The warrior elite : the forging of SEAL Class 228

"Follows the trainees of Navy SEAL Class 228 through their twenty-seven-week Basic Underwater Demolition/Seal (BUD/S) training course in 1999-2000."@en
"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. From the Trade Paperback edition."
"A former Navy SEAL and Vietnam War hero chronicles the grueling physical training and psychological conditioning that every SEAL must successfully endure in order to graduate."
"A former Navy SEAL and Vietnam War hero chronicles the grueling physical training and psychological conditioning that every SEAL must successfully endure in order to graduate."@en