It’s a worthy book for the first book post for sure:  The Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.  It tells the story of a four-man recon/sniper team of Navy SEALs that went on a mission in Afghanistan — and only one came back alive.  Along the way you learn about how these amazing young men become SEALs (hint:  they are freaks of nature, plus they know how to suffer in ways the rest of us can’t even imagine).

You also learn about how our current rules of engagement and the sick glee of our cultural “elites” as they persecute and prosecute our own fine soldiers while ignoring the war crimes of our enemies helped cost us three of the bravest, most accomplished soldiers we’ve ever had.