My debut book, Saber 27: A Memoir, is due for publication with Pen and Sword Books in Spring 2025. Check back soon for book cover updates, excerpts, publicity dates, and other fun promo stuff. (Note: the current picture is a placeholder for the cover.)

Saber 27: A Memoir

Captain Anne “Chichi” Armstrong, a newly minted AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter pilot in the United States Marine Corps, dreamt of flying in combat after living through the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers a decade earlier. Eager to “make it,” especially after her struggles in flight school, she can think of no greater challenge, and reward, than flying her Cobra over the skies of Afghanistan. When a chance opportunity to fight, and fly, in Helmand Province is suddenly offered, Chichi eagerly accepts. She spends six months in Camp Leatherneck behind a desk in a plywood office. Despite her initial frustration, she begins to enjoy her time deployed. Even better, she flies with the skid squadrons in-country, finally realizing her dream of becoming a combat attack helicopter pilot. She’s made it. Or so she thinks.