rapidfire
In Review
American Revolution. Ac-
cused of treason by George
War on the Run: The Epic Washington, Rogers worked
Story of Robert Rogers
for the British but still is re-
and the Conquest of the
vered as an American hero
American Frontier. By
John F. Ross. Random House,
and father of today’s special
2009. $28. ISBN 978-0-553-
operations tactics.
80496-6.
Stealth Boat: Fighting the
Historian John F. Ross
Cold War in a Fast-Attack
Submarine. By Gannon
offers the most complete
McHale. Naval Institute Press,
history yet of Maj. Robert
2008. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-
United We Serve
Rogers and the savage un-
59114-502-4.
conventional warfare of
the 18th-century Amer- In one of the smartest
P
resident Obama and the Corporation for Na- ican colonial frontier. and funniest mili-
tional Community Service are engaging more This is a fabulous tary memoirs,
Americans to serve in their communities this sum- story of Rogers Stealth Boat
mer through the United We Serve program. The program (1731-95) and offers an en-
began June 22 and will run through Sept. 11, which will be how he created, listed sailor’s
marked for the fi rst time as a national day of service and trained, unique per-
remembrance. To learn about volunteer opportunities or and led spective on
to register volunteer projects in your community, visit the his green- fast-attack
program’s Web site at
www.serve.gov. coated submarine op-
“We look forward to participating in United We Serve rangers erations during
and thank the president for emphasizing this national through the the Cold War
call to service,” said MOAA President Vice Adm. Norb hardships from 1967-70. As
Ryan Jr., USN-Ret. and brutality a former yeoman
of the French striker aboard
and Indian War, the nuclear pow-
TRICAREUPDATE
inventing “a new ered USS Stur-
form of deep, geon (SSN-637), author
STARTING SEPT. 1, DoD will waive copayments for woodland warfare.” Gannon McHale tells of
some preventive services for TRICARE beneficiaries Ross highlights Rogers’ dangerous patrols in the
under age 65 — not to include Medicare-eligibles. This battles, raids, ambushes, North Atlantic, playing
change comes as a result of the FY 2009 Defense long-range reconnaissance, deadly cat-and-mouse
Authorization Act. Copayments will be dropped for and harassment operations games with Russian sub-
colorectal, breast, cervical, and prostate cancer screen- against implacable and marines, and the complex
ings. Immunizations and well-child visits for children merciless foes in the harsh business of living and
under age six also will be free of any copayments. and unforgiving North working deep under water
Although the implementation date is Sept. 1, the American wilderness as in a strange environment.
free coverage is retroactive for qualifying services re- well as his strained rela- He also tells hilarious
ceived on or after Oct. 14, 2008. Beneficiaries who were tions with stuffy British anecdotes about his ship-
charged a copayment or deductible for any of those ser- commanders who refused mates and offi cers and their
vices since Oct. 14, 2008, can file a claim for reimburse- to adapt to this new, more zany antics, along with
ment through their TRICARE contractor — but any such fl uid style of warfare. tales of wild liberty ports,
retroactive claim can’t be filed before Sept. 1. Ross also describes Rog- parties, and practical jokes.
ers’ eventual downfall in the — William D. Bushnell
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