![]() invasion of Grenada and the founding and early history of two United States Navy counter-terrorist units, SEAL Team SIX and Red Cell. It covers the early history of the SEAL units, his participation in the Vietnam War, the Iran hostage rescue attempt in 1980 and the U.S. For it is the spirit of the real Teams that shaped these extraordinary individuals and positioned them for success - in every battlefield and every endeavor they would face in life.Rogue Warrior is an autobiography by career US naval officer Richard "Dick" Marcinko, who spent his career struggling to win acceptance for special warfare SEAL units within the Navy establishment. ![]() ![]() From setting up an ambush to making a HAHO - high altitude, high opening - parachute jump, from the Philippines to Desert Storm, the stories in the book are about real men and real missions, and about the SEAL mentality of teamwork, training, loyalty, and never-say-die aggression. The Real Team also reveals the Rogue Warrior's secrets for Team selection and Team Maintenance. After all those years in the Navy, it was fantastic. Steve Hartman, the fictionalized Stevie Wonder, talks about how it felt to become a member of Red Cell: "Being part of the Teams was like going home. Within the first couple of seconds, I'm laying down 200 rounds of ammunition. The Sandinistas are caught between fire in front of them and off to the right side. I dropped the gun down, reloaded the weapon and came up shooting. Thomas Capel, the real life counterpart of Nasty Nicky Grundle, remembers the day he turned down an appointment to the Naval Academy in order to finish his BUD/S training, and his first combat experiences in Nicaragua: "I'm standing in waist-deep water. servicemen to rogue warriors whose only rule was that the warrior does not give up. Here, for the first time the real life models for such characters as Indian Jew, "Doc" Tremblay, Duckfoot Dewey, the Golddust Twins and Prince Valiant narrate their journeys from the civilian world to BUD/S training, their first experiences under fire, and how they turned from newbies to seasoned veterans, from loyal U.S. ![]() The Real Team tells it like it is: how highly motivated individuals come to the Teams, how they train, and how they fight in the four corners of the globe.įrom the sea, from the air, or from the land - SEAL Teams attack the enemy from any direction, any time, with weapons ranging from a K-bar knife to an AK-47. Now, after coauthoring five consecutive New York Times bestselling Rogue Warrior novels based on the exploits of his SEAL Teams, he calls upon the warriors who served by his side to tell their own stories. Richard Marcinko first exploded out of the clandestine world of special forces/unconventional warfare with his #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography Rogue Warrior®. ![]()
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