Marcus Luttrell

sent into a mountainous region of Afghanistan know as the Hindu Kush region. While hiking through the mountains, the team stumbles upon young goat herders. This occurrence leads to a debate on whether or not they should kill the herders or not. Marcus Luttrell believes if they kill the herders they will receive great backlash, so they release them and attempt to abort the mission as a whole. Unfortunately, as the team tries to abort the mission, they are ambushed by Taliban forces.…

The mission the SEALs were given was held along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and what was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance mission turned into a bloodbath with only one SEAL makes it out alive. The story is told by the surviving SEAL, Marcus Luttrell, who outlines how his comrades died in battle. When the SEALs head out to the border, they are discovered by a group of herders. Rather than kill them, the SEALs let them go, only to discover the herders revealed their position to members…

Marcus Luttrell, the author and protagonist of Lone Survivor was born in Houston,Texas on November 7, 1975. At the age of fourteen he began training with a former army veteran named Billy shelton, so that maybe one day he would be in the navy seals. After high school, Luttrell went on to study international business at the University of Sam Houston State. After college and boot camp, Luttrell enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March of 1999. His hard work and determination led him into getting his…

allow for more detail of what is happening with Luttrell. The point of view is usually looking downward towards the object of focus. In the helicopter ride, everyone is looking down towards Luttrell as is the camera signifying the weakness of Luttrell. This continues as Luttrell reaches the hospital and is undergoing surgery. There are a few other points of views throughout the sequence one during the chopper ride where we see through the eyes of Luttrell using a handheld cam moving around…

Survivor Operation Red Wing was a secret military operation that took place in the mountains that split Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's a bone thrilling story about Marcus Luttrell and his SEAL team being engaged in a gun fight in the mountains. Luttrell was the "lone survivor" of the fight and was saved by other U.S. Forces. Luttrell and his brothers, Matthew Axelson, Michael Murphy, and Danny Dietz were all apart of Operation Red Wings. The team was inserted into the mountains and had to…

Muhammad Gulab was the man who saved Luttrell at the end of this deadly battle and got him to safety. In watching this movie, I gained information on Operation Red Wings, as well as many individuals, and the stories and hardships that they endured. Operation Red Wings consisted of an elite four-man…

The movie “Lone Survivor” was released in 2013 and was directed by Peter Berg. In contrast with the book, it develops the central theme by keeping a key focus on the bond of brotherhood as a whole instead of focus primarily on Marcus Luttrell. There are many sence through the movie that develop the diverse personalities of each teammate member, but th the main combat sense of the movie goes on for an extensive amount of time to emphasize the length that each member of the four man SEAL team went…

alone, and no man will be left behind. Service A Navy Seal at War followed this theme in my opinion. Throughout the book Marcus and numerous other SEALs fearlessly stayed together as a team. The paragraphs following are examples of how a few servicemen saved not only their teammates, but American lives as well by working as a team, and never leaving a man to go it alone. Marcus and his twin brother Morgan trained together and became Navy SEALs. Their choice to not split up during training…

After, the war happened, "Marcus stated Helluva lot of good it would do Cindy Axelson if I ended up shot to pieces on the slopes of this godforsaken mountain. And who then would ever know what my buddies had done" (Luttrell 347-348). At this point in story Marcus is really struggling to stay alive in the War. The only reason Marcus wanted to stay alive was so he could tell what he had gone through during the War. He also wanted to stay alive because he was the only person that could tell he…

Lone Survivor is a book based on the encounters the Navy SEAL team 10 went through. It explains the difficulties Marcus Luttrell went through alone and with his teammates. The story takes place in the Hindu Kush Mountain in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. Marcus Luttrell, Michael Murphy, Danny Dietz, and Matthew “Axe” Axelson are all specially trained Navy SEALs that were on the operation “Redwing”. The operation was where they had to either capture or kill a high ranking Taliban leader that was…