Once a Ranger

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Summary: Action packed with a human side
Review: Who knows the lengths to which a loving parent will go to recover a kidnapped child? After reading Once a Ranger you realize that the sky is not the limit but merely an avenue of apprpach for a daring rescue mission that glues you to the story and keeps you turning those pages. Guys will love this book with night free fall parachute assaults, special forces type tactics and all the modern gagets associated with war. But Once a Ranger captures a human side of men and the women who love them in a way that will appeal to women also.
Author Stan Johnson went to great lengths to make certain that the details of this exciting story were as correct as possible. He researched present day cocaine smuggling operations, special warfare techniques and tactics, the Vietnam experience and New York City police work to make this story so true to life that the reader can feel the heat of the jungle and smell the acrid ordor of fresh gunpower on every page.
Once a Ranger is also a love story on several levels: parental love - unchecked and undetered by the most incredible challenges, the unbreakable brotherhood of men forged in the cauldron of combat, and the unquestioning love of women for their men that drives them to give up everything for that love. You will sit on the edge of your seat the entire time. You will cry, laugh and sweat. But whatever you do, get ahold of Once a Ranger.
Warning: I recommend that you start reading Once a Ranger early in the afternoon because you won't be able to put it down till you finish!