This group will explore inspiring true tales of courage and resilience - war stories, man-made and natural disasters, and other moments of human triumph throughout history.  If you enjoy biographies and nonfiction, please join us.

This month's book: Trident K9 warriors: My Tale from the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines by Mike Ritland

As a SEAL on combat deployment in Iraq, Mike Ritland saw a military working dog in action and instantly knew he’d found his true calling. While the SEAL teams had used dogs in the past, they never had dogs trained specifically by SEALs for SEALs. To fill this void, Ritland started his own company after he retired, training and supplying dogs for the West Coast SEAL teams. He knew that less than 1 percent of all working dogs had what it takes to contribute to the success of our nation’s elite combat units, and began searching the globe for animals who fit this specific profile. These specialized canines had to pass rigorous selection tests before their serious training could begin.The results were a highly trained working dogs capable of handling both detection and apprehension work in the most extreme environments and the tensest of battlefield conditions.