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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** With all the SEALs' recent
successes, we have been getting a level of attention we are not
used to. It's been flattering but something important has been
missing from the discussion. People keep describing what we do, but
no one has even scratched the surface of how and why. The unique
psychology behind it. Operating in the world's most hostile
environments, the Navy SEALs are highly skilled warriors, finely
tuned and ready for action. Now, for the first time, Lieutenant
Commander Rorke Denver offers a compelling and profound insight
into the extreme bravery, borderline lunacy, and touching
camaraderie of this elite brotherhood. Packed with tales from the
gruelling training process and real-life operations, Rorke Denver
recounts his evolution from a young SEAL hopeful pushing his way
through Hell Week, into a warrior engaging in dangerous stealth
missions across the globe, and finally into a lieutenant commander
directing the indoctrination programmes and the "Hero or Zero"
missions his graduating SEALs undertake. From hunting Osama bin
Laden to hostage rescues in Somalia and momentum-shifting
operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the SEALs hit hard and fast,
moving in and out of conflict zones without leaving a trace.
Through the course of Denver's story, you'll see what it takes to
become one of them and why they are the damn few.
Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs--the most
creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors
for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of
action-packed mission experience and a top training role,
Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow's
soldiers are recruited, sculpted, motivated, and deployed.
Now, Denver takes you inside his personal story and the
fascinating, demanding SEAL training program he now oversees. He
recounts his experience evolving from a young SEAL hopeful pushing
his way through Hell Week, into a warrior engaging in dangerous
stealth missions across the globe, and finally into a lieutenant
commander directing the indoctrination, requalification programs,
and the "Hero or Zero" missions his SEALs undertake.
From his own SEAL training and missions overseas, Denver details
how the SEALs' creative operations became front and center in
America's War on Terror-and how they are altering warfare
everywhere. In fourteen years as a SEAL officer, Rorke Denver
tangled with drug lords in Latin America, stood up to violent mobs
in Liberia, and battled terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leading
200 commando missions, he earned the Bronze Star with V for valor.
He has also served as flag aide to the admiral in charge and spent
the past four years as executive officer of the Navy Special
Warfare Center's Advanced Training Command in Coronado, California,
directing all phases of the basic and advanced training that
prepare men for war in SEAL teams. He recently starred in the film
"Act of Valor." He is married and has two daughters.
Ellis Henican is a columnist at "Newsday" and an on-air commentator
at the Fox News Channel. He has written two recent "New York Times"
bestsellers, "Home Team" with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton
and "In the Blink of an Eye" with NASCAR legend Michael Waltrip.
With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level
of acclaim we're not used to. But something important has been
missing in this warm burst of publicity... Correcting that is my
mission here.
My own SEAL dream was launched by a book. My hope is that this one
teaches lessons that go far beyond the battlefield, inspiring a
fresh generation of warriors to carry on that dream.
-Lieutenant Commander Rorke Denver
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