Williams, Kayla

SPC Kayla Williams and SGT Brian McGough met in 2003. They were instantly attracted to each other and no one could have predicted that Brian, on his way back to base after a leave, would be affected by a roadside bomb that would send shrapnel through his brain. With courage and commitment, Williams and McGough have worked through the myriad devastating effects of traumatic brain injust and PTSD.

The author describes what it meant to her to be a woman soldier serving her country in a war zone, and shares the danger and death around her, interaction with the local people, and criticism against the inefficiencies and errors of the military.