No Easy Day Sparknotes

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No Easy Day was written by Mark Bissonnette under the pseudonym Mark Owen. Mark, now an ex Navy SEAL, knew he wanted to be a Navy SEAL ever since junior high school. To say this is one thing, but accomplish it is no easy task. Hundreds of men sign up to become SEALS. The training to become a member of one of the most prestigious groups in the military is a long and excruciating process. The officers will do anything to weed out anyone they see as weak. These men have to go to boot camp like every other member of the military. After boot camp these men start the process of BUD/S. BUD/S stands for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training. Right after boot camp these brave men are shipped out to BUD/S Preparation. If the men make it through BUD/S prep., then they are shipped out to …show more content…

He didn't go to college. He saw being a Navy SEAL as what he was born to do, and he did it. He was assigned to SEAL Team Six, which is just a nickname. SEAL Team Six is actually called DEVGRU, otherwise known as the most reputable and imminent of the SEAL teams. There are a total of nine active duty SEAL teams. Mark participated in thirteen deployments, all to the Middle East. He wrote this book to try and change people lives, not leak important government information. He tried as hard as he could to make this book as accurate as he could without releasing that information. He had many lawsuits filed up against him and his old teammates called him a traitor. Mark uses sources throughout the novel and uses them effectively. This book portrays his own, first hand account of what happened so not many sources were used. He didn't ignore obvious sources because there are no obvious sources that have more information on his career and the raid on Bin Ladens compound, other than him. Although he didn’t use many sources, the ones he did use weren’t just for show. He accurately showed them used good information the pertained to

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