Resultados para "The Journey" en Ejército y guerra

The Journey Home is an honest, inspiring memoir that takes you deep into the life of Dave Westphal, a boy raised on a hardworking Illinois farm who grows into a leader in agribusiness and serves his country with grit and pride. From milking cows before dawn to commanding artillery in the Army, Dave’s story is a testament to family, perseverance, faith, and the power of seeing things not just as they are, but as they can be.

As a 17-year old recruit in the US Air Force, Bob Mathers looked forward to auditioning for a position in Military Journalism and Broadcasting. His recruiter told him prior to enlisting that if slots were open, he could test to fill the opening. When he began Basic Training, a skills counselor told him that although 8 such opportunities existed at the time, it didn’t matter. He was told he was ineligible due to lack of time in service. After completing a course in his assigned specialty of Computer Operator, Mathers reported to overseas duty in Turkey.

"No engines!" His student's scream cuts through the eerie silence as their supersonic T-38 plunges toward a Mississippi forest at over 6,000 feet per minute. Seconds tick away. One chance to save them both. In this gripping memoir, former U.S. Air Force instructor pilot Ken Mellott drops you into the cockpit of a supersonic T-38 silently plummeting toward a Mississippi forest. When every restart fails, Mellott makes the only call left—and ejects into chaos. He survives the crash.

From the streets of Puerto Rico to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan… this is more than a military story—it’s a story of survival, identity, and resilience. Born into a turbulent home shaped by discipline, fear, and unspoken trauma, Rafael Colon Hernandez grew up navigating instability both at home and in the world around him. Uprooted from Puerto Rico to Boston at a young age, he faced racism, isolation, and the weight of expectations that would shape the man he would become.

What happens when life knocks you down again… and again… and again? From a troubled youth and challenges in the Marine Corps to devastating heartbreaks and hard-earned redemption, Dean Brown’s life has been anything but ordinary.

The General’s dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy almost 40 years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth he had never gotten from his own father. This purpose has driven the General throughout his remarkable career, taking him to Alaska, the Pentagon, and Germany; to Florida during Hurricane Opal, and has also allowed him to work alongside Presidents Bush and Obama and Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Ashton Carter. Journey is a book about leadership. It is packed with the General’s lessons from life in the military.

My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker is based on Melissa Burch's experiences as a war journalist for BBC, CBS, and other networks. Her team was one of the first documentary crews allowed in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and she was featured in a New York Times story about her time in Afghanistan. She was just in her 20s when she traveled with the moujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000-foot mountains in the Hindu Kush.

Elite success is not reserved for a select few. It’s open to anyone willing to put in the work and strive for greatness. When Darrell Utt set his sights on joining the legendary Green Berets, he could never have anticipated the journey that would take him from the rugged woods of West Virginia to the heart of Baghdad during one of the deadliest periods of the war in Iraq. In his hard-hitting memoir, Grit to Glory, follow Darrell through the treacherous streets of Baghdad during his 2006 rotation as the team sergeant of ODA 043.

Far Horizons is a globe-spanning coming-of-age memoir of a fighter turned peace-seeker on a vibrant journey of transformation, adventure and love, set against backdrops of the Iraq War, Africa, and the world beyond. Fresh and introspective, it will lead you to exploring not only the far corners of the world, but also the uncharted aspects of yourself.

For the first time, Army Ranger hero Nate Self tells his story. Self recounts the Roberts Ridge Rescue mission, the ferocious battles in Afghanistan, and the lone war of attrition that Nate Self has waged against post-traumatic stress disorder. This book will become a go-to audiobook for...

TThis audiobook contains exclusive bonus interviews between Staz and Special Forces TV stars Jason Fox and Ollie Ollerton, Dylan Hartley plus many more… 'Incredible ... Staz is an inspiration' Nims Purja 'This book will only serve you well' Ant Middleton 'A must read for anyone who wants to...

This heartfelt Audible Original, narrated by Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker, follows three military veterans as they reclaim their most painful memories and turn them into comedy. Michael Garvey, Isaura Ramirez, and Patrick Harth left combat zones to challenge themselves in a stand-up comedy boot camp. As they learn to transform their raw emotions into cathartic experiences, they face the daunting challenge of trying to make an audience laugh with jokes about war, trauma, and mental health.

Dan Sheehan is a third-generation military flyer. He was eager to test his skills as a Cobra gunship pilot in the theatre of combat - and then he got his chance, first, in East Timor, then during two tours of duty in Iraq. The scenes in Dan's military memoir crackle with tension and excitement as we follow his path into battle. Bullets pierce their Cobras as Dan and his buddies struggle to separate enemy fighters from civilian - ultimately deciding who lives and dies. Through blinding sandstorms, the smoke of battle and chaos of low-altitude firefights at night.

In this heartfelt autobiography, Emigdio Sandoval Jr. shares his incredible journey from a poor, segregated town in Texas to serving in the United States Air Force during some of the world’s most challenging times.

Captain Mona Shindy’s story is one of love, faith, courage, tenacity and, at times, of extreme bias. She takes the listener through her childhood, growing up in Sydney with hardworking immigrant parents who wanted nothing more than for their children to do well in life and be happy. From an early age, Mona travelled the paths less trodden–not only by women, but by women of Muslim faith.

Battle Hardened: An Infantry Officer's Harrowing Journey from D-Day to VE Day tells the story of an American soldier's growth from a Second Lieutenant eager to prove his worth in battle to a skilled and resolute commander over the course of the Northern European Campaign. Craig Chapman delves deep into the personal recollections and mental state of Bill Chapman as he fought against the Nazis, enduring frontline combat and witnessing horror on a massive scale.

This remarkable book takes you on a journey through history like never before. It beautifully intertwines footprints left by early inhabitants with transformative events of the 21st century, creating an engaging and enlightening narrative. It's not a typical history book; it's an immersive adventure through time.

Sometimes you have to be locked up to find true freedom. David Mike swore allegiance to his country in 1987, only to be dishonorably discharged for desertion. One bad choice after another landed him at Fort Leavenworth, a notorious military prison in Kansas, where he starts a new life as an inmate. Follow his journey as he claws his way toward Christ and away from the past that yearns to destroy him. Dishonor: One Soldier’s Journey from Desertion to Redemption is a vulnerable and compelling look at a life gone wrong.

Stefan and Marion Hess’s happy childhood was shattered in 1944. Torn from their home in Amsterdam, the six-year-old twins and their parents were deported to a place their mother called “a dying hell”—the infamous concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Inseparable is the vivid account of...

Sergeant Bill Bee is the Marine in one of the defining images from the War on Terror. He responded to gunfire without protective gear when a Taliban sniper shot hit a sandbank just a few inches from his head in Garmsir, Helmand Province. When his world plunged into darkness, he thought his luck had run out. But he somehow survived, and his brush with death on May 18, 2008, was captured by a Reuters photographer. The images were broadcast around the world and became an iconic display of bravery at a time when support for the war in Afghanistan was low.