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"""The Citizen Marine"" is a story of the fragile balance between our service members' love for home, family, and friends and their sense of duty when called into harm's way. While running in the beautiful Tampa Bay area near the end of four years of Marine Corps retired recall duty a plane ascends from the nearby airport. Mike knew he'd soon be on one again himself. But, would he be going back home to his loving family for good, or would he be going back to the Middle East for yet another deployment? His beautiful wife and best friend Terri was anxious for his return. They had already been apart more than five of their 15 years of marriage, but she supported him every step of the way. His mind drifts back through his 40 year career during his run to search his soul for an answer. The internal tug of war between his love for Terri and the sound of distant drums was tearing him apart. Along the way there was love, joy, sacrifice, marriage, divorce, and loss of loved ones and friends. There was peace and there was war. There was contentment, and there was restlessness, but there was never a dull moment... A must read for all active, reserve, retired, and veteran service members and their families and friends who have endured years of separations and multiple deployments. Whether it was World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, or the current War on Terrorism, we all share many of the same experiences far and away different from the average American citizen. The training, the travel, the duty, the loneliness, the camaraderie, the inferiority, the pride, the sadness, the elation, the depression, and the desire to make time go faster and sometimes slower. Only one percent of America's citizens have experienced it, and ""The Citizen Marine"" tells our story that many Americans would never otherwise understand. Blended in all this is some informative historical background on why we are in the Middle East and why our military families are called upon to serve so often."

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Mike's Citizen Marine is an exciting journey that will interest all. It's a story that is a natural fit in today's world events. I couldn't put it down. Frank Skinner, author of Cook, Baker, Candlestickmaker . This book should be a must read for all military husbands and wives, and career personal. The general public has no understanding how complex military and foreign cultures work. Don Treinin, Vietnam Veteran. I found your book to be a very personal journey through your life and associated Marine Corps experiences. Your transitional terms and phrases were excellent. These smooth transitions are what made your book hard to put down as the reader is always looking for your next story line. Colonel Mike Allen, USA (Ret) Enjoyed reading it, it came across very well. I intend on sharing it with my family members so they can see a little more into what I was doing on one of my deployments. I really get the pulling at the heart strings theme throughout the book. Sam Arwood, USAF (Ret).

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael G. Wenger served as an active and reserve Marine from 1971 to 2002. He volunteered to return to active duty in 2007 to join his former reserve infantry unit when they were called into action in Iraq. He continued retired recall service with the US Central Command in Tampa, Qatar, and Afghanistan until 2011. Like so many citizen service members, he divided his career between Marine Corps duty and civilian employment. He currently enjoys sharing time with his family in Sauk City, Wisconsin and his wife Terri who continues her service to the nation as a Nutritional Scientist/Food Technologist in the Washington, DC area.

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