The sheriff of Ramadi : Navy SEALs and the winning of al-Anbar
"In this book, former U.S. Navy SEAL Dick Couch reports on the actions of the SEAL Task Unit during the Battle of Ramadi in Iraq's al-Anbar Province between 2005 and 2007. Couch details the previously unrecognized importance of the SEALs in winning the fight to control Ramadi. Calling the Battle of Ramadi one of the most significant military entanglements in the global war against terrorism since 9/11 and the most sustained and vicious engagement ever fought by SEALs, he describes the success of special operations forces and Navy SEALs fighting side by side with conventional forces. Couch identifies the SEALs' ability to adapt and evolve in this deadly urban battle space and their code of brotherhood is the story of PO2 Michael A
Print Book, English, ©2008
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., ©2008
Nonfiction
xxix, 251 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
9781591141389, 1591141389
216938644
The Ramadi SEALs : evolution of the warrior
The terrain
The first SEAL task unit in Ramadi
The second task unit and the battle for Ramadi
The battle turns
The last Ramadi task unit
Epilogue : the lessons of Ramadi
Includes index