We would like to thank our families and friends for their love and support, especially Don’s daughter, Dawn, and Ralph’s wife, Jessica, and his children, John, Michael, Francesca, and Alessandra. This book wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our agents, Eric Lupfer and Mel Berger, and the expert guidance and work of a number of skilled professionals at Mulholland/Little, Brown, including Emily Giglierano, Pamela Brown, Elora Weil, Ben Allen, and others. In terms of inspiration, we get that from the men and women who do the kind of work described in this book. Thank you for your service!
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About the Authors
Don Mann (CWO3, USN) has for the past thirty years been associated with the US Navy SEALs as a platoon member, assault team member, boat crew leader, and advanced training officer, and more recently as program director preparing civilians to go to BUD/S (SEAL Training). Until 1998 he was on active duty with SEAL Team Six. Since then, he has deployed to the Middle East on numerous occasions in support of the war against terrorism. Many of today’s active-duty SEALs on Team Six are the same men he taught how to shoot, conduct ship and aircraft takedowns, and operate in urban, arctic, desert, river, and jungle warfare, as well as close-quarters battle and military operations in urban terrain. He has suffered two cases of high-altitude pulmonary edema, frostbite, a broken back, and multiple other broken bones in training or service. He has been captured twice during operations and lived to tell about it. He lives in Virginia.
Ralph Pezzullo is a New York Times–bestselling author and award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and journalist. His books include Zero Footprint: The True Story of a Private Military Contractor’s Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, and the World’s Most Dangerous Places (with former British Special Forces commando Simon Chase), Jawbreaker and The Walk-In (with former CIA operative Gary Berntsen), At the Fall of Somoza, Plunging into Haiti (winner of the Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy), Most Evil (with Steve Hodel), Eve Missing, Blood of My Blood, Full Battle Rattle, Left of Boom, and Ghost.
Books by Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo
The SEAL Team Six Series
Hunt the Viper
Hunt the Dragon
Hunt the Jackal
Hunt the Falcon
Hunt the Scorpion
Hunt the Wolf
Inside SEAL Team Six:
My Life and Missions with America’s Elite Warriors