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Informationen zum Autor STAFF SERGEANT MICHAEL GOLEMBESKY served 8 years with the United States Marine Corps and is a combat veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. Golembesky served as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller with Marine Special Operation Team 8222 (MARSOC). JOHN R. BRUNING is the author or collaborating writer on sixteen non-fiction books, including the bestseller Outlaw Platoon, House to House , Shadow of the Sword and The Devil's Sandbox: With the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry at War in Iraq . Klappentext An elite Marine special operations team, a battle to save downed soldiers in Afghanistan, a fight for survival-an incredible true story of war that became a New York Times bestseller In Level Zero Heroes , Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong. In this one moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd, where Team 8222 was assigned, was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to break the Taliban's stranglehold on the valley and recover the bodies. From close-quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key-terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Taliban fighting position. A powerful and moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of these selected few that fought side-by-side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action-packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War. Zusammenfassung A moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best! Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of the US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 that fought side by side in Afghanistan! in a narrative as action packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Title Page Dedication Epigraph Contents Chapters Author's Notes Forward Map Prologue Chapter 1 - Camp Stone, Afghanistan Chapter 2 - Convoy to Nowhere Chapter 3 - Halloween in Afghanistan Chapter 4 - Bread Crumbs and Fuel Trucks Chapter 5 - Welcome to FOB Todd Chapter 6 - Operation Hero Recovery Chapter 7 - Recovery Site Chapter 8 - Cleared Hot Chapter 9 - Afghan Commandos Chapter 10 - Further Down the Rabbit Hole Chapter 11 - Mass Casualty Chapter 12 - One Way Out Chapter 13 - Going Home Chapter 14 - PRO 6 and the Entourage Chapter 15 - Daneh Pasab, Part I Chapter 16 - 5 Kill Zone Gauntlet Chapter 17 - Intel Dump Chapter 18 - Operation Buongiorno Chapter 19 - Objective Pathfinder, Day 1 Chapter 20 - Warning Shot Chapter 21 - First Wave Chapter 22 - Misery Loves Company Chapter 23 - This Ends Now Chapter 24 - Enemy Inside the Wire Chapter 25 - The Truth Hurts Chapter 26 - Some Good Chapter 27 - Exfil Epilogue Fallen Heroes Acknowledgments Bonus Material Glossary About the Authors Credits Copyright About the Publisher ...
