Breaking Contact is a collection of poems and observations reflective of the wins and losses that come with life during and after military service. Read the wistful hopes and haunting concerns of a young soldier on the front lines of the Korean War. Visit with a WWII veteran in hospice. Break bread with a Chaplain’s assistant on a forward operating base in Afghanistan. Listen to the wisdom of an infantryman coping with TBI. Mourn the tragic departure of a Marine. Sit with a community colle...

Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher!Jack Reacher’s Rules is the ultimate fan’s guide to the World of Reacher! Featuring selections from all seventeen electrifying Jack Reacher novels and an introduction from Lee Child himself, this one-of-a-kind book compiles timeless advice from maverick former army cop Jack Reacher, the hero of Lee Child’s blockbuster thrillers and now the star of a major motion picture.My name is Jack Re...

Pete Hoffen has spent the last year in the rainforest of the Amazon, slogging through hell and back in service to his country. When an opportunity to join the Mechanized Infantry presents itself, Pete is first in line. He knows that he's going to get shot at one way or another, but the idea of sitting in a warm and more importantly, dry mechanized suit appeals to him almost beyond reason.While still training in the jungle, Pete's squad is called out to intervene in a skirmish in a ...

Whether you’re a service member, or the spouse, child or parent of one, you know about the sacrifices that you make. You’ll find inspiration, support, and appreciation in this collection of personal stories about military families.You’ll read about growing up in the military, being a military spouse or the parent of a service member, and moving. Lots of moving! And you’ll read about pride and patriotism, heartache and joy, miracles, and the amazing stories that cou...

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers's life forever. His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked out as a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean's life became a silent nightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal from everything and everyone he loved. In Rising Above, Green Beret Sean Rogers chronicles the toughest battle of his life: the long, painful fight to confront his darke...

Nothing in Reserve invites the reader to an intimate glimpse of one middle-aged soldier's journey to Iraq and back. True stories set in wartime, these are not war stories. Jack Lewis offers an unexpectedly vulnerable glimpse into one of the timeless tests men have faced: going to war, and returning home. While the veteran will find honesty and truth within, this book is accessible to the uninitiated as well. Early stories give an authentic but often funny glimpse of military life, building...

On February 19, 2007, SSG Shilo Harris was patrolling an infamous southern Iraqi roadway when his Humvee was struck by an IED. Moments later, three members of his crew were dead and Shilo had sustained severe burns over 35 percent of his body, lost his ears and the skin off his face, and lost much of the use of his badly mangled fingers. This fiery moment was just the beginning of an arduous road laced with pain, emotional anguish, and much soul-searching. For forty-eight days Shilo lay tr...

5 brilliant action-packed modern war short stories that takes you straight to the battlefield! They were a group of eight men on the run if they could be called that. They were actually what was left of their company. Most of them had been killed, a few others had been captured. There had been three thousand men that came into the city of Jastapor after taking its boundary and some streets. Then, they ran straight into an encirclement that had cost them most of the army and most of their s...

If laughter is the best medicine, then look no further to cure whatever ails you. The column “Offbase,” formally known as “Humor in Uniform,” has appeared in the Reader's Digest magazine for over half a century, and has published more than 3,500 jokes, quotes, and funny stories from the more than a million readers who have submitted them. This volume—from the world’s #1 source of humor—contains laugh-out-loud gems from one of Reader’s Digest’s most popular columns.

Danger Close is the childhood story of war correspondent Michael Yon.Spanning Yon’s formative years, from the devastation he felt at the loss of his mother at age seven to becoming a Green Beret at 19, Danger Close opens with a proverbial bang. In Ocean City, Maryland, the author is forced to defend himself in hand-to-hand combat and accidentally kills his assailant.In youth, Michael catches alligators with his bare hands in the state he loves, Florida, wh...

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The general was bucking for his other star—and this miserable contraption bucked right back!