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FREE LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING AND THE LOST HEROES OF SEAL TEAM 10 PDF Marcus Luttrell,Patrick Robinson | 392 pages | 26 Jul 2013 | Little, Brown & Company | 9780316067607 | English | New York, United States Operation Red Wings - Wikipedia Audible Premium Plus. Cancel anytime. From toU. The Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 has officially confirmed more than of Kyles kills the previous American record wasbut it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan "the devil" and placed a bounty on his head. By: Chris Kyleand others. A team of six American security operators fought to repel the attackers and protect the Americans stationed there. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 men went beyond the call of duty, performing extraordinary acts of courage and heroism, to avert tragedy on a much larger scale. By: Mitchell Zuckoffand others. Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. By: Robert O'Neill. So many had given their lives to save him-and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything-including themselves-for the sake of family, nation, and freedom. By: Marcus Luttrell. Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen. Their wounded are bleeding to death. Their ammunition and supplies are dwindling. This is the story of how they got there - and how they fought their way out. Special Forces and puts you in the middle of the most intense firelight American soldiers have fought since the Vietnam war. By: Mark Bowden. Naval Special Warfare Development Group - commonly known as SEAL Team Six - has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines. No Easy Day puts listeners alongside Owen and the other handpicked members of the man team as they train for the biggest mission of their lives. By: Mark Owenand others. The Last Punisher is a bold, no-holds-barred first-person account of the Iraq War. These brave men were instrumental in securing the key locations in the pivotal Battle of Ramadi, told with stunning detail in this book. By: Kevin Laczand others. In the best-selling tradition of American Sniper and ShooterIrving shares the true story of his extraordinary career, including his deployment to Afghanistan in the summer ofwhen he set another record, this time for enemy kills on a single deployment. His teammates and chain of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 labeled him "The Reaper," and his actions on the battlefield became the stuff of legend, culminating in an extraordinary face-off against an enemy sniper known simply as The Chechnian. By: Gary Brozekand others. With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world. What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? By: Dick Couch. They relish the opportunity to fight. In this hilarious and personal memoir, listeners ride shotgun alongside former Army Ranger and private military contractor and current social media phenomenon Mat Best, into the action and its aftermath, both abroad and at home. By: Mat Bestand others. Outnumbered Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn. By: Doug Stanton. 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 US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. By: David Goggins. By: Eric Blehm. An updated edition of the blockbuster best-selling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two US Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. By: Jocko Willinkand others. In the fall ofTaliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing from entrenched positions, the enemy was positioned to wipe out men who were pinned down and were repeatedly refused artillery support. Ordered to remain behind with the vehicles, 21 year-old Marine corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed orders and attacked to rescue his comrades. By: Dakota Meyerand others. By: Howard E. Wasdinand others. For fans of the New York Times best sellers The Last Punisher and Lone Survivora heart-pounding military memoir from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon sergeant turned journalist about the incredible highs and devastating lows of his career. By: Jack Murphy. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before. Each mission is an in-depth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. Told in a thrilling narrative, this is also a heart-pounding true story of some of the Reaper's boldest missions, including the longest shot of his military career on a human target of over half a mile. By: Nicholas Irvingand others. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. His squadmates fought valiantly beside him until he was the only one left alive, blasted by an RPG into a place where his pursuers could not find him. Over the next four days, terribly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell crawled for miles through the mountains and was taken in by sympathetic villagers who risked their lives to keep him safe from surrounding Taliban warriors. A born and raised Texan, Marcus Luttrell takes us from the Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 of SEAL training, where he and his fellow SEALs discovered what it took to join the most elite of the American special forces, to a fight in the desolate hills of Afghanistan for which they never could have been prepared. His account of his squadmates' heroism and mutual support renders an experience for which two of his squadmates were posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for combat heroism that is both heartrending and life-affirming. In this rich chronicle of courage and sacrifice, honor and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers a powerful narrative of modern war. The titles that Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 under the designation of military audiobooks are more varied and diverse than you might think. From firsthand combat accounts to imaginative works of fiction, these listens cover a lot of ground on both domestic and international disputes, scientific and sociological analyses, male and female perspectives, lessons from victory and loss, and more. What they have in common, though, are themes of courage, loss, and determination. Any additional comments? Don't pay too much attention to the complaints about either the narrator or the author's conservative politics. The reader may bother some, but I listened to this book straight through over the course of several flights out west, and loved it -- the only time I took it out was literally at TSA. Seriously - the narration is fine, and the authors occasional politics asides are amusing and endearing even to a liberal like as me, Well worth the credit. Dick Couch's 'Warrior Elite' edges this one out as the best so far, and I mention it becuae there is a relation betwen the two books. Couch expertly documented in his Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. The novel begins a bit slow, and the readers attempt at a 'texas good ole boy' accent is distracting, but once the story shifts to Operation Red Wing, the pace picks up. Navy SEALS are not just the toughest, best trained fighting division in the world, they are also an ultra rare breed of men. Their stories are simply amazing. What did you love best about Lone Survivor? I loved the way that Marcus' family was supported so completely by his community and his shipmates. And, of course, the missions themselves were hair raising listens! Who was your favorite character and why? Marcus - his story, his ethics, and his personal views on the media and politics came through loud and clear.

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