The Enlisted Mens Club is the first of a trilogy of stories about military life by the late Gary Reilly based on his experiences in Vietnam Private Palmer is stationed at San Franciscos army base at The Presidio awaiting orders Hes trying to find his place in the ranks And trying to avoid work While hes been trained as a Military Policeman he has no idea whats next Palmer keeps a low profile by day and seeks escape in the bars at night The trick to survival he decides is not to care about anything during his time in the Army To his surprise thats the most difficult challenge of allAdvance Praise for The Enlisted Mens ClubGary Reilly has written a masterful account of serving in the US military He perfectly captures the interior and exterior life of an American soldier during the turbulent Vietnam era The Enlisted Mens Club nails the essence of a young man waiting to be shipped out and staring down war Steve Singular author of The Wichita Divide When Men Become Gods Unholy Messenger The BTK Story and moreI highly recommend The Enlisted Mens Club to those who wish to enjoy a book about the last weeks before a young man ends up in Vietnam convinced he will die there David Wilson The Vietnam Veterans of America Books In ReviewGary Reilly draws a deeply true and convincing portrait of a soldier and his time in this wonderful novel about the Vietnam era A flawed man on the verge of leaving for war struggles to find his place in his unit and in the world in a story so well told that we can all relate to his search for human connection Helen Thorpe author of the forthcoming Soldier Girls Simon and Schuster and Just Like UsWhen writer Gary Reilly died in 2011 he left behind a trove of manuscripts In all there were more than 25 novels all unpublished Each was carefully crafted rewritten countless times and polished to his high professional standards He also left one more sheet of paperhis threesentence will His last directions gave his friends Mike Keefe and Mark Stevens permission to publish his worksThey immediately established Running Meter Press for the sole purpose to carry out Garys wishes In 2012 in association with Boulders Big Earth Publishing in Boulder Running Meter Press launched The Asphalt Warrior the first in a series of eleven comic novels featuring Denver cab driver Brendan Murphy aka MurphTo date we have published the first seven in the series each one of them reaching the top three in The Denver Posts Local Bestsellers List The second novel Ticket to Hollywood was a finalist for the 2013 Colorado Book AwardBut Reilly was not just a writer of humor He created mysteries science fiction and deeper literary works It is now time to expose readers to Garys more serious sideBased on his own experiences in the US Army including a tour of duty in Vietnam during the war Reilly wrote a trilogy about Private Palmer a draftee adrift in the military bureaucracy trying to make sense of his existence facing an unknown futureThe Enlisted Mens Club finds Private Palmer stationed at San Franciscos army base at The Presidio awaiting orders Hes been trained as a Military Policeman and struggles with the military order and its subtle codes of behavior and power in the ranks He focuses his attention on killing time finding cold beer and thinking up ways to survive each day More than anything that means avoiding the st details The trick Private Palmer decides is not care about anything for the next eighteen months To his surprise thats the most difficult challenge of allReillys range is apparent in this new series Palmer in his own way is as memorable a character as