Yet another chal­lenge coin exchange! Stan­dard pre­amble: I exchange chal­lenge coins with mem­bers of the mil­i­tary, law-enforcement or other orga­ni­za­tions that use chal­lenge coins. The SHADOW OPSseries cen­ters around a fic­tional mil­i­tary unit called the SOC, and I have had chal­lenge coins cre­ated for this unit.

This exchange hap­pened while I was signing copies of CONTROL POINT at the USMC exchange on their base in Quan­tico, Vir­ginia. I’m set­ting up the table when who should walk in but one of my editor’s brother: Cap­tain Sherbo, US Army! It’s nice to see that mil­i­tary ser­vice is part of the Penguin/Ace family. CPT Sherbo was kind enough to exchange one of his ROTC class coins for my SOC coin.

CPT Sherbo and I exchange coins

L — My SOC coin. R — CPT Sherbo’s ROTC coin. Your coin gets mine!

Really psy­ched to have a coin from a family member of my pub­lisher and an out­standing com­pany grade officer in the US army. Hope the SOC coin travels with him on his future tours, as I know his coin will stay in my col­lec­tion wher­ever I go.

Remember, your coin gets mine! If you’re mil­i­tary, law-enforcement, or a member of another orga­ni­za­tion that uses chal­lenge coins and want to trade with me, email me at myke (at) mykecole (dot) com.