| Just picked up Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Its been a fucking page turner, I just cant put it down. It isnt a masterpiece of prose or anything, its basically a straightforward account by Luttrell telling the story about Operation Red Wing, which was a spec ops recon operation in the Hindu-Kush mountains of northeastern Afghanastan.
It really tugs on your heart and makes you respect how fucking elite our armed forces are, and how brave they are in the face of danger. Its a pretty sick, harrowing account of him and his Navy Seal fire team which is confronted by 150 Afghani fighters after they were compromised by a trio of goat herders.
There is also a pretty sickening video on the Operation Red Wing wiki page, showing the Afghan fighters displaying the equipment they seized from the dead SEALs. Everything from weapons to laptops, them dudes are fucking savage.
Its a must read though for anyone interested in our armed forces, or anyone who enjoys a gripping true story.
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