On Top Of My Reading List

Coming out tomorrow: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. From Amazon:

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive.

This is a story that I think barely made it into the media but finally it's being told. Powerline has a link to the first chapter online somewhere. Far more is available from the fine fellows over at Blackfive; especially noteworthy are two entries whose links I'll put directly here. Both are from Froggy Ruminations, home of two SEALS-turned-bloggers. One is one of their thoughts on the funeral of those that died that day, the other is their account of things as heard through the SEAL grapevine.


From what I can tell, this SEAL's story is truly incredible; I believe he's now back at it in Iraq. I don't know where we get these guys but the entire country owes them a debt of gratitude we cannot hope to repay.