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A true and intimate portrait of the warriors on the front lines of the most devastating conflict of our age—a spellbinding look at the detailed inner workings of the U.S. Navy SEALs.
In the mid-1970s, Dennis Chalker volunteered to be a candidate for “the Teams”—elite Naval Special Forces units known for their unorthodox approaches to warfare and their ability to strike any target, no matter how heavily guarded or impossible to reach. After enduring the most rigorous selection process ever devised, he was personally chosen by “Rogue Warrior” Richard Marcinko for a leadership role in Red Cell. Together they would push special operations warfare to a level it had never achieved before. In stunning detail, Chalker now describes previously classified operations in America’s war on global terrorism. And at the center of his riveting, astonishingly honest account is one remarkable covert mission: a “perfect op” in which the objective was masterfully achieved without any evidence left behind to indicate that the SEALs were even there.
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
BookishRN
Posted October 22, 2011
A "must read" for current events fans, as it helps to place recent events in context!
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Posted October 1, 2011
more like a diary, yet has interesting information in portions of the writing.
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Posted July 7, 2003
In 'One Perfect Op' Chalker does an awesome job detailing what it is like to be a Navy SEAL. In this autobiographical account of his experiences as a SEAL, the reader really has the opportunity to better understand what it takes to make it through BUD/S and to be a member of a Team. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the details of his life as a SEAL- especially as he shared his experiences as a plankowner of Team 6 and as he detailed the missions and objectives of Red Cell. Someone close to me is a member of the SEAL community, so I very much appreciate the knowledge and understanding about the SEALS that I was able to obtain through this book. Chalker's writing style makes 'One Perfect Op' a fun and exciting read for just about anyone. If you're not a big fan of the SEALs already, it is likely that you will be after reading this book!
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Posted March 17, 2003
This book is about Commander Master Chief Dennis Chalker and how he got up in ranks to be a navy seal. This book decribes where he went to be trained, from the Army to the Navy special traning facilities. You follow along what he did and where he went to be trained. You follow him through dangerous missions he was in. If you like action and you like adventure this book is for you. I liked this book because it describes alot about what he does and what he has to do.
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Posted June 20, 2012
You can really tell he's holding back in the story telling. That has to suck, you have all these awesome things that people want to read about but for obvious reasons you can only flirt with the details the reader craves. Still a good book!
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Posted January 9, 2012
I enjoyed thoorouhly
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Overview
A true and intimate portrait of the warriors on the front lines of the most devastating conflict of our age—a spellbinding look at the detailed inner workings of the U.S. Navy SEALs.
In the mid-1970s, Dennis Chalker volunteered to be a candidate for “the Teams”—elite Naval Special Forces units known for their unorthodox approaches to warfare and their ability to strike any target, no matter how heavily guarded or impossible to reach. After enduring the most rigorous selection ...