Olafsen Jake Wearing the Green Beret: A Canadian with the Royal Marine Commandos 9780771068522

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Автор: Olafsen Jake
Название: Wearing the Green Beret: A Canadian with the Royal Marine Commandos
Перевод названия: Джейк Олафсен: Ношу зеленый берет. Канадец среди королевских моряков
ISBN: 9780771068522
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0771068522
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.00 кг.
Дата издания: 18.01.2011
Язык: English
Поставляется из: США
Описание: In 2004, Jake Olafsen signed up for the Royal Marines Commandos. He left everything behind at home in Canada on the basis of a spur-of-the-moment decision. The Royal Marines have the toughest and longest basic training of any infantry unit in the world. For Olafson, this meant eight months of wet and cold in England and Wales. It was hell, but he came out with the four Commando qualities that the corps look for: courage, determination, unselfishness, cheerfulness in the face of adversity.
Olafsen went on to serve for four years as a Commando in the Royal Marines, an elite military unit based in the United Kingdom. He went to Afghanistan twice: in 2006, he went to confront the Taliban in Helmand Province for six months, and in 2007, he was sent to do it all over again. His story is filled with good experiences, like the sense of accomplishment, patriotism, and camaraderie, and the opportunity to travel the world. But all good things come at a price. The sacrifices he made for the Corps are significant; he has killed the enemy and he has buried his friends. And in telling his story, Olafsen hopes that he can make sense of it all. This is an honest, gutsy story about the mud and the blood, the triumphs and the tragedies.

Wearing the Green Beret: A Canadian with the Royal Marine Commandos, Olafsen Jake