 | BOOK-SEAL TEAM SIX: MEMOIRES
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SEAL TEAM SIX: MEMOIRS OF AN ELITE NAVY SEAL SNIPER
BY HOWARD E. WASDIN , STEPHEN TEMPLIN .
A BOOK THAT TAKES YOU INSIDE SEAL TEAM SIX – THE COVERT SQUAD THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN 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.  Tell a Friend
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