""From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force. Because of the dangers inherent in Naval Special Warfare, prospective SEALs go through what is con[...]
This is a compilation of nearly 9,000 separate reports on damaged or destroyed US Navy and US Marine Corps fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft during the Vietnam War. Volume 1 includes a subset of the 2,550 aircraft - those attached to aircraft carriers and LPH's and those attached to the 187 squadrons[...]
This is a compilation of nearly 9,000 separate reports on damaged or destroyed US Navy and US Marine Corps fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft during the Vietnam War. Volume 2 is the complete set of all 2,550 aircraft listed by BuNo. There are also some 2,240 people named in Volume 2 who are associate[...]
Now from Brandon Webb, Navy SEAL sniper and "New York Times" bestselling author, comes his personal account of the eight friends and fellow SEALs who made the ultimate sacrifice.
""Knowing these great men--who they were, how they lived, and what they stood for--has changed my life. We can't let [...]
At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Muslim terrorists sworn to carry out jihad against all Western powers. As timely and familiar as these events may seem, they occurred more than two centuries[...]
Desperately fought on the morning of October 25, 1944, the Battle of Samar was an upset victory won by American warships fighting a battle they were never supposed to fight. Filled with riveting details, this is war at sea as it has seldom been presented before.[...]
A series of firsthand accounts chronicle the real-life exploits and perilous adventures of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Units, warriors who, during World War II, took on dangerous missions behind enemy lines and who became the precursors to the U.S. Navy SEALs. Original.[...]
The mission: Become the most skilled, highly-trained, and deadliest fighter pilots in the world. The place: TOP GUN In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy's kill ratio had fallen to 2:1 -- a deadly decline in pilot combat effectiveness. To improve the odds, a corps of hardened fight[...]
Here is the authentic manual used to train the patrol leaders of the U.S. Navy's elite SEAL teams. An exclusive inside look at the mission planning process, target analysis, rules of engagement, the warning order and patrol leader's order, insertion and extraction methods, escape and evasion procedu[...]
The mission:
Become the most skilled, highly-trained, and deadliest
fighter pilots in the world.
The place: TOP GUN
In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy's kill ratio had fallen to 2:1 -- a deadly decline in pilot combat effectiveness. To improve the odds, a corps [...]
At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Muslim terrorists sworn to carry out jihad against all Western powers. As timely and familiar as these events may seem, they occurred more than two centuries[...]
The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history--an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demolition experts, and guerrilla warriors ready for sea, air, and land combat. Born out of a proud naval[...]
There were no dry runs for Seawolves in Vietnam.
They put their lives on the line--every time.
In the Viet Cong-infested Mekong Delta, where small SEAL teams were always""outgunned and outnumbered, discovery brought swift, deadly consequences-- and a radio call for backup from the United Sta[...]
U.S. Navy SEAL officers Jocko Willink and Leif Babin were sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq and there they face a seemingly impossible mission: help secure Ramadi, a city deemed "e;all but lost."e; Sharing stories recounting acts of heroism, tragic loss, and victories, the SEAL Te[...]
Updated and expanded to include activities and operations in Afghanistan as well as bin Laden mission: * The Osama bin Laden mission-overview and lessons learned * SEALs at war-how combat operations over the past eight years have changed the Navy Special Warfare mission * Counter-piracy ops-how s[...]