Strength and Honor : 64 Stories of Leadership, Character, and Values [first edition]

Before bedtime in the Hinek household, my father read stories from the Bible and other great books to my twin brother and me. While in the Army, stories were always swapped around the barracks, in a motor pool, on a flight line, and during deployments. People have often gravitated toward the personal and military stories I have shared on leadership, character and values. Who doesn't like a good story? They can make us laugh, smile, think, or cry. Over the course of 20 plus years as an Apache pilot and leader in the Army spanning a number of different post and deployments in South Korea, Germany, Albania, and Afghanistan, I filled 26 little green books with thousands of observations and lessons. Strength and Honor is my effort to share 64 of the best leadership stories I learned from my family, the church, and the military such as setting a foundation, learning a craft, practicing standards of excellence, perfecting the art and science of command, and observing lifelong leadership.