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From leadership expert, former Navy SEAL, "American Grit" feature player, and author of Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL's Call to a Nation, Rorke Denver, the bestselling account of how he helped create the U.S. Navy SEALS of today. Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs--the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of action-packed mission experience and a top training role, Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow's soldiers are recruited, sculpted, motivated, and deployed.
Now, Denver takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program he now oversees. He recounts his experience evolving from a young SEAL hopeful pushing his way through Hell Week, into a warrior engaging in dangerous stealth missions across the globe, and finally into a lieutenant commander directing the indoctrination, requalification programs, and the "Hero or Zero" missions his SEALs undertake.
From his own SEAL training and missions overseas, Denver details how the SEALs' creative operations became front and center in America's War on Terror-and how they are altering warfare everywhere. In fourteen years as a SEAL officer, Rorke Denver tangled with drug lords in Latin America, stood up to violent mobs in Liberia, and battled terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leading 200 commando missions, he earned the Bronze Star with V for valor. He has also served as flag aide to the admiral in charge and spent the past four years as executive officer of the Navy Special Warfare Center's Advanced Training Command in Coronado, California, directing all phases of the basic and advanced training that prepare men for war in SEAL teams. He recently starred in the film Act of Valor. He is married and has two daughters.
Ellis Henican is a columnist at Newsday and an on-air commentator at the Fox News Channel. He has written two recent New York Times bestsellers, Home Team with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and In the Blink of an Eye with NASCAR legend Michael Waltrip.
With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level of acclaim we're not used to. But something important has been missing in this warm burst of publicity . Correcting that is my mission here.
My own SEAL dream was launched by a book. My hope is that this one teaches lessons that go far beyond the battlefield, inspiring a fresh generation of warriors to carry on that dream.
-Lieutenant Commander Rorke Denver
- Sales Rank: #209439 in Books
- Published on: 2013-02-19
- Released on: 2013-02-19
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.50" h x 1.00" w x 6.50" l, 1.11 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Features
- From leadership expert, former Navy SEAL, "American Grit" feature player, and author of Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL's Call to a Nation, Rorke Denver, the bestselling account of how he helped create the U.S. Navy SEALS of today.
From Booklist
The title sums up the percentage of SEAL applicants who actually join the operational teams after surviving the notoriously rigorous selection and training. The author, a former director of basic and advanced SEAL training, makes it clear that Rambo-types need not apply, unless they can match their physical prowess and weaponscraft with their ability to mesh everything they do with their teammates every second of the mission, and most of the rest of the time as well. This is a life-or-death matter and makes running the training almost as stressful as undergoing an actual operation—something that this book makes clearer than ever before, even to the seasoned student of special-ops warriors. --Roland Green
Review
"Here is the rare book that changes the lives of young men and the views of older ones. Intense, riveting, inspiring and humbling. Damn few make it. Damn few can do what the SEALs do."―Hugh Hewitt
"If you've ever wished you could read the testament of a Jedi knight, here it is. Damn Few takes us inside the mind of a born warrior. LtCdr Denver has trained SEALs and led them in combat. He tells us what it takes to reach the super-elite level, why he does it, what it means to him, what he thinks the future holds. This is timeless stuff, worthy of being read in the era of Caesar, Alexander, Leonidas--or a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away."―Steven Pressfield, author of Gates of Fire and The War of Art
About the Author
In 14 years as a SEAL officer, Lieutenant Commander Denver has tangled with drug lords in Latin America, stood up to violent mobs in Liberia and battled terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan (earning the Bronze Star with V for valor and other top commendations). He has also served as flag aide to the admiral-in-charge. He is now at SEAL headquarters in Coronado, California, where he has directed all phases of the basic and advanced training that prepare men for war in SEAL teams. He is currently executive officer of the Navy Special Warfare Center's Advanced Training Command. Telegenic and articulate, he is often asked to represent the SEALs with the media, the military and top government leaders. He is a former All-American college athlete (Syracuse lacrosse) and is married with two daughters. ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and an on-air commentator at the Fox News Channel. He has written two recent New York Times bestsellers, Home Team with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and In the Blink of an Eye with NASCAR legend Michael Waltrip.
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129 of 134 people found the following review helpful.
Damn Good!
By Joan Reeves
Some may wonder why I, a romance novelist, am reviewing Damn Few, a book about training America's elite warriors, the Navy SEALs. That's easy to answer. It's because I am a romance novelist. I write books wherein the male lead is always a hero: a man who does the right thing for the right reasons.
I've read and reviewed quite a few military memoirs. I admire men who put themselves in harm's way for the greater good of their fellow soldiers and their country. Rorke Denver, former head of Basic and Advanced SEAL Training is one of these men. In his book, he shares his own experience as a SEAL and later as the man who directed SEAL Training, as well as his philosophical insights into the mental and emotional makeup of a candidate who successfully completes SEAL training and wins the Trident, the gold pin that is the visible symbol of being a SEAL.
Of all the books I've read about Navy SEALs, this is the first that offers the perspective of an officer who was an active duty SEAL and who was the officer in charge of a SEAL team. Denver shows the hard decisions an officer must make to consider the risk and reward of every operation, to deploy his team effectively, and to know that every decision he makes will affect not only a SEAL in his command but also the wife, children, parents, and siblings waiting stateside for that SEAL to return.
Although not characterized by "war stories" of firefight after firefight, Denver's story has power that comes from the emotion and philosophy he infuses. To be perfectly honest, he had me from the first line of the dedication: "For my wife, my heartbeat." There is not a woman on this earth who would not be affected by such a declaration of love. The fact that it comes from a man's man, a warrior, just makes the sentiment more profound.
There are three sections in the book: Learning It, Doing It, and Passing It On. If you've seen any of the popular television documentaries that began popping up after the rescue of Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips in 2009, then you probably are familiar with the Navy SEALs BUD/s Training and Hell Week.
Learning It, the first third of the book, deals with BUD/s and Hell Week in detail as well as an analysis of why some men make it, some don't, and some quit before anything really hellish even begins.
The second third of the book, Doing It, covers the Peacetime Warrior era and Denver's long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated insertion into war-torn Iraq.
Passing It On is the final third of the book. Denver discusses his movie role as a Navy SEAL in the movie "Act of Valor," produced by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh and written by Kurt Johnstad who wrote the screenplay for the very successful "300," about King Leonidas and his 300 men who fought the Persians at Thermopylae. After reading the "behind the scenes" story of this movie, I plan to watch it again with an eye for the detail Denver mentions.
More importantly, in this part of the book, Denver presents the challenges facing the SEAL program now when they are under pressure to produce more SEALs, as if that would be the ultimate answer to the challenges facing our country. I think it's obvious to anyone, after reading this book, and others written by SEALs, that if more SEALs are wanted, they'd better start young.
The will to prevail--to never give up--is the overriding characteristic of these warriors. That is not something that can be created in an adult. It's something that is created as a child grows and is influenced by parents, by a value system that emphasizes greater good as well as a belief in one's ability to succeed, just to mention the obvious.
Damn Few is a testament to heroic men who are not saints, but who are selfless in their patriotism. Perhaps more than any other group of people, SEALs recognize, as Denver says in his book: "You can do everything right, and things can still go catastrophically wrong." How tragically true.
At the beginning of Damn Few, Denver quotes an early Scottish toast that seems ironically appropriate given the murder of SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle, killed by a former soldier he was trying to help. "Here's tae us / Wha's like us? / Damn few, / And they're a' dead."
Damn Few will inspire, educate, and instill in you a deep appreciation for these men who are the ultimate warriors and for their willingness to make hard decisions and do the right thing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
An excellent memoir of today's War on Terror written by a true hero!
By David Schwind
I quite literally almost stumbled upon Rorke's book while looking up another SEAL. I purchased it in a heartbeat and read it over the course of two evenings...it was difficult to put down! With over a decade of war behind us, I believe there are far too few first-person experiential memoirs from those who served on the frontlines, as we as a society have come to depend on instant information from social media, online stories, and the like. But in 75 or 100 years? It is books like Rorke's that will still be here that will tell my grandkids what it was like to serve as a SEAL, on the frontlines and making future SEALs during the time of the GWOT.
Damn Few is a book that should be on the shelves of anyone interested in today's special operations environment...and anyone who thinks they have an idea of what it's like to serve with the best of the best in the War on Terror. Although this is an autobiography, Rorke is not afraid to tell it as he sees it...something very rare today with so many people always wanting to edit their "personal brand" in order to prevent "soundbites" from biting them in the butt in the future (as undoubtedly, someone with Rorke's drive has many years of service to his nation and successful ventures left in him...) I highly comment Rorke for his willingness to be blunt and offer his opinions that aren't in line with what would give him the safest route to success, either in the military, or as a civilian. That takes a lot of guts and really, that's what this book is about.
I will caveat my review by saying that the main reason I bought the book was because I was in the same Officer Candidate School class as Rorke (and one of his swim buddies). We had the classmates we called "real SEALs" (the guys who were prior enlisted SEALs) and then we had the "SEAL candidates" (which included Rorke). As a military historian even at the time, I stood in humble awe of the guys who had already gone to BUD/S (one of whom had been a BUD/S instructor before coming to OCS) and had an unlimited respect for Rorke and his fellow SEAL candidates. They worked their butts off...doing PT and making other preparations for BUD/S while the others of us in the class were sleeping or on liberty. I will say this: Rorke and his fellow candidates were never proud, never boastful, and to top it off, were probably some of the smartest and most well mannered officer candidates in the class. They were truly a cut above, and I still admire them for it - some sixteen years later.
In conclusion, this book is a quick and enjoyable read, and one that I am proud to have in my library. Not only was it written by someone I served with, but someone I have the deepest respect and admiration for. In my book, Rorke is an American hero, and this book is his story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Just read the book!
By Terri Brame
Rorke Denver, I really enjoyed your book! I decided to read it after seeing Act of Valor and I want to take the opportunity to thank you your SEAL brothers and your family for your sacrifices. I read Mike Atkinson's review, which is, in itself, a testament to the respect your friends feel for you and your opinions.
Many of the premises you have discussed are so very much like what my community, Emergency Nurses, experience. My enemy is death and disease. When faced with trauma, I feel the increase in concentration, the intensity, the slowing of time... There is nothing like practice and experience to force that muscle memory. There is pride when we are able to save a life. Grief when we cannot. It is comforting to see feelings and thoughts put into words that many of us experience, even in other, less demanding occupations.
I appreciate your effort to bring to the public your story of the SEAL's. I know it gives the US comfort to know they exist. Thank you for showing the human side of the SEAL.
To those wondering of they should read this book, all I can say is PLEASE DO. You won't regret it.
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