The Warrior Elite, Dick Couch
The Warrior Elite, Dick Couch
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The Warrior Elite
The Forging of SEAL Class 228

Author: Dick Couch

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/25/2011

Synopsis

With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world.

What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The Warrior Elite, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch documents the process that transforms young men into warriors. SEAL training is the distillation of the human spirit, a tradition-bound ordeal that seeks to find men with character, courage, and the burning desire to win at all costs, men who would rather die than quit.

About Dick Couch

Dick Couch is a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He graduated from BUD/S Class 45 in 1969, and was the class Honorman. As Whiskey Platoon Commander with SEAL Team One in Vietnam, he led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of that conflict. Following his release from active duty in the Navy, he served as a maritime and paramilitary case officer with the CIA. In 1997, he retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Captain. Dick is also the author ofThe Finishing School, Chosen Soldier, and Down Range, as well as four novels: Seal Team One, Pressure Point, Silent Descent, and Rising Wind. Dick lives with his wife, Julia, in Ketchum, Idaho.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on May 02, 2021

This book was very informative about the US Naval Special Warfare Command, the Navy SEALs. If you have read Chosen Warrior or anything else by the author, he does not give you a history of these units but takes you on the journey to becoming a member of the elite group. The author starts with the gru......more

Goodreads review by David on September 16, 2018

Though I did not serve in the military, I have the utmost appreciation and respect for those who do, and this riveting account of what is endured by those who enter the lengthy training program to become a Navy SEAL only deepened that respect. Author Dick Couch, himself an older, retired SEAL, was e......more

Goodreads review by James on May 26, 2011

This account of the travails of a group of naval officers and sailors, starting with nearly a hundred who want to become SEALs and ending with ten or so actually making it through the initial training - the SEAL version of boot camp, really, although they've all been through either Navy boot camp or......more

Goodreads review by Neil on January 08, 2013

The Warrior Elite shows the SEAL's training up close and personal, including all the struggles and obstacles that these men have to overcome. This book starts off at the basic BUD/S training of students and what kind of exercises they have to proceed threw and each exercise has a requirement. These S......more

Goodreads review by Forrest on February 10, 2019

"Set the highest example. Remember, no one ever did anything absolutely right. Perfection is impossible, but striving for perfection is not. You have the power to do that. " -Dick Couch, Author & Former U.S. Navy SEAL For anyone curious about the toughest military training in the world for the single......more

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