this isn't my first read through of the book, and while I do enjoy the story, there's a couple things I noticed this time. Griffin is ridiculously redundant and the editing is not great.
1)how many "Ernie's" does a series need? two Ed's?
2) is it possible to not "recap" a characters entire history twice in each book? (no other characters middle initial/name is used, so why is Jack Stecker's (sorry... NMI Stecker) every time he shows up?

editing:
at the end of Book One, Ken gets back to the Foster from the Phillipines (and wherever in between) on January 17. the first chunk of Book Two with Ken and Ernie take place on Jan 7-8.
2) Carlson specifically says he doesn't want married men. barely a couple chapters later, McCoy's new married with a kid on the way boatmate is a Raider.
Pretty sure there are other things.
good read. just some holes.