Dagger 22, Michael Golembesky
Dagger 22, Michael Golembesky
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Dagger 22
U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

Author: Michael Golembesky

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2016


Synopsis

The thrilling true story of a Marine special operations unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan.

Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky's New York Times bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors.

The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the twenty-two 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.

Along with Afghan and International Security Forces (NATO), the Marines of Dagger 22 continued their fight throughout the harsh winter to shape the battlefield before the Afghan ground began to thaw. From one firefight to the next, the noose began to tighten around the village of Daneh Pasab and the Taliban command cell operating there. On April 6, 2010, a ground force consisting of U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghan Commandos and Marine Corps special operations conducted a night assault to destroy the heavily entrenched Taliban force, breaking their grip on the valley and stopping the spring offensive before it ever began.

But nothing in Bala Murghab comes easily as combat operations wear on the operators of Dagger 22, as they lean on each other once again in order to complete their mission in one of the most brutal environments on earth.

About Michael Golembesky

STAFF SERGEANT MICHAEL GOLEMBESKY served 8 years with the United States Marine Corps and is a combat veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. Golembesky served as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller with Marine Special Operation Team 8222 (MARSOC).

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot is an audiobook narrator, stage, screen and television actor, and acting coach.  He has narrated over 100 works that span a range of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, thriller, and children’s titles. His audiobook credits include works of Alan Glynn, Eric Van Lustbader, Nora Roberts and Dean Koontz.  In film and television, he appeared in Caddyshack, America's Most Wanted, and Unsolved Mysteries.  He performs in regional and New York theaters and directs the New Voices acting school.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Les

This is a fascinating (and ultimately frustrating) book following a small Marine Corps special operations group in a small valley in Afghanistan. The author illustrates in great detail a number of the operations that he participated in in an attempt to drive the Taliban out of the valley. Fortunatel......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

A well-told story that takes the reader on a dangerous journey into war and how each team-member relies on the support of the others, like a well-oiled machine. It allows the layman who has never been in a battle situation to be a voyeur in this nightmare called war and terrorism. Note: Our son has......more

Goodreads review by Steven

Former Marine Michael Golembesky wrote a home run of a war memoir with his inaugural book, LEVEL ZERO HEROES. His second book, DAGGER 22, picks up immediately where LZH left off. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 (the eponymous Dagger 22) is still in the Bala Murghab Valley. The Marine Raiders, sup......more