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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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highly recommended

I highly recommend this book, to at the bare minimum understand the trials these men go thru, and at the max. to push yourself to achieve things you never thought possible.

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Real warriors, real people

Before I read this book, I had the idea that all class="textlinks">SEALs are: fearless, 6-2, 210 pounds, and musclebound, with no doubts. This book really shows you that these guys are young "kids" who are really normal people, like you and me. Look at the photos of them. They look like anybody. Most are not "huge" by today's [steroid] standards. In fact, the book makes the point that they do it the "natural" way, with no creatine, no steroids (creatine can get you killed in SEAL training, as it can on the football field). I wish all young American men red this book at 16 or 17, to understand that you can do miraculous things with your body, without chemical "help". The intro. details a SEAL wartime operation in Grenada in 1983, in which the young SEALs are afraid for their lives. The real fear of war came through to me, not the "gung ho" movie stuff. I also thought that at age 39, I am "too old" to be at their level. But there have been SEALs as old as 39 who went through BUD/s ! This taught me that it is a cop-out to say "I am too old to train hard". What I am trying to say is, this book is very real, and shows these guys are just "normal guys", but they do incredible things. I found it really uplifting, oddly, because of what it depicts. But the human mind is so strong, if it is focused. Thank God we have young men like this in our country, too.

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Up close & personal

I got hooked on these type of books by a friend reading Warrior Soul at the beach and couldnt take his eyes off the book. I thought the book was fantastic! Dick Couch really goes into detail of class 228 going through BUD/S. He really immerses you in the experience of training to become a navy seal and the mind sets of the class. By the end of the book I felt like I really knew some of the students like burke & birch. These guys are no joke! Reading about all the training that goes on in 1 day alone is unbelievable. If you are looking for a book that really goes into the training involved along the path to becoming a seal then this is a must have.

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