Military Combat

War is hell....but sometimes it's also funny as hell.

Specters of Athena: Burn Protocol Book One of the Specters of Athena Series What if the next world war was fought by code, not soldiers? In Specters of Athena: Burn Protocol, Jake Greco launches a gripping new series set in the near future—where elite operators and battlefield AI collide in a deadly game of survival, betrayal, and machine autonomy. 🔥 A rogue AI has gone operational. ⚔️ A deniable team is sent to hunt it down. 🤖 But the enemy isn’t the only thing evolving. When CALIBAN, a next-gen battlefield AI, breaks containment and begins hijacking autonomous weapons across...

War Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of United States Marine Corps. Written by one marine, Claude R. "Red" Canup, a combat correspondent in the Pacific during World War II, these dispatches and private letters provide insight into the grind of war and ordinary men and women who carried out their duty. Thoughtfully edited and contextualized by a preface and prologue by his daughter, Linda M. Canup Keaton-Lima, War Is Not Just for Heroes combines documentary and biography to provide the human dimensions of those in combat and those who reported out.

James Webb, author of Fields of Fire, the classic novel of the Vietnam War - and a former U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy; recipient of the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart as a combat Marine; and a self-described "military brat" - has written an extraordinary memoir of his early years, "a love story - love of family, love of country, love of service" in his words.

The stories of 15 combat veterans featured in this audiobook tell of the experiences of average Americans who fought US enemies on Pacific islands, in China, and in Burma during World War II. They relate much previously unavailable information about the military in which they served and the battles they fought. The possibility of death and permanent physical and mental injury was a common experience. This audiobook is a "must listen" for those who think they have learned all there is to know about World War II.

The Vickey Joins the Military Series is a story of how a call to serve went from two to twenty years. The books depict the journey from the initial decision to join the military through the many stops along the way. In this series of books, you will get a front row seat to how a 30-year-old journalist made a U-turn onto a vastly different career path. The tours of duty would not be a straight path of European tours back-to-back or back-to-back stateside tours. The reader will zigzag across countries and continents with the author, getting a first-hand look at a very interesting and dynamic ...

THEY MAKE A STARTLING DISCOVERY THAT CHANGES EVERYHING.... AS THE SPECIAL OPS TEAM CONTINUES ITS DESCENT IN SEARCH OF THE TERRORISTS WHO RELEASED A WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE, CHANTEL DISCOVERS THAT THE CULT SHE TRUSTED IS FAR MORE THAN SHE THOUGHT WITH TIES TO AN ANCIENT CULTURE THAT COULD BE THE SALVATAION OF HUMANITY OR ITS GREATEST ENEMY! TWO MORE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF THE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM!

This volume contains 17 autobiographies of Korean War combat veterans, as well as a report about war prisoners' experiences told by a US Army doctor who spent three years as a POW. It also contains reports about how the US divided Korea after World War II and Theodore Roosevelt’s secret diplomacy, in 1905, which led to World War II in the Pacific, the Korean War, and continuing turmoil in the Pacific.

Dr. Tiffany Tajiri, a veteran USAF officer and board-certified clinical psychologist, has been in countless sessions with combat veterans and their loved ones and now shares powerful firsthand accounts, lessons, proven exercises, and biblical truth. Whether experiencing combat directly as a veteran or wanting to help bring healing as a family member, pastor, chaplain, or counselor, this book is essential.

A young Marine fighter-pilot faces the worst odds imaginable over the flak-filled skies of North Vietnam when three enemy fighters jump him. Should he fight when all seems hopeless or turn and run to safety so he might return to fight another day? What are the odds of him making it home to his beloved wife? Welcome back to the world of quick-to-read action-packed inexpensive books from the finest writers we can find. We designed Peanut Books for your easy reading convenience. We want to recreate the “Dime Novel” so popular a hundred years ago. You can read one of our Peanut Books in two...

In this compelling and meticulously researched audiobook on the Vietnam War era, David Gerhardt blends his riveting firsthand experience with documented facts. The result is a historical war memoir offering a comprehensive perspective on one of America's most notoriously divisive eras and brutal armed conflicts. Whether they fought in it, demonstrated against it, or subsisted through the tumultuous times, Vietnam belonged to the baby boomer generation.

One soldier. Armed. Dangerous. And Lost. It was the biggest raid in the history of Dynamic Operations. Cryne had trained his entire career for this. One second, he was en route to the enemy’s capital via an experimental transport system; the next, he was alone in an empty forest. Something was off. Way off. In need of answers and a way home, Cryne will have to rely on years of training and combat skills to get himself back to where he belongs. If that’s even possible….

SPRING 1917. A storm is about to break.. A storm of bullets delivered by the Albatros' of the Red Baron and his pilots... Eddie Grenville doesn't know the hell he's about to fly into. Eddie is 19 and just finished school. He is idealistic and maybe a bit naive. He looks up to his older brother Percy, who he has followed into the RFC. But then he finds out that Percy has commited a war crime, one that it revealed would both blacken the family name and tear it apart, though a ruthless press baron is intent on turning Percy into a hero, Eddie, confused and distraught, takes the first posting ...

Sure, men fight for their beliefs, their country, and their ways of life. And often times the battles are hard fought and devastating. But more often than not, the outcome is decided by who has the better gear.

There's nothing glorious about war—despite what movies and books often show. Military veteran and author Jason Lambright shares its ugly side in the sci-fi novel The Captain's Cauldron. Captain Paul Thompson can't just shake off the rigors of war after his combat on Juneau 3, and his injuries are severe enough that his military career may be over. But the trauma runs even deeper—impacting not only him, but also those he loves. Paul finds his way back thanks to his family and treatment at a veterans hospital. He marries his high school sweetheart, and life is good. But the happiness is ...

A unique joint memoir by a US marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls.

LA County Veterans Court Judge Robert Solomon Needs the Wisdom of King Solomon Helping Veterans Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Although this short story is fiction and meant to be entertaining, it is based on research and true anecdotes concerning veterans suffering from PTSD. It is the author's hope that readers will enjoy the story as well as be encouraged to understand and support veterans and others suffering from PTSD. ˃˃˃ Visit www.SolomonsJustice.com to learn more about PTSD Scroll up and get a copy today.

Former Army Ranger beaten and left in the south-west desert by a dozen strangers Sam Harper wants to relax on a beach and surf. Put government service behind him. But a border gang and their corrupt government backers refuse to let him retire from violence that easily. Betrayed by friends, Sam must find a new purpose fighting human trafficking, truck jacking, and protecting those in need along the Mexico-Arizona border. Can he endure long enough to make that difference? -- Prequel to Sharper Security. This story stands independently, but is set after the events in Techno Ranger and Covert ...

There’s a steep learning curve for every American soldier who deploys to the Middle East war zone. Much of that involves culture shock, and the excitement and confusion also applies to female soldiers. And when that female soldier is also a military police officer, the curve gets bent way out of shape. Laura Colbert was heartland-bred and tough enough when the Army sent her to an MP unit in Baghdad, but she quickly discovered soldiering in Iraq involved a lot more than she expected.

The Army's need: An automatic pistol with the stopping power of the .45 caliber Colt single action Army revolver. Colt and John Browning collaborated to meet the Army's need. The result was the greatest combat pistol ever designed. This book examines why the Army insisted on .45 caliber, the innovation required to meet that requirement, and how the model of 1911 beat the competition in reliability, function, and feel.