Review (PDF) Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story Of A Special Forces A-team At War
On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-team (call sign Roughneck Nine-One), confronted a vastly superior force―one that included battle tanks and more than 150 well-trained, well-equipped, and well-commanded soldiers―at a remote crossroads near the small village of Debecka, Iraq. The rest is history…Along the way, they endured a U.S .Navy F-14 dropping a 500-pound bomb on supporting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the ever-present threat of WMDs, and countless other deadly obstacles.This is the never-before-told, unsanitized story of how one Special Forces A-team recruited and organized, trained and eventually fought―and won―a legendary conflict that will influence American military doctrine for years to come.
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (May 24, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312544146
ISBN-13: 978-0312544140
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (212 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #628,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #263 in Books > History > Middle East > Iraq #679 in Books > History > Military > Iraq War #856 in Books > History > Military > Intelligence & Espionage
This is not your typical Special Forces story. The story is not a covert operation of any kind. The SF groups engage the enemy on an open battlefield. Sgt. Frank Antenori states this in the beginning of the book. He shares this story because it is a great accomplishment by a greatly outnumbered unit.The intro into the book explains the great need our country has for Special Forces. I enjoyed this because he gives reasons why the U.S should have more elite soldiers to carry out missions.The first part of the book explains the make-up of his team. He gives the details of each member as if they were family. This makes the team come to life in my opinion. He explains how each member came to be on his team and how they will help the make-up of the team.The next part of the book goes extensively into the details of the their training. Sgt. Anteroni explains the preparations a SF team makes before they launch a mission. This is an excellent overview of the time that the unit puts in before they are ever deployed. They will train for months before they ever get a mission, and this is what the Roughnecks did. It is funny because Sgt. Anetroni and his team are gung-ho and ready to do some killing, yet they have to ait for a long time before they get a mission.The last part explains the battle that has made Roughneck Nine-One a legend in the Special Forces comunity. I will not ruin the details of the story because it is so unbelievable they were able to accomplish their objective. I will say that they were outnumbered Five to One including tanks against them. The battle is definately worth the wait because it feels as if the reader is trained well enough to be there. The author makes the reader feel as if they were there fighting the battle with them.
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