Danger Close

[Ben L]

I read Danger Close last week...excellent book ...check it out. http://www.applepienow.com/
It's well written, and very enjoyable to read.

[Sun Tzu]

It is absolutely wonderful! A must read for anyone thinking of Joining SF, or even the military.

Great stuff for future leaders as well. I can't write enough about this book. It is one of the best on this subject I have had the pleasure of reading.


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"Sine Pari"
Sun Tzu

[CraigSL02]

I borrowed this from my review on Barnes and Noble.com:
Mike Yon's, Danger Close is a must read
I must admit that I was expecting a different book after first seeing descriptions of Mike Yon's, Danger Close on the website specialoperations.com. In reading the book I expected stories of helping a friendly nation's soldiers learn US tactics, treating a wounded civilian in a battle to win 'hearts and minds', long range patrols behind enemy lines, or gun battles with heroic overtones. What I got was very different. This is a story of a young man confronted with a situation that most of us would never dream happening to them. Mike Yon, a solider who has just passed through the US Army Special Force Qualification Course, is charged with murder in Ocean City, Maryland. Selected for Special Forces training in 1983, Mike, just 18, entered at a time when Special Forces accepted soldiers to apply right after Basic Training. After completion of Special Forces Qualification, and pending charges, Mike performed duties as a junior Tactical Advisor and Counselor, and acting Sergeant. Following that, Mike was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group. Danger Close is written in Mike's unique style of tying past and present together. It is a book about perceptions, sticking it out through adversity, faith in yourself and others, faith of teammates in you, and most of all, just being human. Danger Close is a book that someone with a military background, or none at all, can read, understand and relate too. I highly recommend this book.

[SSMV]

I will second that.

[Paintman]

Any newbies / wannabes here, GET THIS BOOK. I am about 150 pages into it, and it is quite possibly one of the best books I have ever read. Sitting here with a highlighter...

Chris