U.S. Navy SEALs

Description

This action-packed account of the U.S. Navy's elite fighting force looks at their latest tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, revealing the training and real missions that push them to their limits.

Hans Halberstadt studied documentary film in college and later took up writing, authoring or co-authoring more than fifty books. Most of his books have been on military subjects, especially U.S. special operations forces, armor, and artillery. He has also written extensively about farming and railroads. Halberstadt served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam. He and his wife, April, live in San Jose, California.

Military Trader, May 2006 (circ.: 7,000)"Hans Halberstadt has written extensively on U.S. special operations forces. A talented photographer, he took most of the photos in this book. U.S. Navy SEALs is a good overview of the Navy's special operations branch. It is a particularly good source of information on the organizations current-day training and equipment."