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Commentary On Lone Survivor By Marcus Luttrell

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Lone Survivor is about Navy SEAL team leader Marcus Luttrell and his team’s battle, Operation Redwing, that lead to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. It starts out with Luttrell and his team heading to Afghanistan on a secret mission to find and kill an al Qaeda leader. Luttrell’s team included: Daniel Healy, Matthew Axelson (Axe), Michael Murphy (Mikey), James Suh, and Shane Patton. In March of 2005, Luttrell and his team join SEAL team 10, with Eric Kristensen as the leader. Luttrell knows that team 10 is “top of the line”(Luttrell pg. 184) and that they will face difficult challenges. In June 2005 they find out where a man who is believed to be one of Osama Bin Laden's closest associates is. Operation Redwing is on. Luttrell and his team set out late at night along with another helicopter and land in …show more content…

His story provides raw examples of the modern day military and their tasks. This story gives a great in sight to someone who is unaware of the military’s difficult challenges in today’s world. Some of the things he could have done better were define some of the words he used such as: HQ, BUD/S, and lokhay. Military people may know these terms, but other people may not. I think that in the beginning of the book he spends too much time telling about his experiences in boot camp and training. I think that some of those experiences should still be included, but I felt like he dragged it on too long. However, he does a good job of putting everything in chronological order. I would have also liked to know more about his feelings and how he was dealing with the death of his team while alone. He does not go into detail of his trauma and PTSD, which I would have been interested in hearing, because I have a personal connection with that. Overall it was a very intriguing story, and hard to put down. I would definitely recommend this book to someone interested in recent

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