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Mercenary Mum is the true story of a young single mother who went from working at her local Woolworths store to serving as a soldier in the Australian Army's elite Close Personal Protection Unit. She then left the army to become a high-risk security contractor, where she was responsible for protecting high-threat targets from assassination and opportune attack in Iraq. Neryl reveals what it's like to be a woman in a private army trying to survive in a prejudiced man's world, exposed to alcohol-fuelled parties, drugs and sexual abuse. Neryl's professional and personal resolve is pushed to its outermost limit when she is confronted by a shocking ambush and death on the world's most dangerous road in Iraq. How did a naïve little girl start out playing with Barbie dolls and end up playing with guns and working for the most powerful security company in Baghdad - and how did she manage to survive with her sanity intact? About the Author Neryl Joyce served as a commissioned officer in the Australian Army in its close personal protection unit, then worked as a private security contractor in Iraq. After retiring from the security business, she and her husband moved to Christmas Island to manage a detention centre. Neryl currently lives in Perth.
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Mercenary Mum is the true story of Neryl Joyce, a young single mother who went from working at her local Woolworths to serving as a soldier in the Australian Army's elite Close Personal Protection Unit. She later left the army to become a high-risk security contractor, where she was responsible for protecting high-threat targets from assassination and opportune attack in Iraq. Vividly and powerfully, Joyce takes us on a journey through the battlefields of Iraq. She suffers the loss of close friends on the infamous Route Irish. She reveals what it's like to be a woman in a brutal man's world, and a victim of sexual abuse. And she tells how she survived all this to return home to her son. Mercenary Mum is the unforgettable and inspiring story of one woman's fight for her career, for her family and for life itself.
Title: Mercenary Mum: My Journey from Young Mother to Baghdad Bodyguard
ISBN Number: 1863956913
ISBN-13: 9781863956918
Location Published: Australia, Black Inc.: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: New
Kg: 1.00 Kg
Type: Book
Categories: Memoirs, Military Biography, Australian Biographies, Iraq Wars
Seller ID: 000585
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