To Be a U.S. Navy SEAL [Paperback]

Cliff Hollenbeck (Author)

Book Description

Series: To Be A | Publication Date: August 2003

This is an introduction into what it really means to be a U.S. Navy SEAL in today's U.S. Navy-in the sea, in the air, and on the land. The U.S. Navy's elite specialists are among the most highly trained forces capable of undertaking dangerous missions into enemy territory. Hollenbeck takes you through the relentless twenty-five week training, including "hell" week, when soldiers are put through five days of training with fewer than 4 hours of sleep.About the Author and Photographer:Cliff Hollenbeck and Dick Couch followed SEAL Class 228 through months of rigorous training. Their words and photos are one of the most accurate portrayals of this demanding program ever put into print.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760314047
• ISBN-13: 978-0760314043
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a companion to the Warrior Elite, March 11, 2004

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"vmilo8" (Socialist Republic of Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Be a U.S. Navy SEAL (Paperback)

If you're a SEAL fan and have read The Warrior Elite then this is a great companion to the book. It's not a book you read though - this one's all photos and a bit of text. The pictures of SEAL training are the best, actually, I know of NO OTHER book that has as many pics of BUD/S training. You see all the pics of what Dick Couch wrote about in Warrior Elite. Funny thing is that you see the guys from that BUD/S class because their names are written on their clothes but the author makes absolutely no mention of the people in the photos.

Another reviewer said the pics were "old and outdated." What?! They're all the pics that were NOT used in Couch's book and are from one of the latest BUD/S classes, the class that Couch wrote about. Couch's Warrior Elite isn't a picture book - this one is and it's great.

21 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warrior Elite Reincarnated, December 12, 2003

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Katy Laher "Katy" (Virginia Beach, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Be a U.S. Navy SEAL (Paperback)

Very disappointed.

This book appears to have been thrown together very quickly. I read the Warrior Elite and really enjoyed it. My hopes were similar for the latest Couch book about BUD/S. Instead of giving the reader current pictures from BUD/S classes Couch reused pictures from his Warrior Elite book. The pictures are old and outdated.

Worst of all, reading To Be a Navy SEAL gave me an uncomfortable sense of Deja Vu. Reason being most of the text was "cut and pasted" from the Warrior Elite.

Read the Warrior Elite. Don't waste your time and money on this rude afterthought of a project.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HOW TO BE A U.S. Navy SEAL - Reveiw, December 2, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: To Be a U.S. Navy SEAL (Paperback)

This book is about class 228 doing the BUD/S.(Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL). I thought this sounded like a very interesting and imformative book. It was very interesting because it went into detail of what the SEALs do for training, weapons,etc. What I really liked about it is that it went into great detail about what the phases were. The third phase has alot of information on what weapons they train with. The M4, Mk-75 hose charge, Rocket Launcher and C4 explosives sound really cool. I thought that was very informative. Those things are what kept me entertained while I read the book.
Another interesting and very fun part of the book was that there were alot of photos of the SEALs doing their training. That is one of the reasons that I gave this book four stars. Another reason is that it went into detail of what the SEALs had to do to quit the class or keep up with the rest of the team. The other two reasons are that it told me about the guns and explosives they use during training and in the battlefield, and that the days that were harder and easier. Such as, "the only easy day was yesterday"
It sounds very tough to be a navy SEAL but one of the coolest jobs in the world. I would reccomend this book to anyone looking for something good to read or looking for information about a really cool career.