Excerpt: ‘Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War’
Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent detail the journey of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, a special operations trailblazer killed in Syria.
By Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent
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How an Army officer inspired Giants to greatest-ever Super Bowl upset
In this excerpt from “Finding Waypoints,” retired Army Col. Greg Gadson remembers his motivational locker room speeches to the New York Giants.
By Terese Schlachter and Col. Gregory D. Gadson
Brett Crozier, ‘maverick’ fired as carrier CO, wouldn’t change a thing
The former CO of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, fired for his efforts to help his sailors, regrets nothing: "I did it out of love for my crew."
How QuikClot went from drug company reject to front-line ‘miracle’
Clotting agent QuikClot has helped save lives on the battlefield and beyond. This excerpt from “In the Blood” explores its use in the Iraq War.
By Charles Barber
The women who won the right to fly in combat
Meet a band of women aviators who kicked open the door to fly in combat in this excerpt from “The Fly Girls Revolt” by Eileen A. Bjorkman.
By Eileen A. Bjorkman
Did a military lab spill anthrax into public waterways? New book reveals details of a US leak.
“Pandora’s Gamble” describes how wastewater potentially containing anthrax, Ebola, and other deadly pathogens spilled from an Army facility in 2018.
By Alison Young, KFF Health News