A decorated combat veteran and military lawyer recounts a years-long effort to challenge the U.S. military's discriminatory HIV policies from inside the institution itself. Drawing on firsthand experience as both a servicemember and an advocate, Blood & Honor traces how bureaucratic inertia, risk aversion, and deference to procedure continue to shape outcomes long after a medical consensus has emerged.
Rather than rejecting military service, the book examines what it means to believe deeply in an institution while insisting that it live up to its stated values. It follows the author's efforts to force movement through law, policy, persistence, and public accountability, revealing how reform is resisted, delayed, reframed, and quietly achieved.
At its core, this is a study of how change happens inside large institutions, and what it costs to keep pushing when loyalty, identity, and professional survival are all on the line.
