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"We also don't get to see a moment, after several missions, when it became clear the Green Berets had somewhat accepted me: After all, you’re “in” once you become the butt of pranks, and what better way to prank a know-it-all reporter chick than to barter her off for a herd of goats.

"Dude, she's worth at least 25 goats," ODA-094 communications sergeant Patrick (no last names for these guys) told one of the Iraqis crowding around us.

They couldn’t reach a deal, so I didn’t become the herder’s fourth wife – “otherwise known as ‘Thursday,’“ weapons sergeant Jamie put it."