I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior is an emotional tale of how Howard Wasdin dealt with an abusive stepfather, a terrible unforgiving poor upbringing to overcome and to live his dream and enter the dangerous world of the United States Navy SEALS and Wasdin and Stephen Templin takes us through Wasdin’s childhood, military life and how he was Special Forces snipers. The book, I Am A Seal Team Six Warrior, written by Howard E Wasdin and Stephen Templin. given the honors of becoming a SEAL. The book starts at Wasdin’s childhood. Wasdin was born on November 8, 1961 in Boynton Beach, Florida. He was born in terrible conditions. His parents were so poor that they were not able to afford the incubator that was needed due to his premature birth, so they kept him in a shoe box and instead of a crib, Wasdin slept in a padded dresser. Shortly after his birth,his biological father abandoned them leaving them to fend for themselves. His mother remarried a terrible, abusive man who constantly beat Wasdin. He stated in the book, …show more content…
Two days after arriving Wasdin was in for a big lifestyle change and received his first military style “fresh buzz cut.” The lack of discipline and respect among these people had amazed Wasdin. The Company Commander and Wasdin developed a bond, he had the same search and rescue job as an aircrewman that Wasdin had wanted. After Wasdin had finishing almost four weeks of bootcamp, a quarter of the recruits were still having problems. When Wasdin left bootcamp,Wasdin had already had a lot of knowledge. Wasdin had taken the search and rescue screening test. The IT may have helped Wasdin through this test, if not physically, mentally. Wasdin had passed, towards the end of the three month navy boot camp, Wasdin's aircrewman Company Commander told Wasdin to attend aircrew school. “I’ll see you in the fleet,” he had said. Wasdin had passed, it was the best day of Wasdin’s
I think everyone has wanted to be a Navy SEAL in one point of their life, but as they get older their dream of being the best of the best fades away. Marcus Luttrell has had that dream of being a SEAL since the age of seven, and his determination and will to survive the hardest training in military history, gave Luttrell the title of a Navy SEAL.
I read the book Soldier X by Don L. Wulffson that takes place during the world war II period. The main character of the book is a 16 year old German boy named Erik Brandt. Although Erik lives in Germany he is also half Russian and speaks Russian very well. Erik does not want to be a part of Hilters Nazi army during world war II but he is forced to fight on the side of the Nazis. During one battle of the war is he forced under a tank during a large scale battle with the Russians. He has no choice but to change clothes and gear with the Russian soldier and be now becomes part of the Russian army. He spends some time in the Russian army and then he gets wounded. He gets send to a Russian hospital and meets a nurse named Tamara. He falls in love with her but then one day the hospital is bombed and he has to escape with her and out of Russia. The story comes to an end with Erik and Tamara escaping Europe and making to over the Atlantic ocean to the United States to have kids and live the rest of there lives.
When Adam entered the Navy he was the oldest in his group. This did not stop him from being one of the top performers in his class and by far one of the most popular. He received many reports from his commanding officers while he was in SEAL training praising how well he was doing. “He scored OUTSTANDING on the most recent command inspection and SEAL PRT. Brown is on track to become a stand out performer. He has unlimited potential and is dedicated to excellence” (Blehm 159). Adam performed very well on his SEAL training and he could do anything because he never took the easy way out. Adam was so determined to be a Navy SEAL that he always was the first to do everything and do it right. Reports like these were very common for Adam. He never got a bad report, and they all praised his work ethic and willingness to do anything to help somebody. After he became a SEAL and he was working his way through the ranks of the military, he was shot in the eye with a practice bullet while training. This caused him to lose vision in that eye. He loved the Navy and wanted to keep trying to make his way to SEAL Team SIX, the most elite military group. He could have been dismissed from the military and gotten paid for getting hurt in action, but he decided to make some changes and go back and fight with his team. He started by switching over to shooting left-handed and went to Sniper School. One of Adam’s classmates in Sniper School commented on how astounding it was for Adam to go through the course. “To lose vision in your good eye within a year prior to that class and say ‘Screw it, I’m going to Sniper School -- oh, and by the way, I’ll do it all left-handed, that’s hard core. I don’t think it’s ever been done in the history of sniper schools in the world” (183). To go blind in your dominant shooting eye and complete Sniper School, arguably one of the hardest advanced combat course in the Navy, is unheard of and
Tim O'Brien is confused about the Vietnam War. He is getting drafted into it, but is also protesting it. He gets to boot camp and finds it very difficult to know that he is going off to a country far away from home and fighting a war that he didn't believe was morally right. Before O'Brien gets to Vietnam he visits a military Chaplin about his problem with the war. "O'Brien I am really surprised to hear this. You're a good kid but you are betraying you country when you say these things"(60). This says a lot about O'Brien's views on the Vietnam War. In the reading of the book, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Tim O'Brien explains his struggles in boot camp and when he is a foot soldier in Vietnam.
This book teaches the importance of self-expression and independence. If we did not have these necessities, then life would be like those in this novel. Empty, redundant, and fearful of what is going on. The quotes above show how different life can be without our basic freedoms. This novel was very interesting and it shows, no matter how dismal a situation is, there is always a way out if you never give up, even if you have to do it alone.
As the reader can distinguish throughout the book, both men went in completely different paths after starting in the same position. The difference between both of their stories is the author’s positive role model and the other effects of the military academy. It does not have to specifically be the military academy to shape someone to be successful, but discipline and a father-like figure can make the difference. My father is fortunately in my life, and has shaped me into the person I am today. He has taught me numerous lessons that have gotten me to this point in my life. I am privileged enough to also have close successful cousins who often give me advice on how to become as successful as they are. With the help of a positive role model and a positive environment, the ability to become a good person, as well as successful can be obtained.
Sheehan, Keeley. "THE LONE SURVIVOR SHARES TALE; Author and ex-SEAL Marcus Luttrell talks of his experiences." Tampa Bay Times [St. Petersburg, FL] 12 Mar. 2014: 1B. Student Resources in Context. Web. 9 May 2014.
The book opens up at the office of a professor named Burris. A former student of his, Rogers, and his friend, Steve, arrive at his office. They are disturbed by the current state of life in America and have come to Burris to ask him about the utopia that he had once discussed in class. Rodgers got his inspiration from an article written by a man named Frazier. It turns out Frazier, a friend of Burris’s from graduate school, is also where Burris got his ideas. Burris sends
...oss Laura Simms, a narrator and his forthcoming foster mom, and understands the significance of sharing his practice with the world in expectations of avoiding such terrors from happening to other youngsters and to other parts of the world. (chapter 20).Afterwards Ishmael revenues to Freetown, Sierra Leon, a rebellion by the RUF and the Soldierly outs the non-combatant government, and the warfare Ishmael has been escaping from catches up with him. After his uncle’s passing, Ishmael escapes Sierra Leon for nearby Guinea and finally makes his tactic to his different lifetime in the United States (chapter 21).
Catherine Badel Dr. Nicholson Honors English 11, period 5 February 27, 2017 Morality and Brotherhood We’re all different but are also connected in some way. The themes of morality and brotherhood have similar qualities. These themes can be explained through Howard E. Wasdin book Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper as he journeys through the meaning of brotherhood and morality itself. Brotherhood is to have a connection among brothers or similar aspects. In Wasdin’s book, he experiences brotherhood through his many trainings mainly with his sniper buddy Casanova. Both shared connection in joining the seal’s and training in sniper school. They stuck together through their seal team six training watching out for each other during
The book is about Valerie Leftman whose boyfriend was responsible for a mass shooting that took place in the commons of their high school, the story tells about her struggle to come to terms with what happens and the damage that has been done. Time manipulation is used by the author to give more insight into what took place in the commons on May 2nd which assists in developing the characters through their direct experience with the shooting. Primary documents that give the biographies about the dead and wounded are also used by the author, these gives more information about these people further developing their characters. Seeing how different characters react to conflict that is presented to them is another technique the author uses to develop
Great people often arise from unlikely places. During the civil war women were barred from serving in the army; however, women did sometimes disguise themselves as men and enlisted in both the Confederate and Union armies. During the Civil War years of 1861 to 18-65, soldiers under arms mailed countless letters home from the front. There are multiple accounts of women serving in military units during the Civil War, but a majority of these incidents are extremely hard to verify. Nevertheless, there is the one well-documented incident of the female Civil War soldier by the name of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman.
In this essay, Sedaris thoroughly analyzes his adolescence with his friend, Hugh. The author experienced their childhood in a residential community in North Carolina and Hugh lived in different parts of Africa.
In conclusion, director Peter Berg does an excellent job at directing this film by implementing so many different and creative techniques to tell a story that might otherwise be incorrect. This real life memoir was presented to tell the tale of Four Navy SEALs that put their lives on the line to defend their country. The uniqueness of the elements and the way they are used brought out the realistic nature of morality, brotherhood, and honor. These elements showcase the mental and physical hardship that soldiers endure.
“It was nothing less than extraordinary. You could even say revolutionary. For three days, they tested us, and when we finished basic training, they told me we had taken the tests given to over five thousand new trainees.”