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A book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six ? the covert squad that killed Osama Bin Laden
Macmillan
May 2011
On Sale: May 10, 2011
352 pages
ISBN: 031269945X
EAN: 9780312699451
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
SEAL Team Six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism,
hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. In this dramatic,
behind-the-scenes chronicle, Howard Wasdin takes readers
deep inside the world of Navy SEALS and Special Forces
snipers, beginning with the grueling selection process of
Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)—the toughest and
longest military training in the world. After graduating, Wasdin faced new challenges. First there
was combat in Operation Desert Storm as a member of SEAL
Team Two. Then the Green Course: the selection process to
join the legendary SEAL Team Six, with a curriculum that
included practiced land warfare to unarmed combat. More than
learning how to pick a lock, they learned how to blow the
door off its hinges. Finally as a member of SEAL Team Six he
graduated from the most storied and challenging sniper
program in the country: The Marine’s Scout Sniper School.
Eventually, of the 18 snipers in SEAL Team Six, Wasdin
became the best—which meant one of the best snipers on the
planet. Less than half a year after sniper school, he was fighting
for his life. The mission: capture or kill Somalian warlord
Mohamed Farrah Aidid. From rooftops, helicopters and alleys,
Wasdin hunted Aidid and killed his men whenever possible.
But everything went quickly to hell when his small band of
soldiers found themselves fighting for their lives, cut off
from help, and desperately trying to rescue downed comrades
during a routine mission. The Battle of Mogadishu, as it
become known, left 18 American soldiers dead and 73 wounded.
Howard Wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off while
engaging the enemy. His dramatic combat tales combined with
inside details of becoming one of the world’s deadliest
snipers make this one of the most explosive military memoirs
in years.
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