151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface-to-air missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor 1 Purple Heart First into a war zone, flying behind enemy lines to purposely draw fire, the wild weasels are elite fighter squadrons with the most dangerous job in the Air Force One of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. For twenty years, Lieutenant...

Over 100 combat missions, 24 years as a Green Beret--Full Battle Rattle tells the legend of a soldier who served America in every war since Vietnam. Master Sergeant Changiz Lahidji served on Special Forces A teams longer than anyone in history, completing over a hundred combat missions in Afghanistan. Changiz is a Special Forces legend. He also happens to be the first Muslim Green Beret. Changiz served this country starting with Operation Eagle Claw...

Arthur Robert was a second lieutenant with the 403rd Civil Affairs company, when his unit was deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Storm. Robert would end up in Kuwait City organizing the transport of supplies. Robert would later serve with the Massachusetts National Guard, retiring in 2005 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

"Popular culture teaches young men to enjoy war, to act it out as play and then don a uniform as a rite of passage into manhood. This warrior myth has long held a powerful place in our society. In My River Home, Marcus Eriksen, a former marine, tells his own story as a way of articulating the danger of this myth. It took ten years and an adventure down the Mississippi River to help him come to terms with his experience of war." "Eriksen grew up,...