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Dear Reader,

According to Department of Defense statistics from 2008, there are 73,000 single parents serving in the United States military. Those widowed, divorced or who have given birth after enlistment account for some 5.3% of the overall military.

Single applicants with custody of a child under the age of eighteen are ineligible for enlistment. There are single parents who fight their way around these regulations by giving up custody or marrying for convenience in order to join the military.

This story falls into that gray area.

From the moment single mom Angela Adams walked into the recruiting office in Mitzi’s Marine and marine recruiter gunnery sergeant Bruce Calhoun sent her to Wyoming, I knew I had to write her story.

She was young. And pretty. And desperate.

“I might know a guy.” He scribbled directions on the back of his business card. “Lives in Wyoming. Doesn’t have a phone. He’s angry at the world right now. But he might marry you on paper. If just to get back at Uncle Sam.” He handed her the card. “What’s your name?”

“Angela,” she said.

I hope you enjoy Angela and Hatch’s story.

Rogenna Brewer