Statistics suggest that 7.3 percent of all living Americans have served or are currently serving in the military. Author Rick Vuyst delves into his own personal thoughts as one of the 92.7 percent who never served in the military. To understand better he spends a year with veterans listening to their stories. In the process he wrestles with the fact he never served and reflects on the freedoms he enjoys because of the service and sacrifice of others. He turns back the clock by capturing stories and changing physically, mentally, emotionally. Veterans are all around us in our daily lives but unless we hear their story in many cases those stories and lessons are lost. They pass by us just as a ship passes a lighthouse, except in this case they pass by us on the street, in the store, at church or at work in our daily lives. The veterans he comes across and visits inspire him, humble him, educate him, challenge him. They in turn share with Rick thoughts they had stored away from experiences in the past. Many times he is told over the course of the year by veterans that he was "stirring up thoughts and memories long forgotten." The veterans he met with helped him experience the gamut of emotions as together they experience sorrow, joy, regret, laughter, tears, frustrations, accomplishment and more in the course of their conversations. Their stories are told in Rick's words in Operation Rumination.In the book's denouement Rick unties his thoughts and shares them with you. The common threads he found among the veterans, lessons of selfless service, the results of his Army physical training test and how he got there, and settles his life-long regrets for having never served.

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