Command Decision - Softcover

Tom Lohr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1457551497 ISBN 13: 9781457551499

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

While escorting supertankers in and out of the Persian Gulf, the crew of the USS Wadsworth is called upon to rescue a stricken naval vessel in Command Decision. Setting sail without the ship's officers, Ted Lawson becomes the ship's reluctant de facto commander. With the support of a seasoned crew, Ted must make one command decision after another as the tiny warship takes on the Iranian Air Force and Navy. For the USS Wadsworth, there is only one way out of the Persian Gulf: through the bloody Straits of Hormuz. Against heavy odds, Lawson must make decisions that pit the well-being of those under his command against defending the strategic interests of the United States. With limited ammunition and experience, he knows doing what is expected will be costly.

Adventurer, traveler, baseball fan, and dealer of death and destruction, Tom Lohr spent twenty-four years in the United States Navy as technician and operator for surface-to-air and cruise missile systems. Serving mainly on guided-missile destroyers and frigates, he survived several tours patrolling the Persian Gulf, including a stint during the Iran-Iraq War.
Spending his youth as an island-hopping, skirt-chasing drunk with one foot in the grave while galavanting throughout the South Pacific, he finally wised up and rose to the rank of Master Chief Fire Controlman. After retiring from the military, he spent one year at the research facility at the South Pole, and seven years working in the pipeline industry.
An avid admirer of mid-century modern architecture, fashion, and automobiles; pitching duels; and fine whiskey, he now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

About this title

From the Author

Command Decision is a combination of fiction and my real-life experiences escorting oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. While the story is fiction, the technical details are fact. ~Tom Lohr

About the Author

Tom Lohr served in the United States Navy for 24 years, servicing and operating surface-to-air and cruise missile systems. A veteran of several deployments to the Persian Gulf during tenuous times, he embeds his military experiences in Command Decision. 
After his military careers, Tom lived and worked in Antarctica for 13 months and in the pipeline industry for 7 years. During his travels he indulged in two of his passions: hot dogs and baseball. Both are the basis for his first book, Gone to the Dogs: In Search of the Best Ballpark Hot Dog.
Tom has traveled extensively, he has lived in 6 countries, visited more than 40 and has explored all seven continents. As well as seeing a baseball game in all 30 MLB ballparks; twice. A native of rural West Virginia, Tom now resides (at least for now) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1457551497
• ISBN 13: 9781457551499
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 290