I'm a former Marine as well...and the author of seven books - the seventh, "Digest of the Broken Road Traveler" will be out in just a week now on Dec 10th.
I self publish and have my own publishing LLC...and I am a MS expert. If you need help with publishing, my FRiend, send me a private message. It would take me no time to format your Word doc for KDP (Amazon) upload in both print and eBook.
You can see my work on Amazon in their search bar by typing in R. Glenn Kelly (I do speaking engagements and writing under that name).
Let me know, sir...you need help, I'm here.
Several here have published books. There are threads for gardening, cooking, and there used to be an interesting one about Anna Nicole Smith. If there’s one about books, I would like to be added to the list. A number of members have books published.