Marcus Luttrell (Lone Survivor)

[tmleadr03]

Another "quiet" professional SEAL.

[RYAN50BMG]

Another "quiet" professional SEAL.

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

[Aloha_Shooter]

Another "quiet" professional SEAL.

Lone Survivor is a superb book. My impression was Luttrell was trying to honor his lost comrades and let people know WHY they lost their lives, not be a gloryhound. I suspect just writing it was cathartic for him as his team very probably could have gotten out to extraction without harm if they had done something many people would have regarded as a "war crime". IIRC, a very very large part of the book is spent talking about his team members. Luttrell doesn't seem to me to have been a Jesse Ventura; he gets pulled into the spotlight and speaking engagements because he has a compelling story.

[StagLefty]

Lone Survivor is a superb book. My impression was Luttrell was trying to honor his lost comrades and let people know WHY they lost their lives, not be a gloryhound. I suspect just writing it was cathartic for him as his team very probably could have gotten out to extraction without harm if they had done something many people would have regarded as a "war crime". IIRC, a very very large part of the book is spent talking about his team members. Luttrell doesn't seem to me to have been a Jesse Ventura; he gets pulled into the spotlight and speaking engagements because he has a compelling story.

That's what I got out of his book.

[drift_g35]

Lone Survivor is a superb book. My impression was Luttrell was trying to honor his lost comrades and let people know WHY they lost their lives, not be a gloryhound. I suspect just writing it was cathartic for him as his team very probably could have gotten out to extraction without harm if they had done something many people would have regarded as a "war crime". IIRC, a very very large part of the book is spent talking about his team members. Luttrell doesn't seem to me to have been a Jesse Ventura; he gets pulled into the spotlight and speaking engagements because he has a compelling story.

Agreed. I just decided to start listening to the audiobook again.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.