlisted and commissioned service. His career spanned 10 deployments. In 2006 he commanded Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines during some of the bloodiest fighting during Operation Iraqi Freedom.