Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin (2011, Hardcover)

Synopsis
A memoir by SEAL Team Six ex-sniper Wasdin coincidentally bursts onto the scene shortly after the same elite unit was credited with killing Osama bin Laden. The book rockets forward during precise bullet-by-bullet accounts from one of the world's most lethal marksmen, depicting the desperate Mogadishu "Black Hawk Down" battle and others. The team's grueling training with ambulances standing by, described in riveting detail by a survivor, remains widely regarded as the most rigorous ever devised by man and stood the author in good stead while his legs were being shot to pieces during a lengthy pitched firefight.

The SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper (2011) book by Stephen Templin and Howard E. Wasdin is a detailed portrayal of hostage rescue and counterinsurgency relating to the Navy SEALS and Special Forces snipers. This book by Stephen Templin starts of with the selection process of the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, which is also known as the world’s toughest and highest military training. Howard E. Wasdin, co-author of this book on SEAL Sniper became the world’s best sniper from the 18 snipers in SEAL Team Six. The SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper (2011) book is a narration of Wasdin’s snipers journey. This book by Stephen Templin describes how Wasdin’s team escaped without help during a routine mission. This book on SEAL Sniper also states the unfortunate event, which had almost blown off Wasdin’s legs while combating with the enemy.

Key Details
Author:	Stephen Templin, Howard E. Wasdin
Language:	English
Publisher:	St Martin's Pr
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	031269945X
ISBN-13:	9780312699451

Size
Length:	331 pages
Thickness:	1.5 in
Weight:	20 oz

Publisher's Note
A Navy SEAL Team Six sniper traces the story of how he became an elite soldier while recounting the dramatic mission that nearly cost him his life, offering insider perspectives on his team's extensive training process at the Marine's Scout Sniper School.

A book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six -- the covert squad that killed Osama Bin LadenSEAL Team Six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. In this dramatic, behind-the-scenes chronicle, Howard Wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of Navy SEALS and Special Forces snipers, beginning with the grueling selection process of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)--the toughest and longest military training in the world. After graduating, Wasdin faced new challenges. First there was combat in Operation Desert Storm as a member of SEAL Team Two. Then the Green Course: the selection process to join the legendary SEAL Team Six, with a curriculum that included practiced land warfare to unarmed combat. More than learning how to pick a lock, they learned how to blow the door off its hinges. Finally as a member of SEAL Team Six he graduated from the most storied and challenging sniper program in the country: The Marine's Scout Sniper School. Eventually, of the 18 snipers in SEAL Team Six, Wasdin became the best--which meant one of the best snipers on the planet. Less than half a year after sniper school, he was fighting for his life. The mission: capture or kill Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. From rooftops, helicopters and alleys, Wasdin hunted Aidid and killed his men whenever possible. But everything went quickly to hell when his small band of soldiers found themselves fighting for their lives, cut off from help, and desperately trying to rescue downed comrades during a routine mission. The Battle of Mogadishu, as it become known, left 18 American soldiers dead and 73 wounded. Howard Wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off while engaging the enemy. His dramatic combat tales combined with inside details of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers make this one of the most explosive military memoirs in years.