Taking Flight

Duty, honor, sacrifice. That motto means everything to newly commissioned Second Lieutenant Ashlyn Shaw. She thinks she understands the meaning of those simple words. Little does she know. Challenged by those who believe she made it through the Academy on her family's coattails, a roommate who just wants to see some action and a gunnery sergeant determined to make a real Marine out of her, Ash soon realizes what it really means to be a Marine. As the signs point to war on the horizon, she is determined to do everything she can to serve Fuercon and do the Corps proud.Taking Flight is a short story set in the Honor and Duty series universe.