The Detachment is the second novel in a trilogy about military life by the late Gary Reilly, based on his own experiences as an MP in Vietnam. In The Detachment, Private Palmer flies to Vietnam where is assigned to Qui Nhon. The scenery changes from his time at The Presidio (where The Enlisted Men's Club took place), but not Private Palmer's efforts to mark time, avoid the spotlight, keep his head down and try to survive. As an MP, Private Palmer rarely leaves the military base but the war comes to him nonetheless. Private Palmer tests new limits of his capacity...

The Discharge is the third novel in a trilogy about military life and its aftermath by the late writer Gary Reilly. The novels are based on Reilly's service as an MP in Vietnam and his experiences before and after the war. Private Palmer, Reilly's protagonist, has trained to become a military policeman (The Enlisted Men's Club, ) served a year in the Southeast Asian war zone (The Detachment) and now faces the challenge of finding his away again as a civilian (The Discharge). The transition at home is rocky. Palmer's strategies for surviving military...