Honor. Courage. Commitment. These are the core values of the US Navy, a foundation of ethics by which every sailor must stand to be successful. From the time US Navy recruits raise their right hand and take the oath of enlistment, they are told these values are enough to make them respected sailors. But imagine when these values are not enough.
Landon Wilson enlisted in the US Navy in 2011 at the age of twenty-one. Wilson served within the military with distinction and was appreciated by his coworkers. However, he joined the military as someone he had never recognized until he began his transition from female to male.
"Brother in Arms" is the recollection of Wilson's firsthand experiences as a transgender individual within the US military, an institution where an estimated fifteen thousand transgender people serve despite a longstanding policy that bans their open service. Having to live his life in a constant balancing act, being forced to choose between serving the country he loves or becoming the person he knows himself to be, Wilson crossed the boundaries. He chose both. In a memoir that takes audiences through the devastating childhood realization that something wasn't quite right to the optimism of enlisting, beginning transition, and being promoted in the same breath he is told his service no longer counts to the US military, "Brother in Arms" will challenge the foundational values, concluding that there is nothing that takes more honor, nor courage, than to commit to being your own true self.
- ISBN10 1632206587
- ISBN13 9781632206589
- Publish Date 18 June 2015
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English