Headhunter
5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq's Diyala River Valley
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Headhunter
Compra ahora por $17.19
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrado por:
-
David Marantz
Acerca de esta escucha
Selected in 2005 by the army to be the first airborne reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400 paratroopers, they were half the size of a full-strength battalion and the smallest unit in the Panther Brigade.
The squadron deployed to eastern Diyala in August, 2006. Despite their size, they were tasked with an enormous mission and were given the largest area of operations within the brigade. Appropriately for a unit known by the call sign of its CO-Headhunter-5-73 would go on to pursue various terrorist factions including Al Qaeda in Iraq. They got results, and 5-73 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for launching the Turki Bowl campaign from November 2006 to January 2007 against insurgent groups in Diyala Province. However the toll would be heavy-the squadron lost 22 paratroopers during the deployment.
Headhunter is a unique account of the War on Terror. It's a soldier's story, told by those very paratroopers who gallantly fought to tame Diyala.
©2020 Peter C. Svoboda (P)2021 TantorLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
When the Tempest Gathers
- From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War
- De: Andrew Milburn
- Narrado por: Andrew Milburn
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 247
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 230
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 228
These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the very best books I’ve read in any genre.
- De Lisa en 11-10-20
De: Andrew Milburn
-
We March at Midnight
- A War Memoir
- De: Ray McPadden
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 435
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 386
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 385
We March at Midnight is award-winning author Ray McPadden’s chronicle of his experience as a highly decorated Ranger officer leading some of the most dangerous missions during the height of the Iraq and Afghan wars. In 2005, Ray joined the army in search of what he calls “the moment” - a chance to prove to himself and his brothers in arms that he is a true leader. His job is to establish the first outpost in the Korengal, Afghanistan’s deadliest valley, and his decisions and mistakes will have a permanent impact on the men he commands.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The honesty of it all
- De Wendy Rose en 04-14-22
De: Ray McPadden
-
Razor 03
- A Night Stalker’s Wars
- De: Alan C. Mack
- Narrado por: Alan C. Mack
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 304
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 289
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 289
The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force—Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign Razor 03, led a team of MH-47E helicopters and armed MH-60s. Their two-fold mission–Personnel Recovery (PR) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) involved flying in terrain and weather previously not thought possible. If that wasn’t enough, they pushed the flight envelope of their specially modified Chinooks to the limit and beyond.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The honesty of the author
- De Daniel en 06-10-24
De: Alan C. Mack
-
Scouts Out!
- A Kiowa Warrior Pilot’s Perspective of War in Afghanistan
- De: Ryan Robicheaux
- Narrado por: Timothy G Little
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior—a deep reconnaissance scout and attack aircraft—was legendary to those it supported. Regularly flying mere feet off of the ground while intentionally drawing enemy fire, almost everyone called Kiowa pilots crazy. Responsible for hunting elusive enemy fighters and protecting those under their charge, Kiowa crews displayed a fierce and intense devotion that was unparalleled.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very detailed, great storytelling.
- De Ryan en 08-01-23
De: Ryan Robicheaux
-
The Chosen Few
- A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Gregg Zoroya, William H. McRaven - foreward
- Narrado por: Gregg Zoroya
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,361
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,248
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,236
A single company of US paratroopers—calling themselves the "Chosen Few"—arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow! What an amazing group of men!
- De Myla en 06-22-18
De: Gregg Zoroya, y otros
-
They Called Us ""Lucky""
- The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit
- De: Ruben Gallego, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Ruben Gallego, Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
At first, they were “Lucky Lima”. Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations—returned unscathed on patrol after patrol through the increasingly violent al Anbar region of Iraq, looking for weapons caches and insurgents trying to destabilize the nascent Iraqi government. After two months in Iraq, Lima didn't have a casualty, not a single Purple Heart, no injury worse than a blister. Lucky Lima.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
My perspective as a 3/25 insider...
- De R-N en 06-25-22
De: Ruben Gallego, y otros
-
When the Tempest Gathers
- From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War
- De: Andrew Milburn
- Narrado por: Andrew Milburn
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 247
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 230
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 228
These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the very best books I’ve read in any genre.
- De Lisa en 11-10-20
De: Andrew Milburn
-
We March at Midnight
- A War Memoir
- De: Ray McPadden
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 435
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 386
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 385
We March at Midnight is award-winning author Ray McPadden’s chronicle of his experience as a highly decorated Ranger officer leading some of the most dangerous missions during the height of the Iraq and Afghan wars. In 2005, Ray joined the army in search of what he calls “the moment” - a chance to prove to himself and his brothers in arms that he is a true leader. His job is to establish the first outpost in the Korengal, Afghanistan’s deadliest valley, and his decisions and mistakes will have a permanent impact on the men he commands.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The honesty of it all
- De Wendy Rose en 04-14-22
De: Ray McPadden
-
Razor 03
- A Night Stalker’s Wars
- De: Alan C. Mack
- Narrado por: Alan C. Mack
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 304
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 289
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 289
The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force—Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign Razor 03, led a team of MH-47E helicopters and armed MH-60s. Their two-fold mission–Personnel Recovery (PR) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) involved flying in terrain and weather previously not thought possible. If that wasn’t enough, they pushed the flight envelope of their specially modified Chinooks to the limit and beyond.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The honesty of the author
- De Daniel en 06-10-24
De: Alan C. Mack
-
Scouts Out!
- A Kiowa Warrior Pilot’s Perspective of War in Afghanistan
- De: Ryan Robicheaux
- Narrado por: Timothy G Little
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior—a deep reconnaissance scout and attack aircraft—was legendary to those it supported. Regularly flying mere feet off of the ground while intentionally drawing enemy fire, almost everyone called Kiowa pilots crazy. Responsible for hunting elusive enemy fighters and protecting those under their charge, Kiowa crews displayed a fierce and intense devotion that was unparalleled.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very detailed, great storytelling.
- De Ryan en 08-01-23
De: Ryan Robicheaux
-
The Chosen Few
- A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Gregg Zoroya, William H. McRaven - foreward
- Narrado por: Gregg Zoroya
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,361
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,248
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,236
A single company of US paratroopers—calling themselves the "Chosen Few"—arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow! What an amazing group of men!
- De Myla en 06-22-18
De: Gregg Zoroya, y otros
-
They Called Us ""Lucky""
- The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit
- De: Ruben Gallego, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Ruben Gallego, Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
At first, they were “Lucky Lima”. Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations—returned unscathed on patrol after patrol through the increasingly violent al Anbar region of Iraq, looking for weapons caches and insurgents trying to destabilize the nascent Iraqi government. After two months in Iraq, Lima didn't have a casualty, not a single Purple Heart, no injury worse than a blister. Lucky Lima.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
My perspective as a 3/25 insider...
- De R-N en 06-25-22
De: Ruben Gallego, y otros
-
Red Platoon
- A True Story of American Valor
- De: Clinton Romesha
- Narrado por: Will Damron, Clinton Romesha
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 3,359
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,086
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,078
In 2009 Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the US military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after Keating's construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately: It was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Must Read for Comfortable, Non-combatant Americans
- De Rum Runner en 11-21-18
De: Clinton Romesha
-
Outlaw Platoon
- Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- De: Sean Parnell, John Bruning
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 7,379
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,694
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,681
At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book...Everyone should listen to this book!!
- De Chris en 04-09-12
De: Sean Parnell, y otros
-
Born Twice
- Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior
- De: Dale Hanson
- Narrado por: Dale Hanson
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 285
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
Dale Hanson takes us from a northern Minnesota boyhood to the incredible stresses of US special operations during the Vietnam War, the deadly world of MAC-V-SOG, the top-secret Special Forces project that conducted America’s secret war against the Communist forces on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Shrouded in mystery and equipped with exotic weaponry, SOG operators suffered casualty rates in excess of 100 percent for three successive years.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Politics
- De Anonymous User en 11-30-23
De: Dale Hanson
-
Generation Kill
- De: Evan Wright
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,021
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,646
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,647
They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Politically Neutral??.....Not.
- De Brett en 11-26-12
De: Evan Wright
-
Lions of Kandahar
- The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
- De: Major Rusty Bradley, Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Eric G. Dove
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,924
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,521
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,515
Southern Afghanistan was slipping away. That was clear to then-Captain Rusty Bradley as he began his third tour of duty there in 2006. The Taliban and their allies were infiltrating everywhere, poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its history. The battlefield was the Panjwayi Valley, a densely packed warren of walled compounds that doubled neatly as enemy bunkers.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
'Merica!
- De NKeene en 03-07-15
De: Major Rusty Bradley, y otros
-
The Last Punisher
- A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi
- De: Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke, Lincy Lacz
- Narrado por: Timothy Phillips
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,524
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,070
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,060
The Last Punisher is a bold, no-holds-barred first-person account of the Iraq War. With wry humor and moving testimony, Kevin Lacz tells the story of his tour in Iraq with SEAL Team Three, the warrior elite of the navy. This legendary unit, known as The Punishers, included Chris Kyle ( American Sniper), Mike Monsoor, Ryan Job, and Marc Lee. These brave men were instrumental in securing the key locations in the pivotal 2006 Battle of Ramadi, told with stunning detail in this book.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Good story, poorly read
- De Dusty en 09-03-16
De: Kevin Lacz, y otros
-
Remember the Ramrods
- An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace
- De: David Bellavia
- Narrado por: David Bellavia
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 233
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 217
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 217
After fourteen years apart, forty veterans of brutal close-quarters combat, lost souls to a man, were brought back together when one of them, the author, received the Medal of Honor. Their impromptu reunion in June 2019 helped heal them all—and saved more than a few of them too. This is their story.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent
- De Bob T en 12-08-22
De: David Bellavia
-
Echo in Ramadi
- The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
- De: Scott A. Huesing
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 942
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 852
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 852
From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, 250 marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq, during the Multi-National Forces Surge ordered by President George W. Bush. The marines' mission: to kill or capture anti-Iraqi forces. Their experience: like being in hell. Now Major Scott A. Huesing, the commander who led Echo Company through Ramadi, takes listeners back to the streets of Ramadi in a visceral, gripping portrayal of modern urban combat.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Combat is Combat
- De Calvin Guthrie en 05-21-18
De: Scott A. Huesing
-
Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 583
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 517
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 516
The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Weak
- De KL en 12-29-22
De: Buck Wyndham
-
Alone at Dawn
- Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
- De: Dan Schilling, Lori Longfritz
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 5,906
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,333
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,313
In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of SEALs struggled to take the summit in a desperate bid to find a lost teammate. Chapman, leading the charge, was gravely wounded in the initial assault. Believing he was dead, his SEAL leader ordered a retreat. Chapman regained consciousness, alone with the enemy closing in on three sides, beginning the most difficult and exceptional fight of his life.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Wasted chance to honor a hero.
- De Scott en 07-11-19
De: Dan Schilling, y otros
-
All Secure
- A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
- De: Tom Satterly, Steve Jackson
- Narrado por: Tom Satterly
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 1,527
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,366
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,363
As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the US military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. Told through Satterly's firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: post-traumatic stress.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
- One of those books that truly make a difference
- De henry en 12-21-19
De: Tom Satterly, y otros
-
Bravo Company
- An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath
- De: Ben Kesling
- Narrado por: Ben Kesling
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 99
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 99
A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar’s notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more had lost limbs, and an astonishing half of the company had Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two of the soldiers have died by suicide, more than a dozen have tried, and others admit they’ve considered it. Written with an insider’s eye and ear and drawing on extensive interviews and original reporting, Bravo Company follows the men from their initial enlistment on.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Inspiring and well written
- De Britanny en 03-07-23
De: Ben Kesling
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
-
Gentlemen Bastards
- On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces
- De: Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 221
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 196
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 197
Until the war in Iraq, the Special Forces were the military's counterinsurgency experts. Their specialty was going behind enemy lines and training insurgent forces. In Afghanistan, they toppled the Taliban by transforming Northern Alliance fighters into cohesive units. But in the almost nine years since, Special Forces units have forgone their previous mission, instead focusing on offensive raids.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
The book that shouldn't been written.
- De jeffrey en 05-30-15
De: Kevin Maurer
-
No Way Out
- A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 641
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 582
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 577
In a remote enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The team was caught in a deadly ambush that threatened not only their lives but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book
- De Retired Recruiter en 03-31-17
De: Mitch Weiss, y otros
-
First In
- An Insider’s Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
- De: Gary C. Schroen
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
While America held its breath in the days immediately following 9/11, a small but determined group of CIA agents covertly began to change history. This is the riveting first-person account of the treacherous top-secret mission inside Afghanistan to set the stage for the defeat of the Taliban and launch the war on terror. As thrilling as any novel, First In is a uniquely intimate look at a mission that began the US retaliation against terrorism - and reclaimed the country of Afghanistan for its people.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Courageous tale
- De DKSTRYKER en 02-19-25
De: Gary C. Schroen
-
A Night in the Pech Valley
- A Memoir of a Member of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Global War on Terrorism
- De: Grant McGarry
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 539
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 483
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 481
A Night in the Pech Valley is Grant McGarry's account of what it takes to become an Army Ranger and what life is like in the 75th Ranger Regiment. More importantly, it is about an operation in the most dangerous terrain for US forces anywhere in the world. The Pech Valley is surrounded by Taliban-filled mountains on the Pakistan border in the Kunar Province, where the mountain peaks push 10,000 feet.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
RANGER UP! Then buy this book
- De THE NOBLE MARRIAGE en 03-08-17
De: Grant McGarry
-
Foxtrot in Kandahar
- A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War
- De: Duane Evans
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Kandahar. The ancient desert crossroads and, as of fall of 2001, ground zero for the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in southern Afghanistan. In the northern part of the country, the US-supported Northern Alliance has made progress on the battlefield, but in the south, the country is still under the Taliban's bloody hold and al-Qa'ida continues to operate there. With no "Southern Alliance" for the US to support, a new strategy is needed if victory is to be achieved. Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans is dispatched to Pakistan to "get something going in the South." Foxtrot in Kandahar is his story.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fascinating look into CIA ground forces in early Afghanistan
- De Invictus en 09-23-18
De: Duane Evans
-
Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated
- The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
- De: Michael Smith
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 687
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 600
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 599
A top-secret US Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to capturing Saddam Hussein and, in one of the greatest special operations missions of all time, helping to track down al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden. "The Activity," as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Narrator is awful
- De Vinny en 09-20-17
De: Michael Smith
-
Gentlemen Bastards
- On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces
- De: Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 221
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 196
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 197
Until the war in Iraq, the Special Forces were the military's counterinsurgency experts. Their specialty was going behind enemy lines and training insurgent forces. In Afghanistan, they toppled the Taliban by transforming Northern Alliance fighters into cohesive units. But in the almost nine years since, Special Forces units have forgone their previous mission, instead focusing on offensive raids.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
The book that shouldn't been written.
- De jeffrey en 05-30-15
De: Kevin Maurer
-
No Way Out
- A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Mitch Weiss, Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 641
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 582
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 577
In a remote enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The team was caught in a deadly ambush that threatened not only their lives but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book
- De Retired Recruiter en 03-31-17
De: Mitch Weiss, y otros
-
First In
- An Insider’s Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
- De: Gary C. Schroen
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
While America held its breath in the days immediately following 9/11, a small but determined group of CIA agents covertly began to change history. This is the riveting first-person account of the treacherous top-secret mission inside Afghanistan to set the stage for the defeat of the Taliban and launch the war on terror. As thrilling as any novel, First In is a uniquely intimate look at a mission that began the US retaliation against terrorism - and reclaimed the country of Afghanistan for its people.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Courageous tale
- De DKSTRYKER en 02-19-25
De: Gary C. Schroen
-
A Night in the Pech Valley
- A Memoir of a Member of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Global War on Terrorism
- De: Grant McGarry
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 539
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 483
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 481
A Night in the Pech Valley is Grant McGarry's account of what it takes to become an Army Ranger and what life is like in the 75th Ranger Regiment. More importantly, it is about an operation in the most dangerous terrain for US forces anywhere in the world. The Pech Valley is surrounded by Taliban-filled mountains on the Pakistan border in the Kunar Province, where the mountain peaks push 10,000 feet.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
RANGER UP! Then buy this book
- De THE NOBLE MARRIAGE en 03-08-17
De: Grant McGarry
-
Foxtrot in Kandahar
- A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War
- De: Duane Evans
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Kandahar. The ancient desert crossroads and, as of fall of 2001, ground zero for the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in southern Afghanistan. In the northern part of the country, the US-supported Northern Alliance has made progress on the battlefield, but in the south, the country is still under the Taliban's bloody hold and al-Qa'ida continues to operate there. With no "Southern Alliance" for the US to support, a new strategy is needed if victory is to be achieved. Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans is dispatched to Pakistan to "get something going in the South." Foxtrot in Kandahar is his story.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fascinating look into CIA ground forces in early Afghanistan
- De Invictus en 09-23-18
De: Duane Evans
-
Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated
- The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team
- De: Michael Smith
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 687
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 600
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 599
A top-secret US Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to capturing Saddam Hussein and, in one of the greatest special operations missions of all time, helping to track down al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden. "The Activity," as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Narrator is awful
- De Vinny en 09-20-17
De: Michael Smith
-
Swords of Lightning
- Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11
- De: Mark Nutsch, Bob Pennington, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 156
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 144
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 146
They landed in a dust storm so thick the pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. Welcomed by a band of heavily armed militiamen, they climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They trekked through minefields, sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who'd shared food with them hours before. The men they helped called them brothers. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers. They called themselves Green Berets—Special Forces ODA 595.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very timely
- De Mary E. Dasaro en 08-08-22
De: Mark Nutsch, y otros
-
Dagger 22
- U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
- De: Michael Golembesky
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 915
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 841
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 843
The unforgiving Afghan winter settled upon the 22 men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that - this winter would be different.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good Story, but...
- De Donovan Russian en 10-10-16
-
Jump Wings And Secrets
- De: Raymond Hunter Pyle
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Each soldier in Vietnam fought his own war. For some it was a war with loneliness, boredom, and endless fatigue. For others it was a war with unyielding jungle, mountains, and disease. For still others it was a war with terror and death and all of the above. And then there was the secret war fought mostly by Army Special Forces and Navy Seals. For these secret warriors, the war was seldom boring and always dangerous. The mountains and jungles of Laos and Cambodia were their playground, and disease, terror, and death stalked them on every mission. Sergeant First Class Ed Potter, returning ...
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent listen
- De mark blankenship en 02-04-25
-
One Green Beret
- Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and beyond: 15 Extraordinary years in the life - 1996-2011
- De: Mark Giaconia
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
-
Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 32
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
3rd Edition. Before the Iraq war in 2003, Green Beret teams infiltrated Northern Iraq, linked up with the CIA, and embedded deeply with the Kurdish Peshmerga to prepare for war. These special missions were called “Advanced Force Operations.” Subsequently, these special teams brought in the rest of the Green Berets during an operation called "the Ugly Baby." Then, one of the most significant battles in Special Forces history occurred: "Operation Viking Hammer," where six Green Beret teams along with a handful of CIA and Air Force Special Ops personnel, combined with approximately 8000 ...
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good until the end
- De Anonymous User en 06-27-24
De: Mark Giaconia
-
Hunting the Jackal
- A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism
- De: Billy Waugh, Tim Keown
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,826
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,611
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,601
For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to tracking down and eliminating America's most virulent enemies. Operating from the darkest shadows and most desolate corners of the world, he made his mark in many of the most important operations in the annals of US Spec Ops. He spent seven and a half years behind enemy lines in Vietnam as a member of a covert group of elite commandos.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Hunting the Jackal - epic accounting of SOF/SOG and CIA IV
- De Eric en 01-08-18
De: Billy Waugh, y otros
-
Kill Bin Laden
- A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
- De: Dalton Fury
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,006
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 809
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 810
This work offers a firsthand account of the Battle of Tora Bora and an insider's look at the extraordinary nature of America's supersecret counterterrorist unit---an elite and mysterious group known as Delta Force.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Ex-military that can relate.
- De William en 02-10-15
De: Dalton Fury
-
Generation Kill
- De: Evan Wright
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,021
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,646
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,647
They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes. Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Politically Neutral??.....Not.
- De Brett en 11-26-12
De: Evan Wright
-
Delta Force
- A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit
- De: Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,924
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,726
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,719
Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. With this call to arms, Charlie Beckwith revolutionized American armed combat. Beckwith's acclaimed memoir tells the story of Delta Force as only its maverick creator could tell it - from the bloody baptism of Vietnam to the top-secret training grounds of North Carolina to political battles in the upper levels of the Pentagon itself. This is the heart-pounding, first-person insider's view of the missions that made Delta Force legendary.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good Military History
- De Drew en 02-01-15
De: Charlie A. Beckwith, y otros
-
Tango 1-1
- 9th Infantry Division LRPs in the Vietnam Delta
- De: Jim Thayer
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 105
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
LRPs were all volunteers. They were in the spine-tingling, brain-twisting, nerve-wracking business of Long Range Patrolling. They varied in age from eighteen to thirty. These men operated in precision movements, like walking through a jungle quietly and being able to tell whether a man or an animal is moving through the brush without seeing the cause of movement. They could sit in an ambush for hours without moving a muscle except to ease the safety off the automatic weapon in their hand at the first sign of trouble. These men were good because they had to be to survive.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Great book marred by the reader
- De Amazon Customer en 04-26-23
De: Jim Thayer
-
Black Hearts
- One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
- De: Jim Frederick
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,325
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,143
This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment - a unit known as the Black Heart Brigade. Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country's most dangerous location at its most dangerous time.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sadness
- De Richard en 04-02-19
De: Jim Frederick
-
Six Days of Impossible
- Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back
- De: Robert Adams
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 345
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 311
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 310
Six days in hell define every SEAL that moves past the point of no return in their minds. Robert Adams, MD, brings the experiences of his classmates into view with real, difficult to believe experiences, described in frightening detail by the men that lived through the frigid cold, filthy muddy days, and body-destroying events of a winter Hell Week. Eleven of 70 men went on to graduate and serve over 40 years in almost every SEAL or UDT team with honor. Listen to their real-time story, and learn why these 11 men succeeded when so many others failed.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I did Six Days of Impossible
- De T en 09-19-18
De: Robert Adams
-
Warfighter
- The Story of an American Fighting Man
- De: Col. Jesse L. Johnson, Alex Holstein
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
In Warfighter, Colonel Jesse L. Johnson, one of the most decorated living American veterans, recounts the action-packed true-life tale of a man who stood and fought at the crossroads of history. Spanning forty years of conflict, from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iran and Iraq, never has a modern military memoir covered such a vast landscape of all-out warfare.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Ain"t I Great!
- De RJW en 04-02-24
De: Col. Jesse L. Johnson, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Headhunter
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Gary
- 01-10-22
Do you want to have an Idea of what it is like?
This book flows like an detailed after action report. The reader is monotone and displays little connection. That connection is up to you.
Heart wrenching loss combined with fear as you imagine the firefights...
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Justin Robinson
- 09-12-22
A great audible!
Phenomenal military book listen to. Being in 3rd Brigade myself and personally having Svoboda’s son in my unit, I felt I had to listen to this book. It did not disappoint. Lots of great men lost during that deployment. May they Rest In Peace.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona