My Dad Is a Green Beret

My Dad Is a Green Beret
Title My Dad Is a Green Beret PDF eBook
Author Amber Marie
Publisher
Pages
Release 2017-06-05
Genre
ISBN 9781389984389

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This picture book uses a simple one-sentence per page narrative to explain both the Special Forces soldier's mission and the difficulties faced by that soldier's daughter while he is away. A useful tool in the military family's arsenal for dealing with long and frequent separations. A must read for young children of Green Berets, especially helpful during deployment.

Brave For My Family

Brave For My Family
Title Brave For My Family PDF eBook
Author Davidson Whetstone
Publisher
Pages 48
Release 2019-11-05
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780999131732

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Davidson's father was deployed every year of his young life when, at 6 years old, four days before Christmas, the call came that he was injured by an RPG in Afghanistan. With vivid, compelling art by Davidson's own active duty father, this book tells the story of Davidson's brave journey during his father's service, recovery and return to battl

Wearing the Green Beret

Wearing the Green Beret
Title Wearing the Green Beret PDF eBook
Author Jake Olafsen
Publisher McClelland & Stewart Limited
Pages 322
Release 2012-01-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0771068573

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With the authenticity of Jarhead and Bravo Two Zero and the straight-up narrative of Contact Charlie, this military memoir describes what really goes on in the training of an elite soldier and his tours in Afghanistan. In 2004, Jake Olafsen signed up for the Royal Marines Commandos. He left everything behind at home in Canada on the basis of a spur-of-the-moment decision. The Royal Marines have the toughest and longest basic training of any infantry unit in the world. For Olafson, this meant eight months of wet and cold in England and Wales. It was hell, but he came out with the four Commando qualities that the corps look for: courage, determination, unselfishness, cheerfulness in the face of adversity. Olafsen went on to serve for four years as a Commando in the Royal Marines, an elite military unit based in the United Kingdom. He went to Afghanistan twice: in 2006, he went to confront the Taliban in Helmand Province for six months, and in 2007, he was sent to do it all over again. His story is filled with good experiences, like the sense of accomplishment, patriotism, and camaraderie, and the opportunity to travel the world. But all good things come at a price. The sacrifices he made for the Corps are significant; he has killed the enemy and he has buried his friends. And in telling his story, Olafsen hopes that he can make sense of it all. This is an honest, gutsy story about the mud and the blood, the triumphs and the tragedies. From the Hardcover edition.

Tip of the Spear

Tip of the Spear
Title Tip of the Spear PDF eBook
Author Ryan Hendrickson
Publisher Center Street
Pages 300
Release 2020-07-07
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1546084819

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The inspiring true story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty. Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a brave, determined, and courageous soldier -- a Green Beret clearing the way for his twelve-man team while conducting combat operations against the Taliban. As the "tip of the spear," his role is to ensure the route taken by U.S. and Afghan troops are free of IEDs -- improvised explosive devices. Many soldiers do not survive their last step; those who do often lose at least one limb. While rescuing an Afghan soldier outside a mud-hut compound in 2010 -- knowing that he was in "uncleared" territory -- Ryan stepped on an IED with his right foot. The device exploded, leaving his foot dangling at the end of his leg. American soldiers losing a limb is an all-too-common occurrence. But what makes Ryan's story different is that after undergoing two dozen surgeries and a tortuous rehabilitation, he was medically retired but fought to return to active duty. Multiple skin grafts to his leg and right foot successfully reattached his lower leg, and he was aided in his recovery by wearing a new prosthetic device known as an IDEO (Intrepid Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis). Once he passed a series of crucial physical tests, Ryan was able to rejoin the Green Berets within a year and physically perform his duties, redeploying to Afghanistan in March 2012. In 2016, he volunteered to return to Afghanistan with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. During a firefight with the Taliban, he risked his life under heavy enemy fire to rescue three Afghan soldiers cut off from friendly forces and return the bodies of two dead Afghan soldiers under the ethos that "no one gets left behind." For his heroic efforts on the battlefield, SFC Ryan Hendrickson was awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest award for valor. An engaging and harrowing account, Tip of the Spear tells the amazing story of one Green Beret's indomitable spirit.

Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President
Title Dear Mr. President PDF eBook
Author Gabe Hudson
Publisher Vintage
Pages 123
Release 2007-12-18
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0307425460

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A bracing amalgamation of devastating humor and brilliant cultural observation, in which Gabe Hudson fearlessly explores the darker implications of American military power. "Weird, wonderful, and worrisome.” —The Washington Post Book World “Dear Mr. President is a war book like no other. It’s as if Salvador Dali had rewritten All Quiet on the Western Front.” —USA Today Everybody’s Gulf War Syndrome is a little bit different. Or so believes Larry, who returns home from Desert Storm to find his hair gone and his bones rapidly disintegrating. Then there’s Lance Corporal James Laverne of the US Marines, who grows a third ear in Kuwait. And in the audaciously comic novella “Notes from a Bunker Along Highway 8,” a Green Beret deserts his team after seeing a vision of George Washington, only to find a new calling—administering aid to wounded Iraqi civilians; he’s hindered only by the furtive nature of his mission and an unruly band of chimpanzees.

Title PDF eBook
Author Dan Laguna
Publisher AuthorHouse
Pages 290
Release 2010-12-09
Genre
ISBN 144908124X

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On July 20, 1994, Dan Laguna and Carlos Guerrero of the 160th SpecialOperations Aviation Regiment SOAR were in a devastating helicopter accident.Carlos died and Dan spent months in the hospital recovering from 3rdand 4th degree full thickness burns and several broken bones. Hisstory of survival is miraculous, inspirational and motivating. He returned toduty a year later and served seven more years in his unit before retiring.Afterretiring from the Army and moving to Utah, Dan took a job working as acontractor for Blackwater USA in 2004. On January 23, 2007 his brother, ArtLaguna, and four of his brothers in arms were killed when their helicopter wasshot down over Baghdad, Iraq.DanLaguna's helicopter had extensive damage due to small arms fire and was forcedto land but after inspecting the helicopter and noticing dozens of insurgentsracing toward them, he decided to take the risk and fly back to the Green Zone. Thisbook is a tribute to his fallen brothers whose, courage, bravery, andpatriotism are what make this country what it is today.

Operation Pineapple Express

Operation Pineapple Express
Title Operation Pineapple Express PDF eBook
Author Scott Mann
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 448
Release 2022-08-30
Genre History
ISBN 1668003651

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Berets who come together to save a former comrade—and 500 other Afghans—being targeted by the Taliban in the chaos of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. In April 2021, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas. The message was clear: Get Nezam out of Afghanistan now. Nezam was part of the Afghan National Army’s first group of American-trained commandos; he passed through Fort Bragg’s legendary Q course and served alongside the US Special Forces for over a decade. But Afghanistan’s government and army were on the edge of collapse, and Nezam was receiving threatening texts from the Taliban. The message reached Nezam’s former commanding officer, retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann, who couldn’t face the idea of losing another soldier in the long War on Terror. Immediately, he sends out an SOS to a group of Afghan vets (Navy SEALs, Green Berets, CIA officers, USAID advisors). They all answer the call for one last mission. Operating out of basements and garages, Task Force Pineapple organizes an escape route for Nezam and gets him into hiding in Taliban-controlled Kabul. After many tense days, he braves the enemy checkpoints and the crowds of thousands blocking the airport gates. He finally makes it through the wire and into the American-held airport thanks to the frantic efforts of the Pineapple express, a relentless Congressional aide, and a US embassy official. Nezam is safe, but calls are coming in from all directions requesting help for other Afghan soldiers, interpreters, and at-risk women and children. Task Force Pineapple widens its scope—and ends up rescuing 500 more Afghans from Kabul in the three chaotic days before the ISIS-K suicide bombing. Operation Pineapple Express is a thrilling, suspenseful tale of service and loyalty amidst the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.