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1/28/2019
The first book in this series, The High Ground, is very good -- it's definitely "18-year-old cadets stop terrorists" competency porn, but the second book, In Evil Times, picks up 10 years later, so there's lots of character development and political machinations going on, with a hefty dose of action and adventure.
Although it's a series, each book tells a complete story. There's a related story, "The Wayfarer's Advice", in Neil Clarke's Galactic Empires anthology, which takes place later in the timeline, and is quite good as a taster for the series.