Black Hearts was about the 2005-2006 deployment of the 1-502nd (First Strike) of the 101st's Second Brigade to Iraq. The book focused more specifically on Bravo Company and their first platoon's descent into utter madness throughout the deployment. The 1-502nd and its commander, Lt. Col. Kunk, were tasked with taking control and holding the lands between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Kunk was a particularly difficult man to live with. He would explode and launch into a tirade about just about anything, big or small. This caused serious problems in meetings where he only wanted things his way and personally attacked his commanders who he felt he could not trust. This area has recently been nicknamed the “Triangle of Death”. The towns that were in this area were Yusufiyah, Mahmudiyah, Lutufiyah, and notably a never completed thermal power plant that housed many insurgents almost like an FOB. Bravo Company was sent to deal with a particularly nasty part of the battalion's AO; The northwest side encompassed Yusufiyah and the unfinished thermal power station. Upon arrival in Iraq and its AO, Bravo Company was to take over the functions of the 48th Infantry Brigade which was there before it. After traveling with the 48th Brigade to learn how things were done, Bravo Company began to realize how afraid the 48th was to leave the perimeter. Any patrols to be conducted were conducted in a Humvee which would run around the area and return to the FOB as soon as possible. Once they fully took over their AO from the 48th, they began building fortifications and conducting patrols in the area. One road in particular, Sportster Road, was causing problems for patrols and Humvees because it was always busy...... middle of paper ...... and PFC Green is serving 5 consecutive life sentences without release Conditional in Indiana. Character is defined by the military as doing what is right, legally and morally. This can be difficult when other factors come into play. For SPC Justin Watt, this was very much the case. He wanted to pass on what he had learned to his chain of command, but he also wanted to be loyal to his brothers in arms. He knew that if he spoke about the incident, he would lose many of his close friends and be judged by many as a snitch, something he would not easily forget. Watt showed his character negatively by waiting about a month to tell anyone what he knew and when he did he told someone who was outside of his PLT and not his own channel of command. But positively, he came forward and told someone about it because he knew it was morally right, even though he knew the consequences..