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Craig is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and criminal court judge. He writes professional articles on legal matters and strategic policy issues. He also writes fiction that takes the experiences he learned from during deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and Africa to give readers a glimpse of soldier's lives and the cost of war when military operations are stripped of political hyperbole. His writing recognizes that someone is always going to pay the price when the shooting starts, and it is most often unarmed civilians, kids, and families just trying to make it through another day. Craig's writing has received a Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America and also received awards from the Virginia Writers Club and the Ch ...more

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	No Time for Ribbons it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Shared Burden: The Military and Civilian Consequences of Army Pain Management Since 2001 by Craig Trebilcock (Goodreads Author), Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Bridge at Andau

by James A. Michener

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“The guy who talks he biggest game during peacetime training is the first guy to cut and run when the mission goes sideways in the real world.”
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“Good leadership is surrounding yourself with excellent people and then getting out of their way.”
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“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
― Aesop

tags: humor

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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

tags: history, propaganda, rewriting-history

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: dragons, wisdom

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“History is never tidy.”
― Antony Beevor, The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

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