Marcus Luttrell (Lone Survivor)

[tmleadr03]

Another "quiet" professional SEAL.

[drift_g35]

Thats awesome. I would love to meet him. There is a documentary being released about one of the guys from Operation Redwing tomorrow. A little late but im going to the showing at colorado mills sometime tomorrow night if anyone else wants to go. It would be cool to get a group of people together and show support. I think all the money is going to some foundation.

[Adice]

Lone Survivor is a fantastic book.
One of the SEALs that was killed was from the Denver area. I think his name was Danny Dietz.

[RYAN50BMG]

Another "quiet" professional SEAL.

Thank you. I have my opinion of Marcus and his book, I,ll keep them to myself.

[Hitman 6]

Marcus spoke at a company function today and all 450 of us in the room were completely blown away.

Where do you work and how is his story relevant to that line of work? Just curious.

[Squeeze]

I am envious. I would really like to hear him speak. Ton of respect for that warrior.

[Cylinder Head]

Where do you work and how is his story relevant to that line of work? Just curious.

I work for a major asset manager, the largest in the world, and we had a gathering of my entire group in Miami. Management thought it would motivate us to hear his story, and it did, on top of making most of us feel like little nancy bitches who complain about shit like the temperature in our hotel rooms.

I am envious. I would really like to hear him speak. Ton of respect for that warrior.

It was an overwhelming experience to say the least. Most of us were left speechless for a while. I ate lunch with my partner in silence.

[Kraven251]

Thats awesome. I would love to meet him. There is a documentary being released about one of the guys from Operation Redwing tomorrow. A little late but im going to the showing at colorado mills sometime tomorrow night if anyone else wants to go. It would be cool to get a group of people together and show support. I think all the money is going to some foundation.

http://www.murphmovie.com/show-times/

[sealer]

http://www.murphmovie.com/show-times/

I liked both books but these are better reads imho:

Seal of Honor
By Gary Williams
The book about Lt Michael Murphy and Operation Red Wings (often called Red Wing incorrectly)

Fearless
By Eric Blehm
The book about Seal Team 6 member Adam Brown.

Regardless of my opinion on the books, I still think it would be great to hear Marcus speak...and have a shot at the two punks who killed his 1st dog.

[Kraven251]

I don't want to get into a big discussion on PTSD, but I see many of the books, most of them great reads as a way for them to remember the friends they have lost and a constructive way of dealing with the baggage of the job.

Case in point right now I am reading a book called "The Outpost" it is more of an analysis of events in and around Kamdesh Village. It doesn't read the same because it is not a personal perspective so much as it is an accounting of the men who fought and died there from a different view. Essentially, the book makes you sincerely understand why so many people come back with demons. I've never been in war or held a friend as they bled out. This book puts you there, and gives you perspective.

All of that said, because I think these guys are vocal not because they are hounding for a spotlight, but because they miss their buddies, and they have an opportunity to immortalize them in the minds of the masses instead of having their only memorial be a name on a map of some shitty outpost that very few people have ever heard of.