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Bob Hicks, an eminent native Texan, devoted four decades of his existence to the defence of U.S. national security, spanning the Cold War’s zenith and paramount epochs in federal law enforcement. His ascension commenced as an enlisted Airman, where exacting roles in Nuclear Weapons Maintenance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) rapidly illuminated his fortitude under duress.
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For the great majority of the population, being a few meters from a heavily damaged nuclear bomb, making life-and-death choices, and then tracking fraudulent aircraft parts dealers around the world wo...
Some heroes wear stars on their shoulders. Others wear two stripes and weigh barely enough to qualify for basic training. Bob Hicks's memoir, "Failure Not an Option: A Cold War Memoir from Nuclear Cri...
When a nuclear warhead went missing from a missile at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1964, nobody knew what would happen next. That day taught me more about crisis management than any textbook ever could...
Ever wonder how a skinny farm kid from small town Texas ends up face to face with a heavily damaged nuclear warhead in the middle of a Cold War crisis? That is the journey at the heart of Failure Not...
