Lone Survivor : The Eyewitness Account Of Operation

The book “Lone Survivor” deeply develops Marcus Luttrell individually by explaining his life previously to becoming a Navy Seal. It goes through the process of his pre BUD/S training with Billy Shelton. It describes the rigorous training with Shelton from hundreds of pushup a day, to running down the side of highways carrying telephone polls. The book then progresses into describing what BUD/S training was personally like for Luttrell and the mental and physical strength he had to withstand in order to make it through Hell Week. The characteristics of courage, selflessness and perseverance he learnt in training transition into how he handles the failed operation in the book.

Seal Team Six; The Story Of One Man And Humanity Seal Team Six by Stephen Templin tells the incredible story of Howard E. Wasdin’s journey through his military career. A small town farm boy with a troubled past, Howard, joins the Search and Rescue division of the Coast Guard as a rescue swimmer and eventually starts training to become a navy Seal. After years of serving as a Seal he caught wind of the Seal Team Six training program and went through extreme obstacles which stripped him of all but his humanity and eventually he earned his spot on the elite team. Not even a year later he ends up going into sniper school to become an elite sniper and graduates after a few years of training top of his class. As the years go by and his missions increase

Eyewitness testimonies are based on a person’s ability to recall what took place accurately. Memory research has proven that a person’s memory is not a recording but it is reconstructive. Loftus and Palmer’s study set out to prove that the memory could be reconstructed through the use of language.

As you know I am writing to you from the trenches of the western front in France. The United States of America joined this heinous war in the spring of nineteen hundred seventeen. We joined the fight because of the sinking of the Lusitania and when the German Kiaser sent the note to Mexico to convince them to put themselves against us to assure we will not go to war in Europe. That did not go through because the economic condition of Mexico is not that good enough to fight in a war with the United States.

Happy Easter Monday mom! How are you? Hope all are doing well in Canada. Walter and I are doing bonzer. We deeply miss you mother and, of course, father too. We both have bonzer possies here. The chief is really nice to us now. I still can’t believe it has been over a year since we have seen you. It fascinates me that exactly few years ago we were altogether even dad was with us. We have created so many memories together especially the ones we created on this specific day. Every Easter Monday, Walter will make us laugh by saying nonsense and we will all tell him to chub. Those are good times that I will never forget.

Marcus Luttrell always wanted to be a SEAL and he did. He went through the treacherous boot camp training and became an amazing sniper. Luttrell was then stationed in Afghanistan and of he went. As a sniper, the terrain should be covered up well and a sniper shouldn't be visible to anyone. That was the problem for the boys but they tried to hide by digging trenches and staying low. After being there for quite sometime, Marcus, Danny, Matt, and Michael ran into some Afghan goat herders. They contemplated whether or not

Next, Marco and his squad went into one of the houses to kill the insurgents. They cleared the house. Behind that house was a guesthouse. There were five terrorists in the guesthouse. There were a few palm trees too. Marco ran behind one of the palm trees for cover. The other marines of his squad were behind a narrow wall. Marco found a RPG on his way running for cover behind the palm tree. He picked it up and tried to fire it at the enemy, but the RPG didn’t work. Marco then figured out the RPG had a dual trigger system. He figured it out, and fired it. Marco killed the insurgents and earned the Navy Cross.

Plenty of people were talking about what had happened, from the soldiers and leadership of 1st Armored Division, to the families waiting for us back in Friedberg, Germany. The incident had even been reported on in the Middle Eastern edition of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, being referred to as a showdown. But not everyone was there. And if it were not for my squads training, cohesiveness, and diligent house search during a mission to check and clear supposedly empty houses in the north eastern sector in the Iraqi town of Tal Afar, it could have been that no one would have ever even known about the guy in the hole in the wall. As it turned out, though, the first house we entered to gain access to the roof in order to pull security for

My first disturbing encounter with SFC Wilson was in November 2016, we were housed in lodging across from one another and he made the remark that I should make sure my door is secure and rattled off my key door lock number. After that incident, I shoved the sofa that was in my room up against the door every night until I moved to permanent housing. I was very relieved that I would be away from him so that I could sleep better at night. The second incident was during the first course of the 42A30, SFC Wilson introduced himself to the instructors and made it known to them that he did not know what he was doing and he would need assistance from all of us. He would ask my opinion about issues or situations that he was assisting in creating

From January 8 to January 10, 2014, the first Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational was held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hosted at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam bases, this event included a total of 150 athletes. The Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational was the largest joint-service competition outside of the annual Warrior Games. At the event, servicemembers from the Special Operations Command, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force and Marines took part in the various competitions.

It’s June 5, 1944, the day before D-day. The 101st Airborne Division led by their vigorous lieutenant Alex Hodulik is deployed behind enemy lines and they are known as paratroopers. The soldiers mission was to anchor the corps southern flank and to destroy the 2nd defense of the German forces on the hazardous beach. The day before the mission was a go, I lieutenant Alex Hodulik, was informed by my commanding officer that we have a few replacements for those who have fallen in our division. Little did I know, my little brother had volunteered for the paratroopers. “The replacements just showed up,” yells sergeant Ryan, “there's my little brother.” I immediately ran to him and asked, “Why the hell did you join the paratroopers? You had

Little did I know that was going to be the second to last time I would see her. If I knew about my upcoming death and I had a choice, I would have stayed, but when you are deployed to the US army you don't have choice. You can resist orders and be killed or you can follow orders and have a slight chance of surviving. I chose the later because I wanted to come home to my beautiful wife.

Imagine yourself in a war zone, amidst combat. One of your fellow brethren has just been severely injured, he has just set off an IED. His lower limbs are missing and a mangled mess of flesh has replaced his legs. He is bleeding profusely and becoming hypovolemic and will soon enter irreversible shock if not treated. All you hear is rifle rounds cracking over your head, incoming mortar fire and the agonizing screams for help form the wounded troop. The detrimental psychological aftermath of such an experience can be extremely traumatic. Now imagine the same scenario but in this instance the wounded troop is female. Even though both scenarios are traumatic regardless of the the gender of the casualty. As males we are culturally conditioned to have a protective mechanism over females. I would feel the need to place myself and the mission at jeopardy not only to protect but to save a female in distress. In this environment this is not the ideal course of action, as it will possibly end up costing your life and be detrimental to the accomplishment of the mission. I agree that women have the right serve their county in the armed forces, should they choose to do so. There are plenty military occupations for women ranging from positions in the medical, logistic, to the intelligence fields-but I strongly agree that combat arms in not one of them.

The Lone survivor, by Marcus Luttrell is a narrative of a navy soldier and his crew on a mission to Afghanistan in 2005. In September 2001, four US planes were hijacked by Islam extremists. Almost 3,000 Americans were killed that day. Many, including Marcus, were ready to fight back for the US and its protection. The mission was known as Operation Redwing – and the goal was to find and kill Islamist extremist known as “Ahmad Shah”. His “attacks had taken a high toll on U.S. Marines in the area” and he was a Taliban member believed to be associated with Osama Bin Laden (Klaidman). During this mission, staying quiet and secluded was key. Unfortunately, the Navy SEALS are spotted by a group of shepherds from the Afghan area. Marcus and his fellow

I joined the Marine Corps looking for a challenge. I wanted to open doors for a new career and longed to have a positive impact on the world around me. Looking back five years later, I realize I found all that I originally sought, but I’ve also found something profoundly satisfying and meaningful that I never knew I was missing.