Post by duke on May 29, 2010 10:23:15 GMT -5
Memorial Day: Marcus Lutrell And His Navy SEAL Brothers
Posted by Bob Evans on May 28, 2010 10:09 AM
On this Memorial Day weekend, we have a special chance to hear stories of the unimaginable courage, honor, and sacrifice of the U.S. military. Here's a haunting excerpt from Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, one of those books offering a brief glimpse into the secret lives of these extraordinary warriors who eagerly put themselves in harm's way to protect the rest of us.
Author Marcus Luttrell joined the U.S. Navy in March 1999, became a SEAL (SEa, Air, and Land) in January 2002, and was deployed to Afghanistan in the spring of 2005. His book, Lone Survivor, is published by Little, Brown, & Co., and inside the dust cover features this description:
"On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be esconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive."
After their insertion by helicopter into a remote mountaintop region, the four SEALs—Leading Petty Officer Luttrell, Lieutenant Michael Murphy, Petty Officer Matthew Axelson, and Petty Officer Danny Dietz—encounter three local goatherds with a flock of 100 goats. Concerned about the likelihood that the goatherds will spread the word of the SEALs' presence but unwilling to harm unarmed civilians, the SEALs allow the three Afghan goatherds to go on their way. <snip>
www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/05/memorial_day_ma.html;jsessionid=ZGGV0TKW2QGVHQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN?cid=nl_IW_daily_2010-05-29_h
Posted by Bob Evans on May 28, 2010 10:09 AM
On this Memorial Day weekend, we have a special chance to hear stories of the unimaginable courage, honor, and sacrifice of the U.S. military. Here's a haunting excerpt from Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, one of those books offering a brief glimpse into the secret lives of these extraordinary warriors who eagerly put themselves in harm's way to protect the rest of us.
Author Marcus Luttrell joined the U.S. Navy in March 1999, became a SEAL (SEa, Air, and Land) in January 2002, and was deployed to Afghanistan in the spring of 2005. His book, Lone Survivor, is published by Little, Brown, & Co., and inside the dust cover features this description:
"On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be esconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive."
After their insertion by helicopter into a remote mountaintop region, the four SEALs—Leading Petty Officer Luttrell, Lieutenant Michael Murphy, Petty Officer Matthew Axelson, and Petty Officer Danny Dietz—encounter three local goatherds with a flock of 100 goats. Concerned about the likelihood that the goatherds will spread the word of the SEALs' presence but unwilling to harm unarmed civilians, the SEALs allow the three Afghan goatherds to go on their way. <snip>
www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/05/memorial_day_ma.html;jsessionid=ZGGV0TKW2QGVHQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN?cid=nl_IW_daily_2010-05-29_h