A SOFREP World Report e-Book: No Easy Op. The Unclassified Analysis of….

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if this book will ever be offered for the Nook? I just read Benghazi (on Nook) and really want to read this one. I know I can read it on the computer, but with 8 rods in my back do not care to sit at a desk that long.

Regardless, I appreciate this site and enjoy your comments.

Semper Fi

Great Book, Screw the Press, if anyone is leaking our Secrets it is our Commander in Chief and his Goons.

Just watched the 60 minutes interview of Mark Owen.  Very well done I thought and it captured a lot of what was in the book and gave some more detail ref Bin Laden's coup de grac that I found enlightening. 

If you watch on the website be sure to check out the OT excerpt on Marcinko.  I also thought that was interesting.  I had never seen the video of Red Cell in action. 

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7419810n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

The only secret I have found in this controversial book is that DEVGRU SEALs also have bottles of piss in their CHUs, just like the rest of us conventional folks. I don't feel so dirty now.

Don't know if there is a better place to put this but just finished reading "No Easy Day".  Thoroughly enjoyed it even more so than Cris Kyle's book which is also a great read.  A lot of action and one of the humblest SEAL writers I've read.  I think he's one of the first that didn't retell his BUDS story. 

A couple of very minor mistakes (A bradley has a 25mm not a 20mm) but I thought there was a lot to be gained and worth the $18

Ok, so I just finished listening to No Easy Day on Audible, and since I read No Easy Op, I really see value of you guys input.  I'm not gonna lie and say it wasn't a fascinating listen, but you all really made me see it differently because of your threat chain description.  I heard probably five different things (my ears are untrained) that if I were the person Bissonette was talking about, I wouldn't be too happy having such specifics mentioned, but thats just my opinion, and I don't know if they truly constitute crossed boundaries.  I did keep in mind what Brandon said about people in Devgru already having to deal with repercussions.  I know this is gonna sound wierd, but I feel pretty bad for the lawn care kid he mentions who could tell something was up before the raid, who if someone wanted to, they could do some pretty bad things to him, and he has no warrior background with which to defend himself.  Doesn't seem like it would be too hard to find him.

I've just finished reading it and I really appreciate it, but one thing surprised me and I really would like some clarification about it.

In the bonus content "The Difference Between DELTA and SEAL TEAM SIX", I thought it would have some little modifications after the intense and lenghty discussion on the topic when the user Eric Stratton made some possible corrections about the the Land Warfare capabilities of the "regular" SEAL Teams as well as ST6 (DEVGRU), why didn't this modification was made? Was those informations made by Eric considered wrong by the authors??

Great ebook and thank you for your time gents.

I'm new here and I have a question and I'm hoping I don't get pounced on for asking it.  So, there is this explosion of SEAL commerce (including this very website and Brandon's other biz ventures) and other books & shows written by and "starring" other team guys...the big deal IMO is that "Owen," didn't clear his book with the Pentagon and according to many "broke the code within the teams." But how is he any different than Brandon, Kyle or the others doing so?  I'm just curious. Incidentally, I know of someone who could very well write a book about these topics but won't because that person feels it would be "wrong" to do it. Thoughts? 

Sounds like Rear Admiral Sean Pybus is about to put the hammer down with his latest statement. "We do NOT advertise the nature of our work, NOR do we seek recognition for our actions," . “Today, we find former SEALs headlining positions in a Presidential campaign; hawking details about a mission against Enemy Number 1; and generally selling other aspects of NSW training and operations.  For an Elite Force that should be humble and disciplined for life, we are certainly not appearing to be so.” Pybus further stated he will speak to senior leaders about how to stop the trend of former SEALS profiting from their time in uniform

Also Officials at the Pentagon say it's not clear the Justice Department will pursue criminal charges against Owen, but suggest the U.S. government could seize all money paid to the former SEAL and the publisher, Dutton, under the non-disclosure agreement signed by Owen before he left the Navy. Sounds like this may be the course the government is going to go. It would be a bad call all the way around prosecuting Bissonette, a man who has conducted hundreds of missions including the big one but seizing the money may send a message, whether it' the right message remains to be seen.

opinions? 

I'm confused gentlemen while openly admitting to not knowing all the facts and hoping someone can enlighten this plain old Chief (ret.) to why this one is different than any of those besides the obvious it was (without details) a mission oriented book.  

1. Bob Needham wrote a book titled: "Team secrets of the NAVY SEALS"

2.Dick Couch wrote books including, "The Warrior Elite": "The Forging of SEAL Class 228", "The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident", "The Sheriff of Ramadi", "Down Range: Navy Seals in the War on Terrorism", "Seal Team One", "Silent descent", .

3. Chuck Pfarrer wrote "Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL"

4. Marcus Luttrell wrote "Lone survivor" AND during an interview said he voted to kill the kid that found them in their   hide???

5. Did not Chris Kyle write a book that spoke of his first kill(?) being a woman.

6. Not to mention Cmdr. Marcinkos book(S) O PLENTY.

Are they to ostracised by the community? Have the love and respect for these men diminished? Do we as military professionals and men of honor not honor their choice or believe in them that they would not jeporadize their brothers?

I have nothing but love and respect for you all, not because of what you have done. It's none of my dam business, but let us be honest the mission leaks DID NOT start with this PATRIOT. As described vividly by a guy named Larry Bailey.

So someone, if you would be so kind as to help a fellow squid out.  

Another SEAL's view of the book No Easy Day: http://www.amazon.com/review/RDS4ST9UW4L2M/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0525953728&linkCode&nodeID&tag This guy used to blog at Blackfive and I respect his opinion a lot.

Definitely appreciated the read.  You guys reflect emotions with out being emotional, you reveal the reasons for things  without stooping to rhetoric to make your point, and you point the reader in the right direction without describing the process in opsec-defying detail.  Thank you.

I'm at the planning stage in the book. So much for history, the author gets the disaster at Desert One in Operation Eagle Claw wrong. Mistakes like that one can be learned from, although it might be at the JSOC level. It's not wise to forget history; especially when so many special operators are well read.

Jack, I just heard your interview on Alan Colmes and must say it was very good, a little short though but I guess that the way radio interviews goes. I liked your analysis of the Army's ground based warrior culture verses the Navy's maritime and I can vrify what you say is true.....thumbs up!!

Can I get this on my Nook?

Read chapter 1 in the team room earlier. The objectivity was outsatnding. Gave props on Amazon and would have bought it, but I don't have a Kindle. Heck, I still use a flip phone. Good stuff. I was wondering if anyone knows what was said about "Five Years to Freedom" by Lt.Col. Nick Rowe? I haven't heard any criticism about that. Perhaps it is because the book was published a long time ago when I paid no attention to anything other than beer and girls.

Appropriately pimped it out on FB, shotgunned e-mail to friends.  I'll get it read tomorrow.  Have some honey do's to do.

Maybe someone already posted this, but in the e-book you say there is only one book written by Delta Force members talking about combat during the war on terror. Col. Pete Blaber wrote, "The Mission, the Men and Me." Col Blaber's book is a must read; thanks for the e-book.

An issue I got from the reading, is this notion that Mark Owen was basically dismissed from Six because he stated an interest in getting out and starting a small business: 

1. Is leaving the unit, in and of itself, a form of betrayal? If you don't retire after 20 years or are carried out on your shield, you are PNG'ed?

2. Or did it have to do with the type of small business he was interested in starting? 

Going from being one of the guys that pumped bullets into OBL to getting the brush off by your teammates....because you want to start a small business when you get out....as a civilian, I'm a bit like...WTF?

Just finished reading the e-book. 

Fantastic job to all involved in putting it together. Posted my 5 star review (takes a while for them to be vetted by amazon). 

Looking forward to other e-books in the future, technology can be a wonderful thing.