PART A She came to see her son graduate. Didn’t wear a uniform. Didn’t announce herself. Just showed up. Quiet plain jacket. Nothing fancy. But the parents in...

PART 1 The vibration in my pocket felt like a detonator. In my line of work, a buzzing phone usually meant a mission update, a scramble order, or...

Lieutenant Alexandra “Lex” Morgan Hale wiped the sweat from her brow as she entered the mess hall of Forward Operating Base Condor. The desert heat of eastern Afghanistan...

The sun beat down mercilessly on forward operating base Rhino as Lieutenant Emily Foster stepped off the Chinuk helicopter. Her rifle case slung over one shoulder and duffel...

They found her running barefoot down the empty country road, her pink dress caked with mud and her voice breaking through the quiet forest like a cracked bell....

He shaved my head for money. Then Hell’s Angels took action. The child’s bare feet hit gravel and the bikers turned as one.20 leatherclad men staring at the...

Olivia Parker stood at the edge of the firing range, her M24 sniper rifle slung across her back, watching as the SEAL team finished her morning drills. At...

The gas station clerk was about to call the cops when the boy held up his hands. He was maybe 12, filthy, ribs showing through his torn shirt,...

Lieutenant Emily Carter adjusted her uniform one last time before stepping onto the training grounds at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. The California sun beat down mercilessly, but she’d...