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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a team of Green Berets conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, Hammerhead Six applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency.
In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where...
In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where...
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
Dick Couch offers a fascinating inside look at the mentally and physically grueling education of the Army Special Forces. A vivid portrait of the process that forges America's most versatile and valuable fighting force.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
This authoritative and gripping narrative plunges the American public into the real and personal story of the United States forces in Iraq, and their successful maneuvers in capturing one of the most vicious dictators of our time.
Hunting Down Saddam contains up-to-the-minute material and provides never-before-heard accounts of the triumphs and frustrations, strategies and attacks, of those who put their lives at risk to track down Saddam Hussein.
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Author
Language
English
Description
Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on exclusive interviews with the survivors of her husband's unit, research into the military leadership and accountability and her own unique vantage point as a gold star widow, the author sets out to find the truth behind her Green Beret husband's death.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, a small contingent of US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war origin story & cautionary tale, illuminating the impact of 15 years of constant combat.. This untold story features unprecedented access to the Green Berets who played pivotal roles in these covert missions. Reflecting on their experiences and on the brothers-in-arms they lost, these elite...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A teleportation device, code named M.A.S.S., has been created by Cobra Commander and Destro. The only way the G.I. Joe team can stop them from taking over the world is to build their own machine out of rare elements from around the globe, before it's too late.
12) Battle force
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1942 an elite fighting unit was formed, officially named the First Special Service Force. They were made up of mountain men, hunters and all-around misfits, and were trained to scale cliffs, jump out of airplanes, and kill Nazis. The following summer, days before the invasion of Sicily, the best of these men were handpicked for a desperate mission. Amidst the bloodshed of World War II, these men went armed for combat, and the only way out was to...
13) Courageous
Author
Language
English
Description
When Special Forces Officer Winslow Grange returns home to Texas, he must employ all of his training to help a former associate from South America while trying to avoid Peg Larson, the daughter of his ranch foreman who is a distraction he cannot afford.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about bomb squad technicians. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself. Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he's about to die. Kennedy, a Green Beret, decorated Army sniper, and UFC headliner, has tackled a bull with his bare hands, jumped out of airplanes, dove...
16) Green Berets
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to the U.S. Special forces unit known as the Green Berets, discussing its history, recruitment, training and missions.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Berkley ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
America's Joint Strike Force sends a Special Forces team into Moscow to capture Russian Colonel Pavel Doletskaya, the man who holds the key to Russia's plan to invade America and Europe.
19) Green Berets
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The author exposes the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan in this chronicle of one of the most important military mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror--ODA 574--wherein a Special Forces team infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan, fomented a tribal revolt, and forced the Taliban to surrender.
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