The Army Insider

About the Book

This is the true story of a man who fulfilled his destiny.  He was just a country boy from Nebraska who grew up to achieve great things for his country.  A multitude of short stories that chronicle his life begins with his parents.  To know them is to know him.  Through them, he received an adventurous childhood and he was instilled with a value system that governed his life.  The story continues with wartime exploits, travels to Iran and Pakistan, and world-wide assignments.  The story includes some people that he met along the way; some famous and some not so famous.  The man was a soldier.  A professional soldier who rose through the ranks and was considered the expert at the top of his chosen career field.  Life after the Army has involved local politics, community service, recreation and retail sales.  His primary wish in life is to see his grand children grow up and not have to follow in his footsteps.

About the Author

Sergeant Major David Carden had a distinguished 30-year Army career.  It began in Military Intelligence with the Army Security Agency.  He volunteered for Special Forces and was a member of the initial cadre of one of four elite forty-four man Special Operations Detachments (SOD) whose missions were to provide Special Forces units with timely tactical intelligence and force protection.  Sergeant Major Carden is a decorated combat veteran who served in Central America, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, and the Middle East.  On many occasions, he performed special duty with the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the State Department.  His specialized areas of interest were in security, intelligence, counter-drug and counter-insurgency.  He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts and he is a graduate of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas.  He met heads of state including two Presidents.  Sergeant Major Carden’s duties placed him in various environments…combat, diplomatic, tactical, training and academic.  Probably the most important undertaking in his illustrious career was to head the task force that determined military intelligence requirements for United States Army Special Operations through the year 2020.