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At twenty-one, Nicole joins the Navy and excels through basic training and the rigors of firefighting school. She even proves herself a real-life G.I. Jane by passing every arduous physical and mental text for qualification into the elite field of Explosive Ordnance Disposal. All she has to do now is persuade her current command to authorize a transfer into her dream job. But soon trapped aboard a ship and the target of sexual predators, Nicole must find a way to survive, and her survival means ultimately facing the internal demons from a troubled childhood. Darker Than Navy Blue is the true story of a scandal the Navy kept hidden, until now, and of a young sailor's remarkable resiliency despite every attempt to dehumanize her.

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"""Strong's intimate and unflinching search for deeper personal truths leads toward a deeper inner awareness about the role of childhood trauma on young adulthood decision-making, and why victims of childhood abuse find it more difficult to report abuse by those who hold positions of military power. In Darker than Navy Blue, Strong personifies the mettle of strength and fortitude perhaps necessary to break free, finally, of the victim cycle before the cycle irreparably breaks the spirit."" --Tracy Crow, Former US Marine Corps officer and author/editor of five military-themed books ""Nicole Strong is every parent's daughter, betrayed and abused by her military guardians in power, she survived of her own will, with some help from a friend. It took years to heal the damage, from early childhood and the US Navy. Hers is a Cassandra voice come to life in the 21st Century.""--George R. Broadhead, US Marine Corps/Retired. Author of ongoing series of articles on Veterans in Brooklyn, New York Community, American Artist Magazine; poetry in newspapers and magazines. Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals. ""A haunting story of sexual trauma in the military, Strong's Darker Than Navy Blue sets a tone of self-contempt without self-pity. Tightly winding together her military career and subsequent struggle with self, Strong provides a rare look at women in the military that is simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful in its depiction of what women endure in the name of duty, honor, and country."" --Brooke King, Iraq-war veteran and author of a forthcoming memoir from Potomac Books"

Strong's intimate and unflinching search for deeper personal truths leads toward a deeper inner awareness about the role of childhood trauma on young adulthood decision-making, and why victims of childhood abuse find it more difficult to report abuse by those who hold positions of military power. In Darker than Navy Blue, Strong personifies the mettle of strength and fortitude perhaps necessary to break free, finally, of the victim cycle before the cycle irreparably breaks the spirit. --Tracy Crow, Former US Marine Corps officer and author/editor of five military-themed books Nicole Strong is every parent's daughter, betrayed and abused by her military guardians in power, she survived of her own will, with some help from a friend. It took years to heal the damage, from early childhood and the US Navy. Hers is a Cassandra voice come to life in the 21st Century. --George R. Broadhead, US Marine Corps/Retired. Author of ongoing series of articles on Veterans in Brooklyn, New York Community, American Artist Magazine; poetry in newspapers and magazines. Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals. A haunting story of sexual trauma in the military, Strong's Darker Than Navy Blue sets a tone of self-contempt without self-pity. Tightly winding together her military career and subsequent struggle with self, Strong provides a rare look at women in the military that is simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful in its depiction of what women endure in the name of duty, honor, and country. --Brooke King, Iraq-war veteran and author of a forthcoming memoir from Potomac Books

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