In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women
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Drawing on the author’s deep understanding of military life and the strengths and frailties of
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Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS succeed in rescuing one of their own
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A collection of thirteen stories that offer an inside view of fighting men poised at
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