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Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him — and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything-including themselves-for the sake of family, nation, and freedom.
In Service, we follow Marcus Luttrell to Iraq, where he returns to the battlefield as a member of SEAL Team 5 to help take on the most dangerous city in the world: Ramadi, the capital of war-torn Al Anbar Province. There, in six months of high-intensity urban combat, he would be part of what has been called the greatest victory in the history of U.S. Special Operations forces. We also return to Afghanistan and Operation Redwing, where Luttrell offers powerful new details about his miraculous rescue. Throughout, he reflects on what it really means to take on a higher calling, about the men he's seen lose their lives for their country, and the legacy of those who came and bled before.
A thrilling war story, Service is also a profoundly moving tribute to the warrior brotherhood, to the belief that nobody goes it alone, and no one will be left behind.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781611134179
- File size: 349145 KB
- Duration: 12:07:23
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Marcus Luttrell served, and gave parts of his body and soul to, the U.S. Navy as a member of SEAL Team 5 in Afghanistan and Iraq. This book recounts his awakening as a soldier, a freedom fighter, and someone willing to give his life for his country. Kevin T. Collins is the main narrator, and Colleen Werthmann delivers selections from letters at the end of the book. Collins reads with a breathy, urgent tone meant to convey both the gallantry and weariness of someone who's served in dangerous combat operations. He has a slight Southern accent and urges the story forward with clear diction and a down-home tone. Werthmann also has a slight Southern accent, and she reads the letters home with feeling. R.I.G. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine -
December 1, 2011
In the No. 1 best-selling Lone Survivor, Luttrell told the story of his tour of duty in Afghanistan, when he was forced to make a decision that ended tragically. Here he crisscrosses generations and service branches to clarify why people make the choice to serve their country. With a ten-city tour; bound to be big.
Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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June 1, 2012
A Navy combat veteran showcases the deadly operations in Iraq, promoting American military duty as ennobling in the service of humanity. In something of a sequel to his first book (Lone Survivor, 2007), Luttrell chronicles his missions preserving democracy for America. Much of this book, co-authored by Hornfischer (Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, 2011, etc.), is set in Ramadi, an especially bloody Iraqi outpost. During their time in Iraq, his SEAL combat brothers killed perceived enemies, suffered countless wounds, and died at a rapid pace, making the narrative occasionally difficult to follow. In some chapters, battle tactics predominate, and the sentences are quick and graphic. Other chapters aren't as violent, as Luttrell explains why some men answer the call of war no matter the risk to themselves or their loved ones. The author seeks to explain the honor of military service to the vast majority of readers who have never experienced it. Luttrell is mostly silent about questions of whether inserting U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan ever made sense in terms of American foreign policy. He followed his military commanders because of his belief in their knowledge and motivation. Though George W. Bush appears in the book multiple times, Luttrell seems unable to grasp the ferocity of the opposition the president faced at home and abroad. Toward the end of the book, the author departs from Iraq and expands on his earlier book by discussing the war in Afghanistan, and he devotes a chapter to military wives, who understandably worry every day about their men in combat. An action-packed, occasionally reflective saga of contemporary military service.COPYRIGHT(2012) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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