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       Seal Team Six - Howard Wasdin
       By: Chip Date: July 3, 2011, 6:54 pm
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       [CENTER]Seal Team Six (2011)
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       I had high hopes for Seal Team Six as I really wanted to learn
       more about the Unit that went in and capped Osama Bin Laden once
       and for all. But as much as I wanted to like the book, Howard
       Wasdin, the author, came off very full of himself. At times, I
       really thought that I was reading another book by Jose Canseco.
       I get that Navy SEALs have to have a certain mind set in order
       to do the things they do, and I commend and respect the things
       he did to protect America and the less fortunate in other
       countries and that being one of the elite will obviously inflate
       ones ego. But here, after awhile, it really became a bit much to
       take.
       Having said that, this book was just average at best. He is not
       a very good writer and a lot of what he has to say seems very
       off the cuff and not thought out very well. There is a lot of
       dead space throughout the book that just didn't hold my
       attention much. That's not to say the entire book is bad. When
       he gets into recounting certain OP Missions does it begin to
       pick up, the biggest one of course being the hunt for Mohamed
       Farrah Aidid, the warlord in Somalia. If you are unaware of who
       this is, just go rent Black Hawk Down.
       The other interesting stuff to be found within the book
       obviously centers on training to become a SEAL and enduring Hell
       Week and what he and his teammates had to go through. Amid all
       the carnage of his sniper kills, I was surprised to find a few
       moments of levity when it came to humor, like when suffering
       from sleep deprivation, Wasdin while in the Mess Hall was
       ordered by his CO to go and kill the deer in the corner, only to
       find out he was about to attack and kill a tray rack. Dude
       definitely needs to get some sleep.
       I really can't recommend this to anyone, unless you absolutely
       need to read everything there is to know about SEALs or military
       or whatever. Personally I will never read this book again.
       Rating: 3 Stars out of 5
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       Re: Seal Team Six - Howard Wasdin
       By: ChipRawks Date: August 17, 2011, 4:05 pm
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