{"product_id":"twenty-percent-soldiers-our-secret-life-in-the-national-guard-9781646630929","title":"Twenty-Percent Soldiers: Our Secret Life in the National Guard","description":"\". . . a poignant reminder that our freedom still depends on 'twenty-percent soldiers' who volunteer to protect and defend our nation when duty calls.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Tom Ridge, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, First US Secretary of Homeland Security\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe National Guard and Reserves is comprised of remarkable men and women who work behind the scenes as our nation's supplemental fighting force. It's a part-time job with a full-time commitment that involves the entire family. They wear the same uniforms and train to the same standards as America's full-time military. And when called to service, they fight right alongside the active duty. Nobody knows the difference. Yet they are very different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwenty-Percent Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e is the true account of one couple's life in the National Guard through eighteen years of part-time warfare. With humor and humility, Kevin and Susan Dellicker portray what it's like to jump back and forth between having a \"normal\" civilian life in small-town Pennsylvania and conducting special operations missions in Southwest Asia. A tribute to all the part-time soldiers and their families who have been fighting the Global War on Terrorism since 9\/11, this story is also a call-to-action for politicians and military leaders to fix a broken family support system that is failing the part-time force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwenty-Percent Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e reinforces a truth that all Americans can embrace: With perseverance, love and faith, ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDellicker, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Susan is a military wife of twenty years and mother to three teenage boys. She studied in Europe as a Fulbright Scholar, earned a master's degree from the University of Cincinnati and taught English at a Gymnasium in the former East Germany. She worked as a public relations professional and co-founded a business with her husband before devoting herself full time to her children as a stay-at-home mom. Today, she is a high-school German teacher.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDellicker, Kevin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kevin is married to Susan and father to the same three boys. He has degrees in history, environmental management, public administration and military science, and is working on a master of divinity in global studies. Kevin is the owner of a successful technology company and former policy advisor to the governor of Pennsylvania. He is a veteran of the National Guard with twenty-four years of part-time service as an Army infantry soldier and Air Force intelligence officer. He has deployed four times for the Global War on Terrorism with the 193rd Special Operations Wing.","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525429629202,"sku":"9781646630929","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee117b80-8d59-4d73-81fd-e4fd7348bffd.jpg?v=1731218792","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twenty-percent-soldiers-our-secret-life-in-the-national-guard-9781646630929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}