Tom Bauer

The book I am reading is called Lone Survivor, the author is Marcus Lutrell. Marcus is the "Lone Survivor" of Operation Redwing. The book is an account of an actual Navy SEAL operation. Thus far in the story I have heard about Marcus' fellow squad mates as well as his experience with SEAL team 5 in Iraq. In Marcus' squad there is Matt "Axe" Axelson, James Suh, Dan Healy, Danny Dietz, Shane Patton, and Marcus' best friend, Michael Murphy. All of these men have a very outstanding resumé. Almost all of the men were excellent high school athletes, and all were incredible students and attended very prestigious universities. Marcus also discusses the rigor of Navy SEAL training, and how it is considered by all people who know anything about the military, to be the toughest training in the world. Navy SEALs are also called "frogmen" because the are highly adept in the water and are trained in underwater demolitions as well as diving, and almost anything else you can think of. The word SEAL is an acronym that stand for "Sea, Air, and Land. The author talks about the bond between the SEALs and how they would all willingly take a bullet for each other. He says that Navy SEALs need to be incredibly sharp, as their are explosives and terrorists around every corner, this task is made especially difficult because terrorists often dress the same as civilians. One thing I have noticed is how in front of every terrorist name the author emphasizes how insane all of these men were. Marcus is also very supportive of George W. Bush, who was president at the time.