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Pub. Date
c2011
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When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALS. When the SEALS send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. Now Howard Wasdin takes readers deep into their world - beginning with the toughest and longest military training in the world. Wasdin's dramatic combat tales combine with his story of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers to make...
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Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xv, 301 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"A first-person account of the Iraq War, from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team 3 with American Sniper Chris Kyle, describes their legendary unit, “The Punishers,” and provides gripping details of their missions in Ramadi,"--NoveList.
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xi, 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the American Officers' Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II -- the place where a young Bill McRaven learned the value of a good story. Sea Stories is an unforgettable look back on one man's incredible life, from childhood days sneaking into high-security military sites to a day job of hunting terrorists and rescuing hostages."--Amazon.com....
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Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
9 CDs (ca. 665 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a moving and inspiring memoir told with genuine humility, Eric Greitens offers something new in the history of military memoirs. A warrior who wanted to be strong to be good, only to discover that he had to be good to be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. The result is a lesson for all.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
309 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Description
The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training as he battled injustice.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
252 pages
Description
"By Honor Bound is the story of Tom Norris and Mike Thornton, two living American heroes who grew up very differently, entered military service and the Navy SEAL teams for vastly different reasons, and were thrown together for a single combat mission--a mission that would define their lives from that day forward."--Amazon.com.
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The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen?s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author?s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, offers a rare counterpoint: an account...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 275 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Ritland started his own company training and supplying dogs for the SEAL teams, U.S. Government, and Department of Defense. In "Trident K9 Warriors" he gives readers an inside look at these elite canines--who they are, how they are trained, and the extreme missions they undertake saving countless lives, asking for little in the way of reward.
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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare. Poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
381 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Description
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments.
12) Sea stories
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Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 CDs (10 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the American Officers' Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II -- the place where a young Bill McRaven learned the value of a good story. Sea Stories is an unforgettable look back on one man's incredible life, from childhood days sneaking into high-security military sites to a day job of hunting terrorists and rescuing hostages."--Amazon.com....
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Publisher
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, these two former roommates and best friends were...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"Trident K9 Warriors gave readers an inside look at the SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors--who they are, how they are trained, and the extreme missions they undertake to save lives. From detecting explosives to eliminating the bad guys, these powerful dogs are also some of the smartest and highest skilled working animals on the planet. Mike Ritland's job is to train them.This special edition re-telling presents the dramatic tale of how Ritland discovered...
15) The red circle: my life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and how I trained America's deadliest marksmen
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
380 p., [16] : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations, to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Red Circle provides a rare and personal look at the inner workings of the US military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career designing new post-9/11 sniper training courses that...
16) Defend us in battle: the true story of MA2 Navy SEAL medal of honor recipient Michael A. Monsoor
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Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
189 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"On September 29, 2006, Michael Monsoor and three SEAL snipers watched vigilantly for enemy activity from their rooftop post in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. When a grenade thrown from insurgents bounced off Michael's chest, he could have escaped. Instead, he threw himself onto the live grenade, shielding his fellow soldiers from the immediate explosion. Michael died thirty minutes later, having made the ultimate sacrifice. As George Monsoor (Michael's father)...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
ix, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's 400 career missions included attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips. It culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. Now O'Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduous evaluation and training process; and the even tougher...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
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On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life. He then explained how anyone can use these basic...
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Publisher
NAL Caliber, an imprint of New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 255 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
As a Navy SEAL, Brandon Webb rose to the top of the worlds most elite sniper corps, experiencing years of punishing training and combat missions from the Persian Gulf to Afghanistan. Among the best of the best, he led the SEALs clandestine sniper training program as course manager, instructing a new generation of the worlds top snipers. Along the way, Webb served beside, trained, and supported men he came to know not just as fellow warriors, but as...
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"From Beau Wise and Tom Sileo comes Three Wise Men, an incredible memoir of family, service and sacrifice by a Marine who lost both his brothers in combat--becoming the only "Sole Survivor" during the war in Afghanistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the ensuing war, which has become the longest ever fought...
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