Sheriff of Ramadi

Sheriff of Ramadi by: Dick Couch

by: Dick Couch

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.7044345
EAN: 9781591141389
ISBN: 1591141389
Label: Naval Institute Press
Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Studio: Naval Institute Press

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In this ground-breaking book, bestselling author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Dick Couch follows the SEAL Task Unit in Iraq s Anbar Province between 2005 and 2007, chronicling the unit s deployment in the Battle of Ramadi. Based on extensive interviews with Army, Navy, and Marine personnel who fought in the battle and the author s firsthand assessment of the situation when he traveled to Ramadi in 2007, Couch details the previously unrecognized importance of the SEALS in winning the fight to control Ramadi. Calling the battle the most significant military engagement in the global war against terrorism since 9/11 and the most sustained and vicious engagement ever fought by SEALs, Couch describes the success of special operations forces/Navy SEALs fighting side by side with conventional forces. Couch identifies the SEALs ability to adapt and evolve in this urban battle space and their code of brotherhood as the keys of their success. Among the many examples of this extraordinary brotherhood is the story of PO2 Michael A. Monsoor, who was posthumously, awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in Ramadi.

The author argues that the lessons of Ramadi should provide a template for future joint combined cooperation in the war against al-Qaeda and their allies. Once an advocate of special-forces control of battle space, Couch is now convinced of the need for increased interoperability as well as increased language and cross-cultural training, and a more streamlined command and communication infrastructure issues he addresses in the book s epilogue. Couch admits that when he began researching the book in the summer of 2006, he thought he would be writing about the SEALs courage in a losing cause, but what emerged is a startling success story of a joint combined forces/special forces operation that has gone underreported.

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- Seals in Ramadi !
With "The Sheriff of Ramadi" Author and former Navy Seal Dick Couch has provided the reader with a most interesting snapshot of the ugly street war in Ramadi.

A respected author and embedded journalist, Couch spent time in Ramadi in 2007 interviewing the Seals, which gives his book a depth of research ... Read More

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- An interesting avenue of the Navy SEALs and their role in winning al-Anbar
I just finished the reading of this book, and it was amazing! Although this book is not primarily focused on the hard battles won by the Navy SEALs but rather about their role in supporting the conventional forces in al-Anbar province and all of the ball busting work associated with it. It was interesting how Mr. ... Read More

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- COIN practice and technique
Of four books by Couch that I have, this is the least interesting. It's written in the style of a military FITREP and that is a turn-off that significantly detracts from the insight into the practice of COIN warfare.

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