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Knight Rising

Robert Charleston is a former military linguist, veteran of the Afghanistan War, and new author with Tactical 16. While in uniform, he worked as an intelligence analyst and also taught at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, where he earned distinction as a Master Military Language Instructor.

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Just only Slightly

In this fictional comedy, Just only Slightly, the author paints a vivid picture of the humdrum life of main character, Paul Talkachev, a down-on-his luck guy living in New Jersey who discovers he is telekinetic. He can move and change objects without touching them and this is just the beginning as Paul sets out on a path of discovery and adventure.

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Professional Durability:
Withstanding the Storm of Change

Anthony Perez is a Navy veteran, successful entrepreneur, speaker, and community leader with over 25 years of experience building and developing leaders. Anthony’s has been appointed by the governor of Colorado as a board member to Colorado minority Business Advisory Council, and by the mayor of Colorado Springs as the commissioner for the urban renewal authority.

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Mother’s Day:
The Courage & Sacrifice of the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines

In his debut book, Cleveland gives a first-hand account of his time with the 3/25, known as “Lucky Lima,” in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In 2005, Cleveland, a Navy Corpman (medic), deployed to Iraq with 179 fellow Reservists as part of 3/25, an Ohio-based Marine Reserve unit. After five months of relative quiet, enemy forces began launching attack after attack on the unit.
 

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Survive The Night

Spencer Anderson is a U.S. Air Force Vietnam war veteran, former pilot, teacher and counselor, and an honorary Colonel in the Commemorative Air Force. His passion for aviation and aviation history is clearly seen in his writing.  Spencer is dedicated to keeping alive the legacy of the patriots who­ chose to fly and fight for our grateful nation in its most trying times.

Survive the Night recalls the tragedy of the German death march of more than 10,000 American and allied POWs.
 

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Fitness For Busy Dads

Tom Hardy has proudly served in the US Army since 2010 and is currently serving in the Army as an instructor at Fort Devens Massachusetts. He  has held several key roles within the military to include Drill Sergeant, Master Fitness Trainer (MFT), and Instructor.

Tom holds a Master’s Degree in Exercise Science from Liberty University, and is certified as a Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Tom graduated from Master Fitness Trainer school while serving in the Army and currently holds that position.

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Lessons from Uncle Sam

Ward Mayfield served as a combat engineer twice in Iraq and once in Afghanistan, completing more than 300 missions clearing routes, and detecting and removing (IEDs) from roadways for safe travel by U.S. forces.

“This is my story of what it’s like to survive an explosion and go back to work the next day, over and over, until it physically became impossible to continue,” said Mayfield, who earned two Purple Heart medals, an Army Commendation for Valor, and a Bronze Star. “I had to come to grips with going from powerful, agile, and intelligent to slow and sometimes very weak and confused after so many IED hits.

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Time of Flight

In his debut book, Emch explores the full spectrum of human emotions servicemembers go through when they’re put into dangerous situations fraught with chaos and uncertainty.

“The good, the bad, the hilarious, and the surprises are all included in this war story of human experience and emotion,” said Emch, who served in the U.S. Army for 12 years as both a musician and an Apache helicopter pilot. “I lead readers on a journey from what seemed like safety from within the borders of an allied nation to the war-torn deserts of Iraq along a crescendo of combat missions.”

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Life’s Memorable Moments

“Get ready to get a good laugh and a look into some of the events in my life that helped shape me,” said McGarrey, who was in the U.S. Army infantry for almost 8 years. “I want people to think of their own memorable moments after reading my book, and see that it’s the embarrassing and sometimes hard things that give us the best memories.”

McGarrey set out to write this book to reassure others that everyone has both bad and good things that happen to them over a lifetime. But, when you compare, the bad times usually make up only about one percent compared to the joyous moments, he says.

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An Empty Shell

Dehner worked on his story for almost 40 years and recently finished it. He hopes that sharing his account and lessons learned can help former and current soldiers and their family members who have been hit hard by the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Drafted in 1968, Dehner says his service in the Vietnam War deeply affected him and the way he lived for years afterward. Loss of friends and even the enemy resulted in him living with guilt.
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The Enlisted:
The Price of Service No One Tells You

While serving from 2017 to 2021, she earned the Navy’s Good Conduct Medal as well as the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

In her debut book, The Enlisted, The Price of Service No One Tells You, Pearson sheds light on the tough realities she faced as a black, enlisted woman serving in the U.S. Navy, and draws attention to what other young women are sure to encounter.

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Odds N Ends In Rhyme

At 15 years old, Jordan ran away from home to join the military, but was too young to enlist so he worked in the shipyards as a copper smith. At only 16 years old, he cranked planes for Chinese Army cadets during WWII. In 1944, twenty days after turning 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the heat of battle in the South Pacific. He served on the D.E. #443 Kendall C Campbell and watched as the flag was raised at Iwo Jima and was present at Tokyo Bay at the signing of the Japanese surrender.

“It’s an honor to have talked with Phil and to help his family realize Phil’s dream of bringing this historical treasure to publication”, said Chris Schafer, CEO of Tactical 16.

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Chris Hernandez is a 23 year police officer, former Marine and and retired National Guard soldier with over 25 years of military service. He is a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and also served 18 months as a United Nations police officer in Kosovo.

He writes for BreachBangClear.com and has published three military fiction novels Proof of Our Resolve, Line in the Valley, and Safe From the War through Tactical16 Publishing.

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Justin “JP” Lane joined the U.S. Army in 2008 at the age of 20 years old. Like most young men after watching the Twin Towers fall in 2001, JP knew he wanted to join the military.

As a combat engineer, he was deployed to Afghanistan as a Specialist with the 428th Engineer Company in October 2010 to search for IED’s.

On July 2nd, 2011, his RG31 truck was penetrated by a 200lb IED. He was in a coma for 6 weeks, having 26 injuries and 28 surgeries – changing his life forever.

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At 19 Justin left Henderson, KY and enlisted in the United States Air Force, during his 20 years of service he held a variety of different jobs, everything from Cook to Combat Readiness Instructor.

His most taxing job, however, would be when he was assigned as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Mortuary Affairs.

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Jon Hinderliter is the Director of Marketing and Communications for University College at Washington University in St. Louis where he manages integrated marketing strategies to help adult learners experience the impact of earning a world-class education.

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Crisis of Culture
The Political Battlefield of the New Civil War

In today’s political and media environment, people are more divided than ever. I am certainly not innocent of past divisive rhetoric and am willing to own that. This is my call to rationalize our differences and discuss them by removing emotion.

This book removes emotion from our ideologies and weighs facts and reason against many political divides for and against both sides. I rationalize the issues conservatives can come together on, win on, and separate voting with our hearts versus voting with our brains.

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