U.S. Navy SEALs: The Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden
The Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden
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Publisher Description
Updated and expanded to include activities and operations in Afghanistan as well as: • The Osama bin Laden mission • SEALs at war • Counter-piracy ops • Weapons and equipment The U.S. Navy SEALs—named for the three environments from which they operate (SEa, Air, Land)—derived from the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) and other specialized units created during World War II. During the Korean War, UDTs operated as part of the Pacific Fleet and conducted such perilous missions as demolitions, reconnaissance, and hydrographic surveys while dodging water-based mines and enduring frigid water temperatures. Today’s Navy SEALs have incredibly advanced mission capabilities compared to their predecessors, but the character and drive it takes to become a SEAL remain the same. To join the ranks of these brave, unconventional warriors, one must go through months of deliberately brutal training designed to break down the weak and leave only the strongest, most capable men. That is just to qualify for an additional training period, eventually leading to the moment when the coveted gold “Budweiser” is pinned to his chest. This revised and expanded edition of U.S. Navy SEALs contains more than 100 color photos of today’s Navy SEALs, including six months of BUD/S where trainees are pushed to their limits and real missions where the old SEAL saying—“The only easy day was yesterday”—is proven time and time again.
Customer Reviews
Just a response to the other review
Although you are right Osama was most definitely not killed in Afghanistan, you are also wrong. Osama bin laden was killed in a compound in Abbottabad Pakistan about 15 minutes into DEVGRU's 30 minute raid. After he was killed he was taken to a base in jalalabad, Afghanistan. There he was handed over by the SEAL's for further DNA testing.
False info
First of all SEALS are first created after WWII, not during the WW. Pres Kennedy first thought of a small unit that would be capable of going behind enemy lines to carry out high visibility missions. Secondly, Bin Laden was found and killed in Jalalabad in the country of Pakistan, definitely not in Afghanistan. I would not suggest to anyone to buy and read this article for it may be misleading for the most part.