The Marine Finds His Family
Author | : Angel Smits |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2014-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0373608888 |
"Category: romance with more"--P. [4] of cover.
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Author | : Angel Smits |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2014-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0373608888 |
"Category: romance with more"--P. [4] of cover.
Author | : Anthony Swofford |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2005-11-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0743254287 |
Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a searing, unforgettable narrative. When the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis, Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a sniper's rifle in his hands. It was one misery upon another. He lived in sand for six months, his girlfriend back home betrayed him for a scrawny hotel clerk, he was punished by boredom and fear, he considered suicide, he pulled a gun on one of his fellow marines, and he was shot at by both Iraqis and Americans. At the end of the war, Swofford hiked for miles through a landscape of incinerated Iraqi soldiers and later was nearly killed in a booby-trapped Iraqi bunker. Swofford weaves this experience of war with vivid accounts of boot camp (which included physical abuse by his drill instructor), reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. As engagement with the Iraqis draws closer, he is forced to consider what it is to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man. Unlike the real-time print and television coverage of the Gulf War, which was highly scripted by the Pentagon, Swofford's account subverts the conventional wisdom that U.S. military interventions are now merely surgical insertions of superior forces that result in few American casualties. Jarhead insists we remember the Americans who are in fact wounded or killed, the fields of smoking enemy corpses left behind, and the continuing difficulty that American soldiers have reentering civilian life. A harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for inner peace, Jarhead will elbow for room on that short shelf of American war classics that includes Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, and be admired not only for the raw beauty of its prose but also for the depth of its pained heart.
Author | : Mary Regner |
Publisher | : Elva Resa Publishing |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2022-07-12 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1934617695 |
“Semper Parents is the best guide I have ever seen for any family member or friend who seeks a deeper understanding of Marine Corps life in order to provide greater support ... for their Marine.” —Michael McNamara, president, All Marine Radio “... this book should be read by every American servicemember, their parents, and their grandparents! ... the lessons on relationships, deployments, transfers, and even tragedy have broad application across all services ...” —General James Conway, (Ret), 34th Commandant, US Marine Corps Many parents have mixed feelings when their child decides to become a United States Marine. In Semper Parents, Mary Regner shares practical tips and perspective from several Marines, spouses, and parents with a variety of USMC experiences to help new Marine parents find purpose in the Marine Corps, understand more about military life, cope with concern and worry, celebrate traditions, and nurture changing relationships. “The guide all Marine parents need ... shows how parents can join their Marine on this incredible and sometimes terrifying journey. ... Read it, keep it nearby, and give it as a gift to the military family members you care about most.”—Besa Pinchotti, executive director and CEO, National Military Family Association “... an invaluable guide to help navigate the trials, tribulations, and beautiful victories of those serving and the family members who endure the journey of service with them.” — Robin Carpenter, mother of Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Kyle Carpenter
Author | : Roz Dunbar |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0373879903 |
A Hero's Hope Returning from active duty, Gunnery Sergeant Luke Barrett is shocked to learn he's a father. Having just lost his mom, ten-year-old Caleb is reserved and wary--and Luke is simply overwhelmed. So when Tess Greenwood agrees to become Caleb's nanny, it's an answer to his prayers. Injured while working at an international mission in a war-torn country, Tess is in town to recuperate. The last thing she wants is to get too involved. But as she spends time with the handsome marine and his son, Tess comes to realize that caring for them may just be the cure to her own battered heart.
Author | : Elliot Ackerman |
Publisher | : Thorndike Press Large Print |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2021-08-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781432888800 |
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034 - and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris "Wedge" Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weaponry that render US ships and planes defenseless. In a single day, America's faith in its military's strategic preeminence is in tatters. A new, terrifying era is at hand. So begins a disturbingly plausible work of speculative fiction, coauthored by an award-winning novelist and decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary admiral who has spent much of his career strategically outmaneuvering America's most tenacious adversaries. Written with a powerful blend of geopolitical sophitication and human empathy, 2034 takes us inside the minds of a global cast of characters - Americans, Chinese, Iranians, Russians, Indians - as a series of arrogant miscalculations on all sides leads the world into an intensifying international storm. In the end, China and the United States will have paid a staggering cost, one that forever alters the global balance of power. Everything in 2034 is an imaginative extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground combined with the authors' years of working at the highest and most classified levels of national security. Sometimes it takes a brilliant work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: 2034 is all too close at hand, and this cautionary tale presents the readers a dark yet possible future that we must do all we can to avoid. --
Author | : Frank M. Beyea |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1483408167 |
In the last few years, Vietnam Veterans, including myself, have experienced a phenomenon that is hard to explain. People are interested in the Vietnam War! I think the audience for Vietnam War stories is a diverse one. From young people with a thirst for knowledge about what their fathers and grandfathers went through in the only war that America has lost (so far history hasn't made its final judgment on Iraq and Afghanistan) to the baby boomers who fought in Vietnam. Even those boomers who demonstrated actively against the war and resisted being part of it are suddenly interested. This book provides those interested with what they crave: more true stories of what it was like to live the life of a Marine ground pounder in Vietnam. It's like a good adventure novel, when your own "theater of the mind" puts you in the shoes of the main character.
Author | : Danette Fogarty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2016-12-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781722220723 |
Sawyer Smith was determined to go into the Marines, just like his late uncle. His family is against it so Sawyer's only hope is that his aunt, Eryn, will be able to convince them it's a good idea. Once he's in the Corps, and following his aunt's footsteps in the world of Crash, Fire, & Rescue, Sawyer finds so much more than just a "job." For the first time, he feels as though he truly fits in. Tinsley Grammer is the daughter of a Marine, the sister of a Marine, and wants nothing to do with Marines. She is planning on finishing school to be a veterinary technician and settle down in some small town that she never has to leave. That is, until she meets this handsome Marine who makes her feel like the life she's wanted to run from might just be the life she was meant to live. Meet the new generation of Marines who find love in Semper Fi in Love Continued.