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Have you ever served in the US Navy? Do you know someone who has? Have you ever wondered what shipboard life was like? Then this is the audiobook for you! The author served in the US Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, in the waning days of the Cold War. In this series of 62 Sea Stories, he takes us on an enjoyable journey back to that very different time in US Navy history. He tells it like it was, and no one is spared. Some of the stories are hilarious. Some are tragic. Some are a sobering reminder of the dangers, difficulties, and stresses of naval sea service.

Master Sergeant Jan W. “Dutch” Wierenga is a little known but highly respected Special Forces and CIA legend. He has served the USA for 60 years in total, in some of the most dangerous and difficult circumstances imaginable. Born in Indonesia in 1936, he and his family spent a total of four years imprisoned in Japanese and Indonesian internment camps under unspeakably harsh conditions. They were rescued under fire by British Gurkha troops in 1946. He was running jungle combat patrols by age 16, and emigrated to Holland by cargo ship in 1955.

A Pride of Lions inhabits the fertile African valley known as the Maasai Mara. They live, rule and prosper....until a new, pleasant-sounding philosophy turns age-old ways upside down. An entire way of life hangs in the balance.

America is politically polarized, culturally divided, and on the brink of civil war. The very foundations of American society are crumbling, and its long-cherished rights, beliefs, and values are under constant attack. In an increasingly hostile landscape, where the formerly “indivisible” United States is beset by factional violence and bitter resentments, retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer Dylan Morgan must confront and overcome his own personal demons, bring all his professional skills into play, face the hardest challenge of his life...and do all he can to save the woman he loves.