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    Air and Land Forces – commonly known as SEALs – are expertly trained to deliver highly specialized, intensely challenging warfare capabilities that are beyond the means of standard military forces; including: direct action warfare, special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, and foreign internal defense. Navy Seals achieve the impossible, in many ways by; critical thinking, sheer willpower and absolute dedication to their training, their missions, and their fellow Special Operations team members. Everything these men do for our country is truly amazing, courageous, selfless and brave. I send thanks and good thoughts to all of those who have served, and continue to serve for our country. 1 This film takes place in present day, as it follows the true…

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    Operation Red Wings, also referred to as Operation Red Wing or OP Redwing, was planned and rehearsed as a small reconnaissance mission consisting of four Navy Special Warfare Operators (SEALS) in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in late June, 2005. Lt. Michael Murphy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Danny Dietz, Sonar Technician 2nd Class Matthew Axelson, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Luttrell were the four team members assigned to this mission, with Murph being the ranking officer, and…

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    Operation Red Wing was a mission to execute Ahmad Shah, their operation was compromised and Marcus was the only one to make it out alive. What makes Marcus a hero is that when he retired from the navy, he started the Lone Survivor foundation. The purpose of the Lone Survivor Foundation is to bring wounded military members who served. Marcus who was wounded in battle, came home and dealt with PTSD. Marcus wanted to build a place that service men and women could come with their families together…

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    “Seal team 10” composed of the four-man group, the “Good” guys, take the fight to a young, but cruel leader Ahmad Sha, and his “Evil” Taliban group in a realistic, gun fight, called Operation Red Wings. Their hopes are to identify, and either capture or eliminate the target, Ahmad. In this nail bitting thriller, the four highly trained, special ops, navy seal, team find themselves facing some of the fatest, well prepared bad guys they have ever encountered as stated by Danny Dietz, “They’re fast…

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    was a sign of brotherhood for each other. The Navy Seals involved in Operation Redwing showed acts of heroism, bravery, and courage in their sacrifice for their country. The personnel of Operation Redwing consisted of high military officers in the United States Navy Seals. Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell, Lieutenant Michael Murphy, Petty Officer Danny Dietz, and Petty Officer Matt Axelson were part of a four man elite SEAL team searching for Taliban leader Ahmad Shah on June 28, 2005 (Klein 1).…

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    Axelson were assigned to a mission, to kill or capture Ahmad Shah, a high-ranking Taliban leader that is responsible for the killings in eastern Afghanistan and the Hindu-Kush Mountains. On their way up the mountain they meet a group of goat herders that were bringing their sheeps to the mountains. They captured and tied them against a tree and were deciding to either let them there tied up, let them go, or kill all of the. They all wanted to leave them there because if they would of…

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    Leadership Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 is an autobiography about Operation Redwing an operation in northern Afghanistan where four Navy SEALs sought out to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. The mission ultimately did not go as planned to leave only Marcus Luttrell alive to recall the story through his eyes. First and foremost, Lieutenant Michael Murphy continually received praise from Luttrell throughout the novel…

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    Lone Survivor Sparknotes

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    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…

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    The low budget film Net Worth, is about a true story of the hockey players in the NHL, but more specifically the professional hockey team The Detroit Red Wings; and their struggle to protect their rights as workers against management and greedy, power-hungry owners of the NHL. The main character Lindsay tries to express to his teammates how important it is to form an organization to protect the rights of the athletes as workers. With a lot of motivation and struggle this action ultimately lead…

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    The Takata Corporation Recall is the largest in human history. The problem (more often than not) originates in the steering wheel, more specifically the airbag. An airbag is like a really cool balloon, instead of someone blowing it up, or inflating it with a helium tank; an explosion takes care of that. The idea is that the explosion fills the balloon with nitrogen and a wave of concussion, but only for the moment of a crash then the airbag generally deflates. For the most part, airbags are a…

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