For Those Who Fell — William C. Dietz

War is a way of life...
After the battleship that served as its capital is destroyed, the Confederacy prepares to establish a new headquarters on the snowy, windswept planet of Algeron--birthplace of General Bill Booly, who is put in charge of the mission.

...for those who refuse to die.
But the alien Ramanthians are not finished fighting. And volatile First Lieutenant Antonio Santana is chosen to lead a special ops mission to seize their research facility, where a faster-than-ship communications antenna has been detected. Now, the stage is set for an epic struggle on both fronts, as two men prepare to face losses worse than death to save the Confederacy.