Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior,   ISBN:9780307339393

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I picked up "Chosen Soldier" on a recommendation from a friend, and actually read it before I attended Selection myself. Although Selection is an ever changing process, I think that Mr. Couches "Chosen Soldier" is/ should be a MUST READ for anyone interested in Selection themselves.

As a former Navy SEAL, Mr. Couch has a unique insite into the Special Operations world. He does an outstanding job of setting up the entire book w/ a chapter to explain all the acronyms and jargon used in the book, not to mention the differences between Special Operation and Special Forces. He goes on to give the reader a special look at the men going through the course, which he follows from start to finish, by doing personal interviews with them. Asking about where they went to school, their families, and why their reasons for being at Selection to begin with. As I said, Mr Couch follows the students from beginning to end. He does an great job breaking down the specific jobs of each team member into their own dedicated chapters.

Long-story-short, overall, this book is a great read. I read it before attending Selection myself and I thought it was a lot of help in helping me prepare. Afterwards, I found it to be very accurate. When I left, my wife picked it up and read it. When I came home, she asked me, "How was the Nasty Nick?" ... that was the last thing I wanted to think about.

I can see myself reading this one a couple more times, as well as keeping within reach as a reference as I make my own way through the course.

Thanks for a great read, Mr. Couch!

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This is a great book. Very credible considering he is the only author to ever go through from start to finish. Would be nice if he had the Infantry OSUT portion included. I couldn't put it down.

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This was a great read for anyone who is interested in joining the army for the purpose of becoming a green beret. This book really illustrates what make the Army Special Forces the worlds finest warriors. The in depth descriptions of how the cadre test the candidates as well as what they look for can help any prospective green beret get ahead with preparing himself.

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Thoroughly enjoyed. Dick Couch does a great job bringing military training to the public eye.

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This was another great book from Dick Couch. We constantly here about the Navy Seals but not much about the green berets. This book describes the pre training process all the way through their final training prior to real time deployments. The green berets train very different than Navy Seals but they also train for different kinds of missions as this book describes. These special forces are the ones training guerilla forces to overthrow leaderships, they are all well equipped to perform their duties or eachothers duties and this book definately describes why. I would definately recommend this book to any person interested in special forces or just as a nice read. Again, another good book by Dick Couch.