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'Absence of self is my sword' comprises the final line in 'The
Warrior's Creed,' a 14th century poem written by an unknown
Japanese samurai, and this is the code Master Sergeant Roger Sparks
embodied as a Recon Marine turned Alaskan Pararescueman. A living
legend in the military, Sparks first made a name for himself within
elite Marine Reconnaissance units. He went on to become an
instructor where he trained future Reconnaissance Marines with
unorthodox and ancient indigenous warrior techniques. A decade
later, the same methods would keep him and others alive, when he
hoisted into a maelstrom of violence to rescue an embattled platoon
in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Introduced to a
tough code of honor, family, and brotherhood from birth, Roger
Sparks rose to become a distinguished instructor in Marine
Reconnaissance and a Silver Star recipient as an Alaska
Pararescueman. A raw and exhilarating tale of guts, grit, and
heart, Warrior's Creed recounts the hidden side of special
operations training, heroic and heartbreaking Alaskan wilderness
rescues, and the surreal and deadly rescues during Operation
Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan's Watapur Valley. This powerful and
inspirational story is as much of a self-help book as it is an edge
of your seat military memoir. Warrior's Creed reveals a motivating
and mindful approach to over coming the odds, facing the
impossible, and finding mercy and grace in the aftermath.
"That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of
Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite
military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens
injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded
Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights at war, the PJs are the
least known and most highly trained of America's warriors. Never
Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store
clerk, became a Special Forces Operator and war hero. After being
shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in the
rugged Watapur Valley in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with
his teammates for a heroic rescue, the bullet fragments stitched
over and still in his skull. In a cross between a suicide rescue
mission and an against-all-odds mountain battle, his team of PJs
risk their lives again in an epic firefight. When his helicopter is
hit and begins leaking fuel, Jimmy finds himself in the worst
possible position as a rescue specialist - forced to leave members
from his own team behind. Jimmy will have to risk everything to get
back into the battle and bring back his brothers. From
death-defying Alaskan wilderness training, wild rescues, and
vicious battles against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, this is an
explosive special operations memoir unlike any that has come
before, and the true story of a man from humble beginnings who
became an American hero.
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