The leader of a team of U.S. Navy SEALs sent to northern Afghanistan to capture an al Qaeda leader chronicles the events of the battle that killed his teammates and offers insight into the training of this elite group of warriors.

Documents the war in Afghanistan, featuring raw combat footage, rare photos, and firsthand accounts from soldiers' viewpoints.

In this book the author turns his focus from his own experiences as a combat-trained Navy SEAL to the nature of service on America's battlefields and the soldiers who give their lives to defend their nation and each other. Here he crisscrosses generations and service branches to clarify why people make the choice to serve their country.

A Medal of Honor recipient shares the story of his military career, recounting his deployment to Afghanistan's volatile Korengal Valley and his life-risking efforts to provide medical aid to wounded fellow soldiers during an October 2007 Taliban ambush.

The thrilling true story of a Marine special operations unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan.

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, Robert M. Gates was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was...

Eyewitness accounts, private journals, short stories, and other writings by U.S. troops and their families.

Describes the author's childhood relocation from France to the U.S., where as a naturalized citizen he joined the military and served multiple tours in Afghanistan before he was wounded while protecting his patrol from a suicide bomber.

The first-ever inside look at the US military's secretive remotely piloted aircraft program--equal parts techno-thriller, historical account, and war memoir. --Publisher

A unique inside look into the Oklahoma 45th National Guard Brigade, better known as the "Thunderbirds" Sgt. Eran Harrill represents the members of the Thunderbirds well. He is a hero, a devoted single father and a proud member of the Oklahoma National Guard. The film is as close to experiencing war on the front lines of fighting without actually being there.