Nathaniel Fick

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Nathaniel Fick is a former United States Marine Corps officer who has gained fame for his writing on military life and the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In 1998, after his junior year at Dartmouth College, he attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a second lieutenant upon his college graduation the following year. He was assigned as a platoon commander to 1st Battalion, 1st Marines and, as a member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, led his men into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Upon his return, he was recommended for Recon training, and subsequently led a platoon of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Upon his return to the United States, he left the Marine Corps on the grounds that he would always be limited by his inability to sacrifice those under his command, however justified or beneficial to the greater good it may be.

He wrote an acclaimed book, One Bullet Away, detailing his experiences in the Marine Corps. In addition and he and his platoon were the subject of a series of articles in Rolling Stone and a book by embedded journalist Evan Wright. Currently, Fick is enrolled in Harvard University's Harvard Business School, where he is regarded as having uncanny business acumen, and writes occasional articles about military matters. He also received a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government. ^[1]

Prior to studying at Dartmouth, Fick attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland.