Shartzer ’77 Releases ‘Mustered For War: A Memoir’

Published on April 14, 2025

Len Shartzer ’77 released “Mustered For War: A Memoir.” Mobilized for Operation Enduring Freedom after 9/11, COL Shartzer, U.S. Army Reserve, was ordered to leave his civilian job and family at the age of 48 for a combat deployment in Afghanistan. He became engaged in the international effort to transform ethnically diverse tribes into a country loyal to a central government. When he finally returned home, he faced fighting yet another grueling war. Shartzer takes the reader through the most difficult eight years of his life, and shares his journey of war, caregiving, loss and hope.

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