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Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism | 
 enlarge | Author: Dick Couch
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 59540
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1400081017
Dewey Decimal Number: 327
EAN: 9781400081011
ASIN: 1400081017
Publication Date: May 23, 2006
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Condition: TOP EDGE OF PAGES ARE WARPED FROM POSSIBLE WATER SPILL; PAGES ARE CLEAN, THOUGH; TIGHT SPINE, SOME COVER AND EDGE WEAR.
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In America’s battle against al-Qaeda and their allies, the goal of the Navy SEALs is to be the best guns in the fight—stealthy, effective, professional, and lethal. Here for the first time is a SEAL insider’s battle history of these Special Operations warriors in the war on terrorism.
“Down range” is what SEALs in Afghanistan and Iraq call their area of operations. In this new mode of warfare, “down range” can refer to anything from tracking roving bands of al-Qaeda on a remote mountain trail in Afghanistan to taking down an armed compound in Tikrit and rousting holdouts from Saddam Hussein’s regime. It could mean interdicting insurgents smuggling car-bomb explosives over the Iraqi-Syrian border or silently boarding a freighter on the high seas at night to enforce an embargo. In other words, “down range” could be anywhere, anytime, under any conditions.
In Down Range, author Dick Couch, himself a former Navy SEAL and CIA case officer, uses his unprecedented access to bring the reader firsthand accounts from the warriors in combat during key missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Couch creates a pulse-pounding, detailed narrative of the definitive engagements of this war, while painting an unusually intimate portrait of these warriors in the field. The performance of the SEALs in difficult, changing environments—in the heat of the Afghan desert, in the snow-packed Hindu Kush, on the high seas, and in the urban chaos of Baghdad—has been nothing short of extraordinary. The SEALs, coordinating with other American forces, the CIA, and foreign special operations units like the Polish GROM, have once more shown their genius for improvisation and capacity for courageous action in leading the fight against this new and vicious enemy.
The first battle history of its kind, Down Range is a riveting close-up of some of America’s finest warriors in action against a deadly foe.
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 Couch Gets It Right Again July 27, 2005
J. Mitchell
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Dick Couch immerses himself in the SEAL culture once again. A straight foward, non bravado telling of the elite naval commandos and their first journey inland into the harsh mountains of Afghanistan. With quotes and commentary from the first, second, and third toured SEALS, the book retians a "front of the lines" account on this hunt for Al-Queda and Taliban as the SEALs journey down range, and into harms way.
An informative book about Special Forces April 29, 2006
R. Miller (Woodstock, Georgia USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mr. Couch has provided a look into the actions of the US Navy SEALS in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. For security reasons the missions are described in a very broad sense without a lot of details, which is as it should be. He also gives us a glimpse into the trainig and organization of this elite force. These are well trained, brave warriors who deserve recognition for the job they do. It is a well written book, right to the point and worth reading if only to find out how tough the war on terrorism really is.
This guy is awesome August 7, 2005
Sean Rogers (GB, Maryland USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It didnt take me long to finish this one. It was so hard to put down. Definately my favorite book on the War on Terror. I don't know how he gets the inside scoop like he did but...he did. This is a book for anybody who is interested in the military or the war on terror. These guys are 100% professional. It talks a lot about their training and goes into good detail about CQD(Close Quarters Defense) Really fantastic book. Pick it up.
Down Range is right on target August 8, 2005
T. OCONNOR (San Diego)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very engossing! Read it in one sitting! The Navy Seals taking the fight to the terrorists on land, sea and in the air. Some great stuff: First time American and German forces worked together on the same team - ever, first guys into Afghanistan after 9/11, the capture of a high ranking Al-Queda leader, lots more. A very revealing view of the enemy down the gunsight of the Seals' M4 weapon.
Couch is the best when it comes to the SEALS September 6, 2005
S. Mcculloch
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If your interested in the Navy SEALS then do yourself a favor. Read Warrior Elite, Finishing school, and then Down range. No other author that has had the access Captain Couch has had can describe the training, philosophy, and the operations of the Navy SEALS as vividly as he can. I highly recommend all three books.
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