This author delves into the depths of the human psyche and the complexities of morality through compelling narratives. His style is characterized by incisive dialogue and detailed descriptions that draw readers into the heart of the action. Through his works, he contemplates the nature of decision-making in crisis situations and how these choices shape our lives. His writing offers gripping reading filled with suspense and reflection.
With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless militarytraining 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.
The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day. But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday. In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home. But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border—where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America…
"In the worst intelligence failure since Pearl Harbor, Al Qaeda operatives hijack four commercial airliners and use them in a deadly, coordinated attack against the United States completely revamps its national security structure, creating brand new organizations to better protect the American homeland from aftershock attacks ... Now, Dick Couch - retired Navy seal and ex-CIA operative - posits an interesting theory. In a fast-paced, action-packed, fictionalized account of the hunt for bin Laden, Couch teases out an intriguing and completely plausible alternate history"--
By Honor Bound is the powerful and moving story of two Medal of Honor recipients, written by New York Times bestselling author Dick Couch. “Delivers cracking-good minute-by-minute descriptions of two SEAL missions rich in suspense, with technically accurate fireworks and undeniable heroism.” —HistoryNet In April of 1972, near the end of the Vietnam War, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris performed an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor. Just six months later, Norris was sent on a dangerous special reconnaissance mission that would take his team deep into enemy territory. In the running gun battle that ensued, Lieutenant Norris was severely wounded; a bullet entered his left eye and exited the left side of his head. SEAL Petty Officer Mike Thornton, under heavy fire, fought his way back onto a North Vietnamese beach to rescue his officer—an act of heroism that earned him the Medal of Honor as well. This is the true story of two living American legends who entered military service and the Navy SEAL teams for vastly different reasons—and were thrown together for a single combat mission that would define their lives.
Před jedenáctým zářím byla Amerika chráněna institucí známou jako Operační centrum. Vše kolem něj bylo chráněné a tým se hlásil přímo prezidentovi. Využíval tajné agenty se schopnostmi speciálních zásahových jednotek, hasil krize po celém světě a byl špičkou ve svém oboru. Ale po katastrofě, která postihla Světové obchodní centrum, bylo Operační centrum v zájmu zefektivnění rozpuštěno – a země tak zůstala ve velkém nebezpečí. Když po výbuchu bomb na sportovních stadionech po celé zemi zůstanou stovky mrtvých a zmrzačených mužů, žen a dětí, prezident vydá rozkaz, aby bylo Operační centrum znovu založeno – tedy nové Operační centrum, schopné poradit si s nástrahami technicky vyspělého jedenadvacátého století. A jedna taková smrtonosná hrozba doutná na Blízkém východě. Odrodilý saúdskoarabský princ s ambicí ovládat dodávky ropy do celého světa má důmyslný plán, jak dohnat Ameriku k útoku na Sýrii a zakrýt tak to, co on sám připravuje. Jen agenti Operačního centra mají odvahu vydat varování, které však nikdo nechce slyšet…
