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Soldier Citizen: A true story of service to country, life after the military, and thoughts for the future of America
LIFE OF AMERICAN SERVICE
Military, Community, Family
Family history can lay a path for generations. In author K.K. Sullivan’s American-Irish family, military service ran wide and deep. At a young age, Sullivan knew that military service would be part of his life, and would provide opportunities for training, education, meaningful life work, and the love of his country.
Soldier Citizen, Sullivan’s first book, follows his life from his early years through retirement, to love, family, and friendship. Like many other Americans, after he left the Army, his life path led him in and out of further military service and community service. He experienced ups and downs, danger and debilitating health issues, and a lot of life lessons. Here, he hopes to share the life of one American soldier citizen and encourage his fellow veterans to share their stories as well.
“Someone has to think about the future of the people."
Part II of Soldier Citizen examines Sullivan’s thoughts and philosophies on the future of America and her diverse people. From drivers ED, to commerce, to the environment, Sullivan shares his solutions to improve the lives of future generations.
Military, Community, Family
Family history can lay a path for generations. In author K.K. Sullivan’s American-Irish family, military service ran wide and deep. At a young age, Sullivan knew that military service would be part of his life, and would provide opportunities for training, education, meaningful life work, and the love of his country.
Soldier Citizen, Sullivan’s first book, follows his life from his early years through retirement, to love, family, and friendship. Like many other Americans, after he left the Army, his life path led him in and out of further military service and community service. He experienced ups and downs, danger and debilitating health issues, and a lot of life lessons. Here, he hopes to share the life of one American soldier citizen and encourage his fellow veterans to share their stories as well.
“Someone has to think about the future of the people."
Part II of Soldier Citizen examines Sullivan’s thoughts and philosophies on the future of America and her diverse people. From drivers ED, to commerce, to the environment, Sullivan shares his solutions to improve the lives of future generations.
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280 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 28, 2020
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March 31, 2021
Parts are Fantastic
I mostly enjoyed soldier citizen citizen by K. K. Sullivan
He talks of his time in the military and that was incredibly interesting. Great examples are his school for jumping out of airplanes for his deployment to the jungle. This part of the book is a biography of a real American hero.
And now for the bad news. The second part of the book is him rambling about all kinds of programs and his ideas to make the world a better place and I quite frankly didn’t care much about his opinion of all this. If that had been the title of the book I would not have taken it.
I am really sorry I couldn’t give four stars but the second part of the book just lost the motion that was gained in the terrific first part.
I connected with it because it’s all about Nebraska where I live, it’s about the military which I spent 24 years, and it’s about Bellevue Nebraska where we have lived for many years.
I ever ever so lightly recommend this book.
I mostly enjoyed soldier citizen citizen by K. K. Sullivan
He talks of his time in the military and that was incredibly interesting. Great examples are his school for jumping out of airplanes for his deployment to the jungle. This part of the book is a biography of a real American hero.
And now for the bad news. The second part of the book is him rambling about all kinds of programs and his ideas to make the world a better place and I quite frankly didn’t care much about his opinion of all this. If that had been the title of the book I would not have taken it.
I am really sorry I couldn’t give four stars but the second part of the book just lost the motion that was gained in the terrific first part.
I connected with it because it’s all about Nebraska where I live, it’s about the military which I spent 24 years, and it’s about Bellevue Nebraska where we have lived for many years.
I ever ever so lightly recommend this book.
October 22, 2021
I received this book in a goodreads giveaway and this is my honest review.
I thought the first half was interesting where the author describes his experiences in the military. I felt it was written as more of a collection of various memories rather than a narrative story, which I didn't mind at all. I did get a little confused at parts because I didn't always understand the analogies being used, but that may have just been me.
The second half of the book was kind of hard to get through, which was a series of ideas the author had on various topics, like education, workforce, etc. Although I agreed with some of the points and the author had some interesting ideas, but I didn't really like the style of it being written from the perspective of the Founding Fathers. I felt it was a little bit preachy at times and some of the issues discussed are more nuanced than the solutions presented. But hey, when you write your own book, that's your platform to share what you want! Again, bits of it became hard to follow at times and I found there to be some grammar/sentence structure issues that contributed to that confusion throughout.
I thought the first half was interesting where the author describes his experiences in the military. I felt it was written as more of a collection of various memories rather than a narrative story, which I didn't mind at all. I did get a little confused at parts because I didn't always understand the analogies being used, but that may have just been me.
The second half of the book was kind of hard to get through, which was a series of ideas the author had on various topics, like education, workforce, etc. Although I agreed with some of the points and the author had some interesting ideas, but I didn't really like the style of it being written from the perspective of the Founding Fathers. I felt it was a little bit preachy at times and some of the issues discussed are more nuanced than the solutions presented. But hey, when you write your own book, that's your platform to share what you want! Again, bits of it became hard to follow at times and I found there to be some grammar/sentence structure issues that contributed to that confusion throughout.
January 21, 2022
I was probably not the intended audience. I honestly did not understand 85% of this book between the metaphors, the military speech, jargon, and slang, and the jumping around topic to topic. This needed a strong editor and stronger focus as it was really all over the place. Lots of stream of consciousness type writing. Also, I just did not connect with the author whatsoever which also did not help. I think the idea of the story and some of the information was interesting, this just needed to be cleaned up a lot. I won this in a Goodreads giveaway.
July 12, 2023
Poorly written
Another extraneous use of the authors initials for his modified saying. Written as a disjointed story going from chronological to subject based. W
It's supposed to be written to help other service members deal/overcome PTSD and doesn't even come close. The author slides into a political diatribe that is unsupported by fact.
This book is a true disservice to other former military that have written great books with accurate information
Another extraneous use of the authors initials for his modified saying. Written as a disjointed story going from chronological to subject based. W
It's supposed to be written to help other service members deal/overcome PTSD and doesn't even come close. The author slides into a political diatribe that is unsupported by fact.
This book is a true disservice to other former military that have written great books with accurate information
April 1, 2021
Phenomenal!
Thought-provoking!
K.K. Sullivan shares his life in the military -- great insight into what it means to be a life-long service member. He also delves into his thoughts about jobs, education, security, commerce, fighting forest fires, and more from his knowledge and experience.
Take the time to read this one.
Thought-provoking!
K.K. Sullivan shares his life in the military -- great insight into what it means to be a life-long service member. He also delves into his thoughts about jobs, education, security, commerce, fighting forest fires, and more from his knowledge and experience.
Take the time to read this one.
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