A must for those serious about attending BUD/S.

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	• The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 Dick Couch Three Rivers Press, 2003 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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The Training of Winners

The Warrior class="textlinks">Elite, written by Dean Couch, is an excellent account of the type of training that makes a Navy Seal. The author is with class 228 from start to finish, detailing how many there are (and most of the time how many are left), what they are doing, how they are doing it, and why.

The book is a page-turner for sure and, though in itself interesting stuff, the author doesn't detract at all from the suspense, challenge, and ultimate victory (for some) that entails Navy Seal training. In fact, the author's no-nonsense layout of the training fits the subject matter perfectly. Seen through his eyes, the story of class 228 is stripped of all non-essential happenings, leaving you and I--the readers--with the ability to focus on the struggle and the people struggling.

Speaking for myself, this makes the book much more interesting, and it makes the ultimate value of this book for a general audience much more realizable. Knowing what makes an "elite warrior" on the battlefield is helpful if one wants to be a master of their own trade, whatever that is. In detailing the class of 228's training, Couch gives his readers exactly that knowledge--though it's up to each reader to induce the general principles.

Here's my recommendation: When you catch yourself starting to whine about how hard your everyday life is or when you are wondering what it would take to really master your profession, stop by your local bookstore, pick up this book, take a rest, and then witness the making of Navy Seal class 228. You will see pretty quickly how easy your life is in comparison, and you will be shown the path to success in any field: precise, clear thinking, lots of hard work, repetition, and persistence.

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A must for those serious about attending BUD/S.

Dick Couch, being a former class="textlinks">SEAL, follows the Class of 228 in the '90s to document BUD/S training. BUD/S is among the toughest, if not the toughest school you can take part in the military on an international scale, because it deals with spending long days in the water. If you look at other schools, they all have something to do with land exercises and being miserable, but BUD/S is one that pits man against a natural fear - the possibility of drowning. Candidates are taught how to be more comfortable in water than on land, and this makes the SEALs the best choice for water operations, and they are good enough to hold their own on land with other special operators. Dick has to ask himself and others how training has changed, whether it has gotten harder or easier since his days in the Vietnam era. When Dick went to BUD/S, the U.S. was in a war and needed SEALs as soon as they graduated, lowering the quality of BUD/S graduates somewhat. However Dick maintains that they are all brothers no matter the time, and you can find this high esprit de corps throughout all his books. Everyone is on the same team fighting for a common cause. It lists BUD/S training in detail and is recommended for those who want to attend it to get a sense of what they're getting into. Highly recommended to see how SEALs get made.

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Good Book

Dick Couch takes you on a good look into the training of class="textlinks">Seal Class 228. His way of writing is easy to read and the book is laid out well and informative. I did not care for his attempts at ego shots towards the Army schools that provide specialized training to the other services along with the seals. I'm sure you can tell that this is my biased opinion though :-)
All in all it was a good read.

Wow!

Being in the Navy, and with unrealized macho ambitions, I bought this book to try to understand the people who shoot and get shot at for a living. This book is an amazing account for the27 weeks journey of a groupd of men through their initial training. It illustrates the amazing physical condition, the determination and, suprisingly, the luck that got these men through the training. Not that they got through on luck, but that some others were simply unlucky and didn't make it.

As a simple military tale, it is great reading, but for those who like to find deeper meaning in their books, this offers that in spades. It is an amazing account of what one person can accomplish if they are absolutely committed and willing to put up with any kind of pain. Makes getting up a running a few miles seem like a cakewalk.

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This book is a great outline of BUD/s

If you are interested in class="textlinks">Seal training and you want to know the aspects of it, well I would recommend you read this book. This book is full of great detail and exciting details about the training that our Navy's finest go through. My hats are off to the men who endure this training. So I think if you are a wanna be this should be you next purchase.

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