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So far, I've read:
Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko (I actually read this years ago, but I re-read it...extremely capitvating)
Jarhead by Anthony Swafford
One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick
Making of the Corps by Thomas Ricks
and now I'm reading
Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior by Dick Couch.
Couch is a former Navy SEAL and ex-CIA operative, who was given permission to follow a class of Soldiers through the Army Special Forces training program (Green Beret). Couch distinguishes the Army SF, from other SOF in that they are typically older and more dependent on people skills given the nature of their missions.
Couch follows a class of enlisted men going through the 18-X-ray enlistment program, which takes civillians and puts them directly through all of the required SF schools.
What's unique so far? (I've covered about 1/6 th of the book). The men in the 18-X program themselves. They are very diverse in age and experience. One of the guys is a 20-year old farm hand, while another is a 34-year old married man with one child who worked as a computer technician.
Its a very intruiging book up to this point.
Any one else reading this genre? Or considering a similar career path?
Let's discuss.
Boar recommended that I pick up the story of Nick Rowe. That's on the reading list as well. Any other recommendations? Mike?
Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko (I actually read this years ago, but I re-read it...extremely capitvating)
Jarhead by Anthony Swafford
One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick
Making of the Corps by Thomas Ricks
and now I'm reading
Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior by Dick Couch.
Couch is a former Navy SEAL and ex-CIA operative, who was given permission to follow a class of Soldiers through the Army Special Forces training program (Green Beret). Couch distinguishes the Army SF, from other SOF in that they are typically older and more dependent on people skills given the nature of their missions.
Couch follows a class of enlisted men going through the 18-X-ray enlistment program, which takes civillians and puts them directly through all of the required SF schools.
What's unique so far? (I've covered about 1/6 th of the book). The men in the 18-X program themselves. They are very diverse in age and experience. One of the guys is a 20-year old farm hand, while another is a 34-year old married man with one child who worked as a computer technician.
Its a very intruiging book up to this point.
Any one else reading this genre? Or considering a similar career path?
Let's discuss.
Boar recommended that I pick up the story of Nick Rowe. That's on the reading list as well. Any other recommendations? Mike?
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