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Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors [Hardcover]

Don Mann , Ralph Pezzullo
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (199 customer reviews)

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Book Description

December 5, 2011
The Inside Story of America's Ultimate Warriors

When Osama bin Laden was assassinated, the entire world was fascinated by the men who had completed the seemingly impossible mission that had dogged the U.S. government for over a decade. SEAL Team 6 became synonymous with heroism, duty, and justice. Only a handful of the elite men who make up the SEALs, the US Navy's best and bravest, survive the legendary and grueling selection process that leads to becoming a member of Team 6, a group so classified it technically does not even exist. There are no better warriors on Earth.

Don Mann knows what it takes to be a brother in this ultra-selective fraternity. As a member of Seal Team Six for over eight years and a SEAL for over seventeen years, he worked in countless covert operations, operating from land, sea, and air, and facing shootings, decapitations, and stabbings. He was captured by the enemy and lived to tell the tale, and he participated in highly classified missions all over the globe, including Somalia, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. As a coordinator for several civilian SEAL training programs, and as a former Training Officer of SEAL Team Six, he was directly responsible for shaping the bodies and minds of SEALs who carried out the assassination of Osama bin Laden.

But to become a SEAL, Mann had to overcome his own troubled childhood and push his body to its breaking point--and beyond. INSIDE SEAL TEAM 6 is a high octane narrative of physical and mental toughness, giving unprecedented insight to the inner workings of the training and secret missions of the world's most respected and feared combat unit.

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About the Author

Don Mann (CWO3, USN) has for the last thirty years been associated with the Navy SEALS either as a platoon member, assault team member, boat crew leader, or advanced training officer; and more recently program director preparing civilians to go to BUD/s (SEAL Training). Up until 1998 he was on active duty with SEAL Team 6. Since his retirement, he has deployed to the Middle East on numerous occasions in support of the war against terrorism. Many of the active duty SEALs on SEAL Team 6 are the same guys he taught how to shoot, conduct ship and aircraft takedowns, and trained in urban, arctic, desert, and river and jungle warfare, as well as Close Quarters Battle (CQB) and Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT). He has suffered two broken backs, two cases of high altitude pulmonary edema, and multiple other broken bones, in training or service. He has been captured twice during operations and lived to talk about it.

Co-writer Ralph Pezzullo is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning playwright, screenwriter and journalist. His books include Jawbreaker (with CIA operative Gary Berntsen).

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (December 5, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0316204315
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316204316
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (199 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Both books are interesting and very good and are also very well written. sam hunt  |  44 reviewers made a similar statement
I thank God for men like Don who make this country a place where I can live my life the way I do. Benjamin D  |  49 reviewers made a similar statement
Enjoyed Inside SEAL team Six, a book about Don Mann's life and times with SEAL Team 6. Matt M  |  44 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness for Chief Mann! December 3, 2011
Format:Hardcover
As a retired Army Special Forces operator I've read and continue to enjoy reading books from the other Services' special operations forces. I'd read "SEAL Target Geronimo" several weeks ago and had, frankly, sworn I'd not read another SEAL authored book for some time to come given how poorly it was written and how, IMHO, misguided the former ST6 author was to have written it at all.

I discovered Don Mann's book while changing planes on a recent trip and on a hunch bought it.

Don and his co-author offer a great story and an intense read. There's something for everyone in this book and more than a few highly personal / motivational insights and "lessons learned". Don's good-natured (mostly) digs at us "Green Berets" reminded me of all the equally good-natured (mostly) shots we enjoyed and still enjoy taking at our SEAL brothers. His hard-earned and totally objective view of how we in Special Operations view the loss of our teammates in training brought back a few memories and reminders, as well.

I was surprised the author team did not simply provide the Navy's reviewers with material showing that much of what is redacted (to a distracting degree while reading the book) was and is previously available in the public and should have been left in the book. This takes a little time to research and compile but letting the reviewers get nearly everything they wanted was absurd, especially toward the ending. If not completely clean for publication I'd like to have seen Don and Mr. Pezzullo rewrite the objected to material in such a way it would have conveyed what the author wanted to convey without necessarily compromise.

It the "black bars of secrecy" were left in for some form of spooky effect they, IMHO, failed to do more than cause the chapters affected to lose their otherwise tenor, tone, and high energy pace. Please don't do this again!

Most of all this, to me, helped in a positive way to blunt the earlier book mentioned. Chief Mann was clearly a monster on the midway, a dedicated warrior and SEAL operator with a lifetime of credentials and experiences, and a man whose own story and stories about others can and will inspire people from all walks of life.

For a SEAL Don didn't do too bad with his first literary effort :) I hope there is more to come.

De Oppresso Liber!
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51 of 58 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Confused November 28, 2011
By Caiser
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A word of warning, whole sections of this book, including chapter titles and in some cases whole pages, have been redacted. While I understand the preface at the beginning provides a reasoning, it severely hurt my ability to read, follow, and most importantly enjoy Mr. Mann's work. On top of that, obvious things, like the name "Delta" or " Nightstalkers 160th S.O.A.R." have been blacked out. These are things that seem to almost be common knowledge. While there are some entertaining personal anecdotes of Mr. Mann's youth and stories of training missions (the chapter about selection into ST-6 is mostly blacked out), don't pick up this book hoping for a nuts and bolts detailed description of DEVGRU or the SEALs.
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable. December 6, 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having served with and supported NSW since the early 80's, and done some ops with the subject of this book, I understand security. But the redacting in this book makes it unreadable. Entire chapters are redacted, and are useless. I would have rather they just left the subject out and made what was there coherent. Changed operators names, dates, etc to make the book readable.

Don't waste your money, it's not worth it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars different opinion
I found it to be very interesting,however, there was way too much patting himself on the back. My opinion of the seals changed and I now look at many of them as delinquents... Read more
Published 4 days ago by gary.symonds
5.0 out of 5 stars EPIC!
Im proud to say Ive been friends w/ Don Mann for over 15yrs. I was in the Navy and tried my hand at BUD/S as a corpsman. Read more
Published 5 days ago by tommybaynard
4.0 out of 5 stars start
Got off to a slow start. Way to much about his childhood. But then it took off and was great. What an amazing guy. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Francisl Kenney
5.0 out of 5 stars About Inside Seal Team Six
While the blacked out parts were a bit redundant, they didn't bug me as much as they did my husband who didn't want to continue reading because of them. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Diananow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
The beginning of the book, moreso than anywhere else, has sentences and even paragraphs that are blacked out (due to sensitive nature) which makes for some choppy reading, but if... Read more
Published 17 days ago by 2myownbeat
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't get enough
I love reading about top tier units and this story doesn't disappoint. Not so much the hardships of combat but what the back story that got them there.
Published 28 days ago by Zehn of Sparta
1.0 out of 5 stars Stupid
Don't buy this book. Go read Marcus Luttrell or Chris Kyle or Rorke Denver and certainly "Fearless" about Adam Brown.

This book is stupid. Read more
Published 1 month ago by FoxForceFive
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
In my opinion, everyone in America should read this book. Regardless of whom they are. There are life lessons which everyone can learn from, whether you are a recovering alcoholic... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ryan Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Honestly there wasn't much black you can't get around. Mostly the first chapter. Really good book and finished in two days.
Published 1 month ago by Jacob
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read
This book covers a wide variety of what its like in the Teams. Very well written and from the heart. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Elizabeth Chandler
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