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	• Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior Dick Couch Three Rivers Press, 2008 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book, explains the challenges an SF canidate must endure.

Overall great read! As an american soldier with a significant time in service,both stateside and overseas, I found this book to be very informative and motivating. It shares with the reader all phases that an SF canidate must endure to earn the sacred Special Forces tab and be able to call himself a special operator. I have been considering a life in SF and I think this book might have pushed me over the edge and motivated me enough to try out. As I said before, great read and very well written.

Specialist M
US Army

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OUTSTANDING BOOK COVERING SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING

For anyone who has the intestinal fortitude to volunteer for some of the most intensive and challenging training the US Army has to offer, this book covers a good deal of it. As a member of the US Army's elite Special Forces, this book clearly brought back memories of my old class at SFAS (Special Forces Assessment & Selection). This book is very helpful and insightful for anyone coming to SF, or thinking about it. Do your homework and do your best to prepare mentally as well as physically. You will be tested at SFAS & SFQC big time! The name, "Nasty Nick" alone was enough to bring back all kinds of memories in training at Camp Mackall. HOOAH!!

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A 'must' for any military library seeking a thorough representation of various American military strategies and combat forces.

America has long relied on its military might to combat conventional wars; but in the war on terror such might isn't enough, especially in the guerrilla war scenario. CHOSEN SOLDIER comes from a former Navy SEAL and offers a view of the training of the Amy Special Forces warrior, or Green Berets. It discusses training, tactics, and the strategic logic of using Special Forces in the battles, and presents first-person experiences from both commanders and common soldiers. A 'must' for any military library seeking a thorough representation of various American military strategies and combat forces.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

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Absorbing Profile of Training The Warrior Elite!

Author Dick Couch, a former Navy SEAL, does for Green Beret training what he did for SEAL BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition School) in his book, THE WARRIOR ELITE. This is an absorbing and detailed account of the huge effort - blood, sweat and tears - that go into earning the Green Beret and Special Forces tab.

Regardless of your political leanings or views of the current conflicts, it is hard to come away from this account without a sense of the professionalism and dedication of this segment of our military's elite.

Couch also offers trenchant views on the nature of insurgency/counter insurgency warfare, arguing that America learned little from its Vietnam experience. Best not to make that same mistake twice.

A very good read!!!

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Informative and entertaining

Dick Couch does an excellent of job of taking the reader through the preparation, assessment and selection, and qualification courses of a special forces soldier. Couch also touches on what kind of men excel in these demanding environments. He does this with great detail while making the book very entertaining. Couch has written several books about SEAL training and involvement in the war on terror. The fact that Couch (a retired SEAL and CIA case manager) labels Army Special Forces as the most important weapon in the war on terror, speaks volumes about these guys. As someone interested in joining the special forces, this book contained some of the best information that I have been able to get my hands on.

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