Act of War

This book is dedicated to my close friend U.S. Army Reserve Command Sergeant Major Raymond Jefferson. Two tours in Vietnam, two decades repairing avionics for the Air Force, and a lifetime training infantry soldiers for combat in the Army Reserve, Ray was one of the most professional, dedicated, generous, and trustworthy men I have ever known.

He didn’t want a gravesite or even a marker—instead, he wanted an American flag raised above his fellow veterans’ resting places. Ray’s flagpole is there, in front of the new Veteran’s Court of Honor. He’s still leading his troops, just as he had been most of his life in the Army he loved.

Job well done, Command Sergeant Major. Rest easy.