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Change is a given in the United States military, but the soon to be applied "Blended Retirement System" is a financial change like no other the military has ever experienced. It is a huge deal that will not only affect the wallets of many active duty service members today and certainly 100% of them beginning in 2018, but it could also have a significant impact on future recruiting and retention of our volunteer military force.
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The widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss—and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend.
In early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband Chris were the happiest they ever had been. Their decade-long marriage had survived years of war that took Chris, a U.S. Navy SEAL,
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Growing up in a military family, journalist and news anchor Harris Faulkner experienced firsthand how success in life is rooted in the knowledge, integrity, and duty that came from her military surroundings. She shares the formative lessons in leadership and work ethic she learned from a lifetime spent absorbing the military mindset, and offers recommendations for how all families can benefit from the guiding principles of military life.
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"As a little girl, Teressa's father dotes on her and little sister, Karen, while mercilessly mocking her older sister, Debbie. Teressa thinks its Debbie's fault--until she gets a little older and he begins tormenting her, too. Soon enough, his verbal abuse turns physical. Her sergeant father brings his military life home, meeting each of his daughters' infractions with extreme punishment for them all. Meanwhile, their mother watches silently, never...
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The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training as he battled injustice.
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The winner of the National Book Award returns with a moving story of a family of women drawn together by the trials of the times.
The women in the Hand family are no strangers to either controversy or sadness. Those traits seem, in fact, to be a part of their family's heritage, one that stretches back through several generations and many wars. A Dangerous Age is a celebration of the strength of these women and of the bonds of blood and shared...
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In this compelling memoir, a secret is revealed long after the battlefield death of a beloved and courageous army officer. His young widow, in an act of love, is inspired to climb to the treacherous north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps to find solace. She discovers years later that those who survived the war - his comrades devoted to keeping his memory alive - would bring the ultimate healing into her life. A compelling true story with a surprising...
11) Fire of Death
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"D.M. Herrmann's...John Henry Chronicles takes us to the post-apocalyptic aftermath of an electromagnetic burst... Tribalism reigns. It is every man for himself, where the bonds of family face off against the remnants of government power in a struggle for supremacy."
-Charles DuPuy, Author of the EZ Kelly Mystery series
Trying to live in peace doesn't always happen.
In Fire of Death, the fourth John Henry Chronicles novel, guerilla warfare...
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Journey back through time to discover remarkable accounts of parents who waved off their sons and daughters, never knowing if they would ever see them again. One mother saw no less than ten of her sons between the ages of eighteen and thirty-seven, dispatched to the frontline in the First World War. The biggest "real" band of brothers that ever served their country, but to discover how many made it back and who this dear lady was, you will have to...
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"In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged friendships. Suffering a life-changing injury while deployed in Afghanistan, he faced a daunting recovery. But coming home would have been much harder without the support of his brothers and sisters in arms. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for years have supported and inspired him on the battlefield...
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A soldier's love of regiment; a nurse's devotion to humanity… the final instalment of Sheelagh Kelly's unforgettable Kilmaster trilogy
The Great War is at its height, and while Probyn Kilmaster is proud to pass on his expertise to the raw recruits bound for France, he is unprepared for the carnage which he must lead them into.
Meanwhile in the Yorkshire pit village of Denaby Main, his wife, Grace, contends with bringing up their children alone....
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Heart-gripping accounts from family, friends, and military brethren show that the battle seldom ends when veterans come home. The physical and psychological scars mar them for life, a permanent bane that they endure for our peace and safety. Such scenarios have occurred countless times throughout our country's history to defend the red, white, and blue. Remarkably, most would do it all over again if needed. Despite PTSD, one such veteran, Jeremy Smith,...
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Your Loving Son, Andrew is the story of a young man named Andrew Knox who leaves behind his parents and his responsibilities on the family farm in Virginia to enlist as a soldier in the U.S. army, enticed by the promise of seeing the world and learning what it truly means to be a man.
After a heartfelt goodbye to his parents, Mike and Marie Knox, Andrew is on the bus heading to basic training when he meets Donald Birch, another young man who...
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Relive a unique piece of history and culture as told through my Uncle Tim's letters to home from Vietnam. Real life anecdotes, insights and observations of the times and the war from an officer stationed primarily at Camp Red Ball from May 1967 through November 1968. Not just any officer, Tim worked in personal effects and was responsible for sending the deceased soldiers personal items home. This presentation of Tim's actual letters tell his story....
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Conversations are the heart of a gathering among friends.
In “Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life”, military spouses, parents, children, and service members gather together to laugh, cry, lend perspective, and share personal stories from their military life experience. From poignant to practical, tragic to humorous, these candid conversations from friends old and new shed heartfelt insight on many aspects...
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Even before the withdrawal from Afghanistan, many were beginning to recognize, write about, even study the cross-generational impact of war and military service on veterans and their families. The broken relationships, the insanity of combat, the seeking for a higher meaning of it all. Yet few have captured the harsh reality as masterfully as Kevin C. Jones, a former Marine, in this second edition of Collateral Damage: Stories. As Jarhead author,...
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