Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Snake, aka Dennis Chalker Richard Marcinko xi
1 One Perfect Op 1
2 Home and Hearth 12
3 First Stop, the Army 17
4 And Now the Navy 25
5 BUD/S and the Beginning of a Seal 33
6 SEAL Team One and Kilo Platoon 45
7 Echo Platoon and a Taste of High Speed 62
8 Seal Team Six, 465 Days a Year 71
9 Now Here's to the Land Down Under 81
10 Gear, Guns, and a Lot of Training 94
11 A Move, Some Boats, and Some Time in the Water 109
12 A Dry Spell 124
13 A New Group and Some Other Changes 133
14 First Combat and First Costs 139
15 On Our Way: Fly the Unfriendly Skies 150
16 Visiting with the Governor: Don't Spit on the Floor 160
17 A Long Day and a Night 173
18 Our Teammates 181
19 Red Cell and a New Mission 188
20 A Visit to Norfolk 199
21 The Subs of New England 218
22 Back to the Philippines 229
23 The Land of the Rising Sun 243
24 Sunny California 252
25 And in the Other Direction 261
26 Those Are Big Lizards 266
27 Back in Sunny California 273
28 Ghosts 277
29 Another Move, Another Commander, and the End of an Idea 285
30 Return, Operate, and Finally Leave 290
31 To Give Something Back 316
32 Meet the Kids and Meet the Man 323
33 The Long Walk and the Longer Party 332
Epilogue 340
Glossary 343
