AccueilGroupesDiscussionsPlusTendances
Site de recherche
Ce site utilise des cookies pour fournir nos services, optimiser les performances, pour les analyses, et (si vous n'êtes pas connecté) pour les publicités. En utilisant Librarything, vous reconnaissez avoir lu et compris nos conditions générales d'utilisation et de services. Votre utilisation du site et de ses services vaut acceptation de ces conditions et termes.

Résultats trouvés sur Google Books

Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.

SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL…
Chargement...

SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper (édition 2011)

par Howard E. Wasdin (Auteur), Stephen Templin (Auteur)

MembresCritiquesPopularitéÉvaluation moyenneMentions
7552129,530 (3.65)10
Biography & Autobiography. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:

A book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six??the covert squad that killed Osama bin Laden

When the navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six??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??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 (ST6), with a curriculum that included everything from 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 member of ST6, he graduated from the most storied and challenging sniper program in the country: the Marine Corps Scout Sniper School. Eventually, of the eighteen snipers in ST6, 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 became known, left eighteen American soldiers dead and seventy-three wounded. Howard Wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off while engaging the enemy. His explosive combat tales and inside details of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers combine to make this the most thrilling and important memoir by a navy SEAL since Lone Su… (plus d'informations)

Membre:mutantzero
Titre:SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
Auteurs:Howard E. Wasdin (Auteur)
Autres auteurs:Stephen Templin (Auteur)
Info:St. Martin's Press (2011), Edition: Hardcover Edition, 352 pages
Collections:Votre bibliothèque
Évaluation:**
Mots-clés:Aucun

Information sur l'oeuvre

Seal Team Six par Howard E. Wasdin

Chargement...

Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre

Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.

» Voir aussi les 10 mentions

Affichage de 1-5 de 21 (suivant | tout afficher)
Like reading an Instagram influencers biography. "30 buff guys most of us good-looking, would walk into a bar" Constantly talking about brands of knives, knickers and sunglasses. ( )
  RalphG | Sep 12, 2023 |
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin
Enjoy this story because it's action packed with things SEAL's do when they are working. Also enjoy his off hours and spending it with family and friends.
Love terminology that is explained and there is a glossary of the terms as well.
Lots of missions are described to the finest detail, I wonder if these are secrets that nobody knows about but they do now, is that ok with Navy? Never heard of so many of them and appreciate understanding them. Like when they repel from a helicopter and what the aircraft must do to retain length and why.
Also I've seen SEALS's coming out the water locally and never realized what they did with their flippers. So cool to find out. TV shows never show that.
Story starts when he's very young and what he has to endure. Love when he decides to better his life by joining the military. Like hearing about the Forts that he trained at: one being in Clarksville and the other at Benning. both places our son was located.
Like the laughs between the guys and about his son Blake but especially what they did to the dog that was biting them...
Found this book to be outright truthful and the missions are straight forward even if they go sideways. Lots of parts of this book that everybody could enjoy, hope you get a chance to read this one.
I was hoping to find out more about what my son had to survive during his time in the Army when he was not stateside and this story is amazing.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )
  jbarr5 | Jul 25, 2023 |
Let me clarify one thing, this book is not a novel. It is an autobiography. You can't expect a man to treat himself impartially no matter what the event. For the people criticising Wasdin for not towing their own political line or not reflecting their own sociopolitical commitments, guys face the reality: he did what he felt was right. This is not his attempt at a self-exoneration but a memoir of what he achieved during his career as an elite Navy SEAL.

The value of this book lies in Wasdin's ability to achieve what is otherwise lacking from many similar SEAL memoirs. He provides an insight into how a common man becomes a SEAL through a rigorous and thoroughly herculean criterion of mental and physical training-and all this before BUD/S itself.

Regards Wasdin's missions, he underscores his commitment to the ideals and policies which led to them being formed and how he later retrospectively analyzed what could have gone better. His account of Operation Black Hawk Down is as agonizing as it is poignant. Overall this is a great read which offers an insight into two-three decades of American military history from one of the men who made it. ( )
  Amarj33t_5ingh | Jul 8, 2022 |
Several books about the elite Navy SEALs have been released since the killing of Bin Laden, but this book wasn't one of those rushed to print to capitalize on those headlines. This book tells the personal story of one of the SEAL Team Six members, Howard Wasdin. Some readers may not like everything about Wasdin, but that doesn't seem to be the purpose of the book. He's not running for office. This book is his story, and provides insights into what it's like to become and serve as a member of the Navy SEALs. You really have to marvel at the dedication and the never-quit, never-say-die attitude of the men who make up these elite fighting teams. The description of his time in Somalia is an excellent description of how difficult the job of the military is in these wartime experiences. At times, the book reads as if it's a recitation of his personal diary rather than a polished professionally written novel, but the style works and keeps you engaged. ( )
  rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 |
Un francotirador de élite nos cuenta en sus memorias cómo es eso del DEVGRU, antes llamado SEAL Team Six. Lo hace ayudado por un escritor profesional, ex SEAL, y le queda muy bien. Cuenta la historia de sus doce años de servicio, dando bastantes detalles sobre el BUD/S, el curso de acceso a los SEAL, que está entre los más duros del planeta. Si tienen unas cuatro horas, aquí está la primera parte de un reportaje sobre el curso en seis cómodas entregas que nos permite entender bastante bien el tormento físico y psicolçogico que supone un BUD/S.
El autor habla de su paso por Irak y Kuwait y de su misión final en Somalia, donde recibió un balazo que le reventó la pierna por debajo de la rodilla, salvándola de milagro. Es muy interesante leer las opiniones del autor sobre los italianos en Somalia. Me extraña que este libro no haya generado algo de conflicto diplomático, porque no he visto críticas más feroces.
Hay muchas partes muy interesantes sobre el trabajo en el campo de un francotirador, con detalles muy curiosos.
Me ha gustado la lectura, me ha parecido muy interesante y se complementa bastante bien con otro libro que leí recientemente sobre el DEVGRU, No Easy Day, sobre la vida y las misiones del SEAL que mató a Bin Laden.
Los últimos capítulos del libro hablan sobre la vida civil del autor, cómo tras dejar el Ejército trabajó de policía local, asesor de seguridad, vendedor de coches... Tienen mucho menos interés, pero el autor quiere que sepamos que tras dejar lo que fue su vida durante muchos años no le ha ido mal.
Recomendable si tiene uno interés en estos temas. ( )
  Remocpi | Apr 22, 2020 |
Affichage de 1-5 de 21 (suivant | tout afficher)
Mr. Wasdin (known as “Waz-man” to his colleagues, “Casanova,” “Little Big Man” and “Sourpuss”) lays out his own account of the battle of Mogadishu in harrowing detail — an account that in terms of sheer drama rivals passages from Mark Bowden’s 1999 best-seller “Black Hawk Down” and that reminds the reader how easily a mission can go south. Mr. Wasdin also offers adrenaline-laced memories of other assignments, like detonating an unexploded Tomahawk missile in Iraq during the first Gulf war and the toll that constant travel and dangerous secret missions took on his family life.
 

» Ajouter d'autres auteur(e)s

Nom de l'auteurRôleType d'auteurŒuvre ?Statut
Howard E. Wasdinauteur principaltoutes les éditionscalculé
Templin, Stephenauteur principaltoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Vous devez vous identifier pour modifier le Partage des connaissances.
Pour plus d'aide, voir la page Aide sur le Partage des connaissances [en anglais].
Titre canonique
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Titre original
Titres alternatifs
Date de première publication
Personnes ou personnages
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Lieux importants
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Évènements importants
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Films connexes
Épigraphe
Dédicace
Premiers mots
Citations
Derniers mots
Notice de désambigüisation
Directeur de publication
Courtes éloges de critiques
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Langue d'origine
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
DDC/MDS canonique
LCC canonique

Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes.

Wikipédia en anglais (1)

Biography & Autobiography. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:

A book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six??the covert squad that killed Osama bin Laden

When the navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six??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??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 (ST6), with a curriculum that included everything from 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 member of ST6, he graduated from the most storied and challenging sniper program in the country: the Marine Corps Scout Sniper School. Eventually, of the eighteen snipers in ST6, 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 became known, left eighteen American soldiers dead and seventy-three wounded. Howard Wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off while engaging the enemy. His explosive combat tales and inside details of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers combine to make this the most thrilling and important memoir by a navy SEAL since Lone Su

Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque

Description du livre
Résumé sous forme de haïku

Discussion en cours

Aucun

Couvertures populaires

Vos raccourcis

Évaluation

Moyenne: (3.65)
0.5
1 3
1.5 1
2 7
2.5 2
3 31
3.5 9
4 31
4.5 3
5 24

Est-ce vous ?

Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing.

 

À propos | Contact | LibraryThing.com | Respect de la vie privée et règles d'utilisation | Aide/FAQ | Blog | Boutique | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliothèques historiques | Critiques en avant-première | Partage des connaissances | 203,186,980 livres! | Barre supérieure: Toujours visible