Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor is a true story, which like most books about the SEALs, starts out talking about BUD (Basic Underwater Demolition) (6 month training). But before this, Marcus Luttrell, the lone survivor, goes through his tough, country style upbringing in Texas. At a very young age Luttrell decides he wants to become a Navy Seal, he seeks out help and training from a former Green Beret named Billy Shelton.
He then talks about his signing-up with the Navy, his basic training, and then takes the reader through BUD, including the much-documented “Hell Week.” It then goes through Luttrell’s specific experiences, difficulties, and accomplishments and talks about Demolitions and Tactics Training and a fascinating brief on sniper school.
Next, Luttrell is off to Afghanistan for a variety of different missions. This leads into what becomes the primary mission and bulk of the book; Operation Redwing. A high up Taliban leader and known associate of Osama Bin Laden had risen up a most wanted list and it was up to Luttrell and his men to capture or kill him.
On June 27th, 2005 Marcus Luttrell, Danny Dietz, Michael Murphy, and Matthew Axelson, all SEALs, roped out of a helicopter into the rugged terrain of Afghanistan to take out their target. Luttrell initially had worries about the terrain and lack of cover. This would later prove just. The four SEALs quickly realized they were getting into any sniper’s worst nightmare: difficult terrain with no cover. They had to backtrack and try to find better routes and hides.
After being dug in for quite sometime, a trio of goat herders stumbles upon the SEALS, causing a difficult moral and tactical decision. T...
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...pt to take him. The village protects Luttrell and drive off the Taliban forces.
Lone Survivor finishes up with a wrap up of Luttrell’s experiences after this.
I made Goat Cheese Thumbprint cookies.
The thumbprint in the middle represents the SEALS surrounded by the Taliban.
I chose to make Goat Cheese cookies because the encounter between the SEALS and the goat herders is the most important part if the whole book. It is by far the most controversial part and it also causes the whole event to transpire.
Lone Survivor is an amazing account of heroism and courage, and is hands down one of the best books I’ve ever read, and definitely the best movie. I would definitely recommend this book to others. Reading the book not only gave me a greater appreciation for our Navy SEALs, but also for all our military personnel. If you don’t read this book you’re not American.
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.
They tied the men to trees to, to later decide to let them go, and make their way towards their evacuation point. In less than an hour the team had undergo heavy fire from the Taliban fighters. All the men were killed, except for Marcus Luttrell, because Michael Murphy had given his life to make a call back to base to tell them their location. Michael exposed himself on a cliff to make the call, and seconds after the call he was shot dead by the Taliban. After the fight Marcus had managed to walk seven miles with fractured bones, a broken back, and multiple gunshot wounds. To a nearby village, where they cared, fed, bathed, and protected Luttrell. Then after six days, Marines were given a specific location on where Luttrell was at, and they arrived and rescued
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The author, Tim O'Brien, is writing about an experience of a tour in the Vietnam conflict. This short story deals with inner conflicts of some individual soldiers and how they chose to deal with the realities of the Vietnam conflict, each in their own individual way as men, as soldiers.
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In 2013, Peter Berg made a movie version of Marcus Luttrell’s novel Lone Survivor. Both the book and the movie are set in Afghanistan and tell the story of Operation Redwing. In both versions, four Navy SEALs head to northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. Throughout the film version of Lone Survivor, what happens to Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell is very similar to what happens to him in the novel. However, the movie is different from the book because it leaves out certain details, is told mostly through dialogue instead of narration, and ends in a different way.
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