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O'Neill delivers a military memoir as he describes the nonstop action of his deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, evokes the black humor of years-long combat, brings to vivid life the lethal efficiency of the military's most selective units, and reveals details of the most celebrated terrorist takedown in history. 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Deploying as a SEAL more than a dozen times, O'Neill participated in more than four-hundred combat missions across four different theaters of war. During his remarkable career, he was decorated more than fifty-two times. Among the honors he received were two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars with Valor, a Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, three Presidential Unit Citations, and a Navy\/Marine Corps Commendation with Valor\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eO'Neill helped cofound Your Grateful Nation, an organization committed to transitioning Special Operations veterans into their next successful career. 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She ran endurance distances on an increasingly Spartan diet, shoving through her own body's resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pushed to the brink by a leadership and a culture that demands women shrink themselves, she finally looked to the women around her, and began to wonder what else she was losing. Quietly but inexorably, the power of other women's stories whispered an alternative path to what it means to be a woman, and a warrior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHollow\u003c\/i\u003e is a story for anyone whose identity has been prescribed to them--and has dared question if there is another way to live. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bailey Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. 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