Yankee-White
When it comes to protecting the President of the United States of America, the Secret Service is there to stop the bullet. But the U.S. Marines of the Yankee-White Program’s Presidential Support Unit are there to return fire.
The application is 13 weeks of Marine Corps boot-camp. Training is 59 days in the woods of Camp Geiger, North Carolina followed by two more weeks of Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team training on the rifle ranges of Quantico, Virginia. Your place of employment will not appear on a map. Entrance is by invitation only. And at an average age of 19 years old, they are entrusted with more responsibility than most people will have in their entire lives.
Yankee-White is the inspirational story of one of those men; a front-row seat into the life of a fatherless, nerdy kid, born dirt-poor and raised in crime-ridden neighborhoods who nevertheless managed to escape the clutches of poverty and cultural dysfunction and at age 17, orchestrates an improbable rise into the ranks of one of the toughest clubs in the world; an ascent fueled by grit, guts, and an all consuming drive to succeed.
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The application is 13 weeks of Marine Corps boot-camp. Training is 59 days in the woods of Camp Geiger, North Carolina followed by two more weeks of Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team training on the rifle ranges of Quantico, Virginia. Your place of employment will not appear on a map. Entrance is by invitation only. And at an average age of 19 years old, they are entrusted with more responsibility than most people will have in their entire lives.
Yankee-White is the inspirational story of one of those men; a front-row seat into the life of a fatherless, nerdy kid, born dirt-poor and raised in crime-ridden neighborhoods who nevertheless managed to escape the clutches of poverty and cultural dysfunction and at age 17, orchestrates an improbable rise into the ranks of one of the toughest clubs in the world; an ascent fueled by grit, guts, and an all consuming drive to succeed.
Yankee-White
When it comes to protecting the President of the United States of America, the Secret Service is there to stop the bullet. But the U.S. Marines of the Yankee-White Program’s Presidential Support Unit are there to return fire.
The application is 13 weeks of Marine Corps boot-camp. Training is 59 days in the woods of Camp Geiger, North Carolina followed by two more weeks of Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team training on the rifle ranges of Quantico, Virginia. Your place of employment will not appear on a map. Entrance is by invitation only. And at an average age of 19 years old, they are entrusted with more responsibility than most people will have in their entire lives.
Yankee-White is the inspirational story of one of those men; a front-row seat into the life of a fatherless, nerdy kid, born dirt-poor and raised in crime-ridden neighborhoods who nevertheless managed to escape the clutches of poverty and cultural dysfunction and at age 17, orchestrates an improbable rise into the ranks of one of the toughest clubs in the world; an ascent fueled by grit, guts, and an all consuming drive to succeed.
The application is 13 weeks of Marine Corps boot-camp. Training is 59 days in the woods of Camp Geiger, North Carolina followed by two more weeks of Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team training on the rifle ranges of Quantico, Virginia. Your place of employment will not appear on a map. Entrance is by invitation only. And at an average age of 19 years old, they are entrusted with more responsibility than most people will have in their entire lives.
Yankee-White is the inspirational story of one of those men; a front-row seat into the life of a fatherless, nerdy kid, born dirt-poor and raised in crime-ridden neighborhoods who nevertheless managed to escape the clutches of poverty and cultural dysfunction and at age 17, orchestrates an improbable rise into the ranks of one of the toughest clubs in the world; an ascent fueled by grit, guts, and an all consuming drive to succeed.
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| BN ID: | 2940015971347 |
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| Publisher: | AbattoirArt Entertainment |
| Publication date: | 01/26/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 211 KB |
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