Paul “Chuck Norris” Yurkin has never been one to give up. A product of the inner city projects, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps and enlisted in the Marine Corps—serving proudly in Desert Storm before beginning a fifteen-year career with the Myrtle Beach police force.
But when he saw the efforts of his policing failing to create any positive change, it wasn’t long before Yurkin became jaded by the system as a whole. Seeking a new life for himself and his daughters, he met up with a private contracting firm and began training for a trip to sunny Afghanistan, where he would work on training the fledgling Afghan National Police.
In the midst of two weeks of training in Virginia, he earned the nickname that would stick with him for years to come—and met three best friends that remained by his side through dangerous missions, misadventures, and the frustrations of being stationed abroad.
In Memoirs of a Security Contractor, Yurkin tells the true story of his time as a security contractor in Afghanistan in candid detail—in an eye-opening tale of determination, friendship, and never giving up.
